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ROME (Reuters) - A court in Sicily has ruled that an accused Mafioso can be put under house arrest because he is too fat for any Italian jail.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

QUEBEC CITY, Quebec (Reuters) - Although Canada is one of the snowiest countries in the world, a series of violent "snow rage" incidents reveal that even the locals have their limits.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

The New York Times says it's the code name for New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer in court papers that link him to a prostitution ring, but now anyone can be "Client 9" with T-shirts available online just a day after the scandal broke.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Finnish library-goer apparently thought 'better late than never' and quietly returned a book on loan for more than 100 years to a library in Vantaa, in southern Finland.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

RIYADH (Reuters) - A prominent Saudi Arabian cleric has issued a rare public attack on religious hardliners angry over a video showing him dancing at a wedding in the conservative Islamic state, a newspaper reported Tuesday.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

ROME (Reuters) - A footballing priest has been sent off in a church tournament for throwing his shirt at the referee, Italian media reported Sunday. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

ROME (Reuters) - A footballing priest has been sent off in a church tournament for throwing his shirt at the referee, Italian media reported Sunday.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

VALENCIA, Spain (Reuters) - China's Liu Xiang received the gold medal for the 60 meter hurdles on two occasions Sunday after a mix-up over the national anthem.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

MASAYA, Nicaragua (Reuters) - Hundreds of dogs, many dressed as babies or clowns, were taken to celebrate mass in this Nicaraguan town on Sunday, an annual ritual where the owners pray for their pets to be cured or avoid falling ill.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian tank crashed through a villager's house after the crew stopped to buy more vodka at a nearby shop. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - A patient was told there was no reason why he couldn't have surgery in a hospital, despite the smell caused by a dead rodent trapped in the building's ceiling. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian referee Mauro Bergonzi was sent into hiding by police after thugs tried to attack someone he looked like, the head of the country's referees' association has said. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian who took a new car on a 3,200 km (1,988 mile) six-day test drive from the city to the outback has been arrested, police said on Thursday. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) - A runaway Bosnian bank teller has been arrested after a tip-off by her husband and faces charges of stealing 1.1 million euros ($1.68 million) from bank depositors, police said on Thursday. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - President George W. Bush may have given presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain the royal treatment at the White House on Wednesday, but the two men did not exactly have a meal fit for a king. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - The mayor of a village in southwest France has threatened residents with severe punishment if they die, because there is no room left in the overcrowded cemetery to bury them. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

HANOVER, Germany (Reuters)- She may be Germany's most prominent woman, but Chancellor Angela Merkel found Vodafone's new image search software could not identify her. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Finnish court on Wednesday dismissed charges against the prime minister's former girlfriend, who wrote a kiss and tell autobiography about their brief affair. </img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The biblical Israelites may have been high on a hallucinogenic plant when Moses brought the Ten Commandments down from Mount Sinai, according to a new study by an Israeli psychology professor.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's young soldiers are fat, smoke too much and don't exercise enough, a report on the armed services said on Tuesday.</img> </img> </img> </img> Reuters