TOKYO - WEARING a sparkly white suit and sporting a tuft of dyed, slicked-back hair, the world's shortest man said on Friday there was every reason to think big about being tiny.

Recognised last year by Guinness World Records as the world's shortest man who is mobile, 20-year-old He Pingping stands only 74.1 centimetres (26 inches) and weighs seven kilograms (15.4 pounds).

ROME - A GOVERNMENT minister said on Friday that Italy was willing to accept some detainees from Guantanamo prison, which US President Barack Obama has ordered to close.

Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa was quoted by Italian media as saying both he and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had 'accepted this invitation'.

ACCORDING to a report in The Sun newspaper, a 13-year-old boy has become a father in the United Kingdom.

When his 15-year-old girlfriend Chantelle Steadman gave birth to their daughter Maisie Roxanne, Alfie Patten was by her side.