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150 children created the world’s largest Pookalam, making it into the Limca Book of World Records. The Pookalam’s measurements came in at 14,400 square feet, and according to India Server dot com, the Pookalam was created with 12.5 tons of fresh flowers. ThatsFamous.com reports that the 150 children who worked on the flower-filled design, worked for 3 hours before finally completing the project. We have been looking for a picture of the Pookalam, but thus far, haven’t been able to find one.

The children were supported by Goonj, a Delhi-based Non Governmental Organization, along with 40 Whirlpool employees (ThatsFamous.com). The site noted that the Pookalam was created while officials from the Limca Book of World Records were there to witness the creation. The Pookalam has since then been entered into the Limca Book of World Records.

If you’re unfamiliar with Pookalam, it’s an art design created by flowers on the ground, to make a floral masterpiece. The art is used by the people from Kerala to celebrate the Onam festival, which is 10 days long. The Onam festival is a harvest festival that comes during the first month of the Malayalam calendar (Wikipedia).

91-year-old Nelson Mandela was meant to be a part of the opening ceremony for the World Cup, earlier this morning. Sadly, his 13-year-old granddaughter, Zenani Mandela, was tragically killed, while driving home from a concert, when a drunk driver lost control of their vehicle, and struck Zenani’s car, on Johannesburg highway.

The concert featured stars Alicia Keys and Shakira, reports New York Times.

The driver has been arrested under charges of drunken-driving, and will soon be facing homicide charges, as well.

The sad and tragic news has been confirmed by the Nelson Mandela Foundation. They recently released a statement, which can be seen in the video above. More information can also be viewed at the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s official website.

From there, a number of blogs, including this post at the Examiner: Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter tragically killed by a drunk driver.{Video&photos}, have been reporting the sad news.

From News by the People, we send our thoughts and prayers to the Mandela family.

Featured News - Jordan van der Sloot has unofficially closed the Stephany Flores Murder Case… On May 30th, 2010, Stephany Flores was seen entering into Sloot’s hotel room. Sloot left his hotel room many hours later, but Flores did not.

According to the Huffington Post, officer Abel Gamarra stated that Sloot had confessed during questioning. No further details by Gamarra have been released.

We do know that the case will soon be given to prosecutors, who will see Sloot, and press formal charges against him. In the meantime, the National Prison Institute will decide on the prison that Sloot will be sent off to.

You may be familiar with Jordan van der Sloot, likely because in previous years, he was arrested twice as the main suspect in the Natalee Holloway case. If you’re not familiar with the case, Holloway was an American girl, who disappeared from her Caribbean resort, back in 2005. Both times he was arrested, Sloot was freed, due to unsubstantial amounts of evidence.

More information about Jordan van der Sloot’s confession can be seen in the video below. The second video will also show the surveillance video, where Sloot can be seen entering into his room with Stephany Flores.

We will keep you updated on any further news updates as they develop. Be sure to bookmark this page, as it will serve as a navigation system to other stories, for this case, as the news breaks.