The University of Toronto is offering undergraduates a program in which they can learn about sexual role-play, flogging and restraint. The Sexual Diversity Program, established eight years ago, brings an academic approach to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and heterosexual issues. The professors at the university say it's a serious field of study. Director David Rayside tells Reuters, "It's a very serious analytical exercise, and it isn't what a lot of people think it is. " "A lot of the people from the university, from the president on down, think that what we're doing is important work," Rayside says. "But there's still a lot entailed at persuading more people that what we're doing is legitimate. "

A man and a woman imprisoned in an Ivory Coast jail dated and fell in love through a peephole in an iron door. According to one of their jailers they decided to get married and were released for a few hours for a wedding. Daloa prison guard Norbert Bah tells Reuters, "You can fall in love in all kinds of places - even prison. "

A Dutch mayor has supported the idea of sending prostitutes to accompany troops on mission abroad. The mayor said, "The army must consider ways its soldiers can let off steam. " Reuters quotes Annemarie Jorritsma, mayor of the town of Almere in central Netherlands, telling the national TV, "There was once the suggestion that a few prostitutes should accompany troops on missions. I think that is something we should talk about. "

Authorities in eastern India are trying to boost the morale of residents of crime-ridden Aurangabad by painting the city pink. Officials said Monday they planned to finish the paint job before October 21, the day of Diwali, the Hindu festival of light. Officials say Aurangabad's two million residents are complaining about poor quality of life and depression due to the city's high crime rate. Aurangabad is located in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, and is plagued with killing, extortion, kidnapping and inter-caste wars.

A man's desire to get married quickly ended up in tragedy, after a bizarre sequence of events in which he thought he'd accidentally killed his fiancee. The groom-to-be, Ahmad Ashraf, unfortunately made good on his promise that he would do "something drastic" if his fiancee didn't agree to a quick marriage. The couple had been scheduled to marry in December with parent's consent, but Ashraf was adamant that the wedding should be sooner.