Couples of all ages locked lips outside a church in the conservative central Mexico city of Leon to protest the arrest of a man for kissing his female companion.

The "kiss-in" -- held at noon on Sunday to coincide with mass -- received applause from some parishioners at the Catholic Church.

Nepal said on Monday it was banning secondary schools from using names like "Oxbridge", "White House" and "NASA" over fears that the education system is losing its Nepali culture.

The announcement follows a series of protests by student and youth groups -- sometimes violent -- outside schools across the country which have chosen foreign names.

Across the Channel from the heated contests of the London Olympics, competitors gathered in northern France Sunday for a far different kind of event: the eighth annual shrimp shelling competition in Leffrinckoucke.

Launched modestly in 2005 in this coastal town near Dunkerque, the competition grew from about 20 local contenders in its first year to 120 this year, including some from as far away as Russia, South Korea and Mexico.

They call New York the naked city, but on Times Square, there's only room for one naked man.

For 13 years, that man has been Robert Burck, the Naked Cowboy.

A bull that bolted from a barn in Peru caused panic in a village near the capital Lima, damaging a police car and slightly injuring a woman before its capture, police said Friday.

Weighing in at 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms), "David" escaped Thursday night after a fight with another bull in Villa El Salvador, a village near the Peruvian capital, said barn owner Jonas Pareja.

U.S. troops who caused scandal by sleeping with prostitutes ahead of a visit to Colombia by President Barack Obama also allowed sniffer dogs to sleep in hotel beds and defecate on the premises.

A partially redacted report into April's incident released Friday by the Pentagon revealed little that was not already known about how 12 soldiers, airmen, marines and sailors had taken prostitutes to their hotel rooms.

Gays and lesbians puckered up Friday at "kiss-ins" outside Chick-fil-A outlets across the United States in protest over the fast-food chain's opposition to same-sex marriage.

Using social media to publicize the event, organizers expected at least 15,000 people to turn out for a collective coast-to-coast kiss.

The U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of a massacre on a Texas military base was fined $1,000 Friday for refusing to shave before a military hearing.

Major Nidal Hasan, who could face the death penalty if convicted, is accused of opening fire at the Fort Hood army base on November 5, 2009, in an attack that killed 12 soldiers and a civilian, and wounded 32 others.

The World's Longest Yardsale opened for a 25th season Thursday along U.S. Highway 127, offering second-hand bargains and entertainment over 690 miles (1,100 kilometers) in six states.

Organized by the Fentress County Chamber of Commerce in northern Tennessee, it's the longest the four-day attic-clearing event has ever stretched, running from Gadsden, Alabama to the outskirts of Addison, Michigan.

An Australian man Friday claimed he was put on hold by Qantas Airways for so long he managed to read an entire managerial textbook, with the 15-hour phone call enough time to fly to the United States.

Andrew Kahn told Fairfax newspapers he phoned Qantas to confirm plans to travel to New York on Sunday, and was placed in a queue with a recorded message saying someone would be with him as soon as possible.