A Japanese research team is planning to run a campaign on environmental awareness by entering a racecar that runs on cooking oil, used to fry tempura, in the Dakar rally. Hidefumi Onaka, a lecturer at the Osaka Sangyo University, said Toyota's Land Cruiser 100 would be the first racecar to run on bio-diesel in the prestigious sporting event. Onaka told the Canadian Press, "We want to show what tempura oil can achieve, as a way to raise environmental awareness. . . We're not doing it just for fun, so we decided to enter an internationally acclaimed event and appeal to the world. "

The people of Kerala in India's southwest are famed for turning fish into spicy feasts fit for gods, but last week the heavens turned provider as fish rained down on the village of Manna. When the clouds broke, villagers said they saw small, pencil-thin live fish falling from the sky.

Lubbock, Texas (AHN)-Public officials in Lubbock, Texas, a town populated by upwards of 200,000 people, are organizing a day to pray for rain. Mayor David Miller tells the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, "Nobody is going to tell God what to do and what not to do, but we are in a serious drought in West Texas and since he is the man who controls the rain clouds, we're asking him for his mercy and his help. "

In a bizarre act of nature, a kitten was born with two faces in Grove City. The kitten, has two mouths that meow in unison, two noses and four eyes that have not yet opened, according to published reports. Charles Roberts, the boy who owns the cats, said he hasn't decided on a name for the kitten yet, but said he wants to name it Tiger.

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.