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.
Young children should not have exotic animals as pets because of the risk of disease, says a report by a U.S. group representing pediatricians.

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

About a week before the federal election, a Quebec newspaper has published leaked excerpts from former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin's memoirs detailing his bitter rivalry with Jean Chrétien.

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.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - AIG spent more than 440,000 dollars for an executive getaway at a California beach resort just days after the insurance giant was rescued by an 85-billion-dollar US government loan, lawmakers said Tuesday.

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.