Risk-taking kiwis protest looming "party pill" ban
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Skiing down active volcanoes is perfectly alright, so is bungy-jumping off canyons and "zorbing" down mountains in massive inflatable plastic balls.
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Community leaders in Australia protest over government plans to curb child abuse in Aboriginal areas.
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Portugal has warned that a floating Dutch abortion clinic will not be allowed to enter its waters. The clinic offers the abortion pill in international waters to women in countries where it is illegal or restricted.
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Politicians and pharmacists in Italy responded angrily on Tuesday to an appeal by Pope Benedict for pharmacists to refuse to dispense drugs such as the "morning after pill" if they object on moral grounds.
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Activists are calling on Kroger Co. pharmacies to make the so-called "morning after" pill available at all of their stores after a Georgia woman said she was denied the contraceptive
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Women's rights groups seeking easier  access to emergency contraception are pressuring U.S.  regulators as they try to decide whether to approve a  non-prescription "morning-after" pill.
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Some newer birth control pills, which carry twice the risk of dangerous blood clots as older contraceptives, should be banned, an advocacy group said in a petition filed with U.S. regulators on Tuesday.
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Rally recalls early protests of campaigners still battling to ban the bomb
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Canadians must stop Americans from using Internet pharmacies to raid its medicine chest or face a drug shortage, a coalition of Canadian groups representing seniors, pharmacies and patients has warned.    The groups, claiming to represent 10 million Canadians, or about one-third the population, called on the Canadian government Monday to ban prescription drug exports...
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Online gaming group PartyGaming Plc and rivals Sportingbet and 888 warned on Monday they would be hit by legislation aimed at preventing gambling in the United States over the Internet.
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Pro-hunt campaigners are expected to protest against the hunting ban at Labour's spring conference.
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Organizers of the rugby World Cup remained defiant on Wednesday in the face of mounting media exasperation at a row that threatens coverage of the tournament which opens on Friday.
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The government is considering whether to make morning-after birth control available without a prescription, and like most issues that involve sex and pregnancy, it has generated heated debate.
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There's a revolt going on in Hawaii as some bar owners openly defy the state's new anti-smoking law, one of the nation's toughest, by letting their customers light up.
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More than 50,000 riot police have been mobilised across South Korea to enforce a ban on mass protests against a proposed US free trade deal, after the government last week vowed zero tolerance for violent rallies.
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Thousands yesterday responded to a call from several unions to join a rally organised by the General Workers' Union to protest against the government's plan to cut the number of public holidays.
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Some worry that HawaiiÂs strict antismoking law will hurt tourism Â especially from Japan.