A school boy is suing New York City's Department of Education (DOE) after it refused to allow him to retake an entrance test for an elite high school. The lawsuit claims he had to walk out of the original test at Staten Island Tech because he was distracted by boisterous boys.

Naked hikers in Dorset, England have complained about the way police handled the marshalling of their charity walk. The nude ramblers, numbering about 20, were en route on a 2-mile hike in Dorset to raise money for the Marine Conservation Society when they were reportedly followed by 10 officers, patrol cars and a helicopter on the trek.

In anticipation of the 2008 Summer Olympics, a Chinese groom had a wedding gown specially made for his bride measuring 200. 8 meters (658. 8 feet) long. Ken, who hails from the city Guangzhou, says he originally planned to make the dress 2008 meters long, in tribute to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games but buckled down later saying the additional 8 meters would make the gown more difficult to handle.

A massive $2. 7 billion (20 billion yuan) income is expected to be earned by China's catering industry during the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games. The huge food bill covers the meals of 280,000 athletes, Olympic officials, media and other workers from 200 nations as well as 5 million overseas and 120 million domestic tourists. It will be an unprecedented opportunity for the nation's catering sector which is used to making just $3. 2 billion (24 billion yuan) a year, said Bian Jiang, spokesman of the China Cuisine Association (CCA).

estern Europe's highest peak Mont Blanc (French for white mountain) is taller than ever as snow piled atop its summit, experts described it as a weather change related occurrence. The height was found to be 15, 783. 79 ft (4,810. 90 m) on Sept. 15 and 16 respectively - a 7. 05 ft (2. 15 m) increase in two years.