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A Swedish entrepreneur has converted a Boeing 747-200 in to World’s first jumbo hostel. It will have 25 rooms with 3 bed sin each room.

The Suunto X 10 is a wrist watch that hides a GPS unit, Stop watch, Compass, Barometer and Altimeter in a package not much bigger than a normal wrist watch.

An 18 month old baby was in a bucketful of water in Kerala Village near Palakad unnoticed by the mother the baby went to the bathroom and got drowned in the bucket of water.

Police officers in Darwin, Australia chased an arrested a 12 year old driving a stolen car while drunk the car was packed with young passengers.

Convicted South Korean sex offenders are instructed to wear an electronic tracking device around their ankles from 1st September 2008.

In Scarborough London, an uncanny likeness of the Virgin Mary formed into the bark of a suburban tree has left the local residents wondering if their neighbourhood has been blessed.

A Japanese man who illegally kept 51 most venomous snakes in his tiny apartment in Tokyo was arrested after he called an ambulance when one of the snakes bit him.

China plans to auction off 20 million items related to Beijing Olympics including a bed that basketball star Yao Ming slept in while taking part in the games.

A four old cat in Germany called Bonny has survived after being walled in beneath a bath tub for seven weeks. It had dropped from 13 pounds to 4 pounds.

A handloom saree with 1330 verses of Thirukkural with the image of Thiruvalluvar created a record. The saree was woven by Radhakrishan of Ramalingam Sowdambigai Handloom Co-operative Society, Sirumugai in Coimbatore District.

A new study says that incense sticks fill a room with sweet smell but exposure to their smoke can put people at risk of developing cancers of the respiratory tract

A preliminary report has found that the fire in the Goutami Express train in Andhra Pradesh early this month was caused by some highly inflammable substance in a compartment.

A British built spy plane powered by solar panels and a rechargeable battery has set a un official World Record for the longest continuous unmanned flight of 82 hours and 37 minutes.

A probe has been ordered into the mysterious deaths of 27 peacocks over the week end in Ranjangaon, Pune .The peacocks carcasses ewer found with grains strewn around.

A Swiss airline pilot known as Rocket man has moved closer to becoming the first to fly freely using a jet powered backpack to fly over the English Channel.

The first camera that was small and portable enough to be practical for photography was built by Johann Zahn in 1685.Though it would be almost 150 years before such an application was possible.

A Saudi Court will hear the divorce plea of an eight year old girl married off by her father to a man in his fifties; her father had arranged the marriage without telling the girl.

Deutsche Telecoms Wireless business T. Mobiles has sold more than 120,000 New 3G I Phones in Germany since the sales launched on July 11th despite distribution problems.

The Bosnian police have impounded a pigeon after discovering prisoners used it to smuggling drugs in to one of the country’s highest security Jail.

Queensland University of Technology team found that stained glass windows painted with gold Nano particles purify the air when lit up by sunlight.

Australian authorities are probing claims that Indian Children adopted by some Australians were stolen from their parents and trafficked by a bogus orphanage.

N.Vijayan the Correspondent of Zion Matriculation School at Selaiyur has been elected as the honorary President of the Kanchipuram District Chess Association (KDCA).M.Muthukumar retained his position as the General Secretary for the Association for the year 2008-2011.P.C. Vaidhyanathan of Modern Senior Secondary School, Nanganallur was elected as one of the Vice Presidents of the Association. The Office bearers during their Annual General Body Meeting took up several important resolutions like waiver of the tournament fees, setting up of a sponsor committee and to give more efforts to popularize the game in the rural Districts of Kanchipuram.

G. Vikash Anand , a standard 9 student of AMM Matriculation School has won the JK Tyre Rotax Mojo Max Indian Karting Challenge Junior Class, Round 4 Best Rookie Award.

A six month part time course on Bio Medical Technician was inaugurated at the Gurukulam Community College, West Tambaram by S.S Badrinath the Chairman of Sankar Nethralaya in the presents of L.Narayanan, Managing Director of Silicon Labs ltd and Dr Srinivasan the Course Director. The courses classes are held on weekdays and also on Sundays. The students who have completed their Plus two are eligible for the course. For more details contact the College office on 22387744.