In an unusual prayer for world peace, residents of Poovalur village near Lalgudi, performed the marriage of two donkeys in the ancient Sri Thirumoola Natha Swamy Temple. A male and female donkey were brought to a specially decorated dais put up inside the temple on Sunday. While the 'bridegroom' was adorned with a silk dhoti, the 'bride' wore a silk jacket and saree. After garlanding the donkeys amidst chanting of vedic hymns by the priests, a villager tied the nuptial knot on behalf of the male donkey, to the female.

A student at Louisiana State University (LSU) has been fined for streaking nude across the field during a football game. Bretton Somers, 33, plead guilty to misdemeanor counts of disturbing the peace, resisting an officer and criminal trespass at Tiger Stadium, and was fined $1,624. 75.

A hotelier in Austria has decided to cut off part of his roof before getting into any unnecessary trouble - partly because it extends across to the neighboring Czech Republic. According to Ananova. com, the hotelier, Dietmar Hehenberger, was ordered by a court to trim at least 12 inches off his roof in order to avoid it from hanging over the country's border.

A hotel is banning its employees from uttering the word "football" so those sick to death of World Cup mania can have some peace. Any guest who overhears a member of the staff say the word gets a free glass of champagne. "The bookings are starting to stream in," says Mike Bevans, manager of the Linthwaite House Hotel in London's Lake District, one of England's most popular tourist destinations.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (AHN)-According to a news report, a 33-year-old man in northern Malaysia has married a 104-year-old woman, saying mutual respect and friendship had turned to love.