13-year-old Dutch girl fights legal battle for right to sail solo ...

Yet speaking recently to a Dutch children's news show, Laura said she had been sailing solo since she was six and began dreaming of sailing around the world when she was 10. “I asked my parents if I could â€" please â€" start now,” she said. ... In India, where breaking records is a national obsession, a 4-year-old boy, Budhia Singh, became a national celebrity when he attempted to run a 43-mile marathon in May 2006. But his coach was later charged with torturing the child ...