Forrest Gump star Gary Sinise funded a reprint of the book Seabiscuit in Arabic language after learning that the kids in Baghdad had become big fans of author Laura Hillenbrand tale of a heroic horse after hearing the news that a U. S. colonel had attempted to translate segments for the kids, who all loved it a lot.

Sinise tells WENN, "Laura wanted to get it translated to Arabic because one of the colonels was reading the book and the Iraqi kids started asking him about it, so he contacted her and asked for Arabic translations of the book.

"We made 15,000 copies of Seabiscuit in Arabic and sent it over there."

London, Mar 21: Dungeon girl Elisabeth Fritzl wants her father Josef to rot in jail, it has emerged.

The 42-year-old told her lawyer that she wanted the fiend, who raped her 3,000 times, locked away for the rest of his life.

Elisabeth said justice chiefs in Austria owed that to her murdered son Michael, who died because Fritzl, 74, would not seek medical help.

Yesterday, lawyer Eva Plaz revealed how Elisabeth bravely attended the four-day trial in St Poelten, reports The Sun.

California (US), Mar. 21: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has said President Barack Obama''s gaffe on Special Olympics was a mistake that anyone could committ.

Schwarzenegger who met Obama on Friday about infrastructure funding, following a town hall meeting Thursday in California, dismissed the president''s Special Olympics quip as a goof that could happen to anyone.

Washington, March 21 : Archaeologists have recently uncovered evidence which indicates that Druids possibly committed cannibalism and ritual human sacrifice, perhaps on a massive scale, which add weight to ancient Roman accounts of Druidic savagery.

After a first century B. C. visit to Britain, the Romans came back with horrific stories of sacrifice by high-ranking priests of the Celts, who had spread throughout much of Europe over a roughly 2,000-year period.

First-century historian Pliny the Elder even suggested that the Celts practiced ritual cannibalism, eating their enemies'' flesh as a source of spiritual and physical strength.

Hindus are asking Pope Benedict to issue a public apology for allegedly insulting them.

Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was very humiliating to one billion strong Hindus of the world when Pope Benedict referred their God as “just any god”.

Washington, Mar 21 : Move over regular juicy grapes, for ''Delicious'', a new muscadine grape cultivar, has arrived.

University of Florida researchers have introduced the new fruit, which ripens early, produces high yields, and is disease-resistant. The black fruit features exceptional taste and texture with an edible skin, making it well suited for fresh fruit consumption and the potential for wine production.

The name ''Delicious'' was selected based on the comments of vineyard visitors who sampled the fruit.