Canadian court ended hearings this Wednesday of what observers see as a case that pits freedom of expression with safeguarding children. For refusing to carry what it deems to be sexually explicit pamphlets, Canada Post was sued by the Sex Party, the country's only accredited sex-related political party.

A Mexican politician who suffered a humiliating defeat in Mexico's 2006 presidential election, tried his luck in the over-55s section of the Berlin Marathon, winning the event only to be disqualified later for taking a short cut. Mexican politician Roberto Madrazo, running oddly on a long skintight pants, complemented with a wind breaker, a hat, caught the attention of New York-based marathon photographer Victor Sailer, who alerted race organizers.

Some 106 aspirants, ranging from jobless to farmers to priests, are eying the presidential seat in South Korea for the December 2007 national elections. A commission on election spokesman Kim Young-Hun confirmed that a total of 106 people have already registered on a preliminary list since the filing of candidacy started in April.

Duncan M. MacDonald was recently registered to vote in King County, Washington. But few believe he will ever have the privilege. Duncan is an Australian Shepherd-terrier mix with shaggy paws and a glistening black nose. He was registered by his owner, Jane Balogh, 66. But this self-described white-haired granny hasn't gone off the deep-end. Balogh says she did it to bring attention to lax registration laws and how easy it is to unlawfully get a ballot and possibly skew an election.

A Seattle woman pleaded not guilty to felony charges of providing false information on a voter-registration application. Jane Balogh, 66, registered her dog, Duncan MacDonald, as a voter last year to protest a 2005 state voter-registration statute that she says makes it too easy for non-citizens to vote. Balogh used picture of a paw print to sign the ballot for at least three election polls, but wrote "Void" on them so that they are not counted.