JUBA, Khartoum (Reuters) - More than 35 young women wearing tight trousers have been arrested for "disturbing the peace" in south Sudan, police said on Tuesday.

Lawyers for a 43-year-old man who is suing Toronto police for more than $9 million claim he was Tasered at least five times when officers illegally entered his home.

MONTREAL - A decision by the Conservative government to reverse its plan to scrap tax credits for productions it deems offensive to Canadian viewers has come as a pleasant surprise to those in the film and television industries.
JUAREZ, Mexico - A 990-pound, bedridden man who had appealed on Mexican television for help tackling his weight problem died Tuesday of heart failure, his family said.

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Religious authorities in Nepal anointed a three-year-old girl as a living goddess Tuesday in a tradition dating back centuries.

LONDON (Reuters) - The Canadian Grand Prix has been dropped from the 2009 Formula One calendar with the season remaining at 18 races, the sport's governing body said on Tuesday.
A woman who lives next to a northwest Calgary homeless shelter wants the word "temporary" eliminated from the facility's description after city council on Monday extended its permit for another four years.

PRISTINA (AFP) - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates underscored Washington's opposition to any partition of Kosovo following its declaration of independence as he made a landmark visit to Pristina on Tuesday.
A jury has found Nathan Fry, 20, guilty on five counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in an arson that killed five people in Vancouver in 2006.

MIDLAND, Texas (AFP) - With approval ratings at a record low, President George W. Bush on Saturday stopped for a morale-boosting visit to his childhood home in the west Texas oil town of Midland.