Mexico City starts grope-free buses for women
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Mexico City has started a women-only bus service to protect female passengers from groping and verbal abuse common on the city's packed public transportation system.
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Mexico's military, struggling to attract new recruits, is expanding opportunities for a population it has all but overlooked for decades: women
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Comment is free: Bidisha: I have determined no longer to mutely ignore the uninvited sexual advances of strangers.
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Drivers finally begin using the Forth and Tay road bridges for free after charges are abolished.
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The Mexican capital will host the largest ever exhibition of Frida Kahlo's works this week to mark 100 years since the birth of the artist, who has become a feminist icon in the past decade as her fame blooms.
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MEXICO CITY -- Mexican migrants launched a two-month relay yesterday from Mexico's capital to New York, calling on lawmakers to grant them the right to cast absentee ballots in Mexico's 2006 presidential elections and organizing undocumented workers.
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Women ministers back proposals intended to curb the demand for prostitution.
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A trial of three hydrogen-powered pollution-free buses on routes in central London proves to be a "success".
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The leftist party that has already legalized gay unions and abortion in Mexico City said Wednesday it wants to make prostitution legal in the capital of this overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country.
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In a nation obsessed with soap operas, it's the hottest telenovela in years. Airing nightly in prime time, "Sin Tetas no hay Paraiso" &#151; "Without (Breasts) There's No Paradise" &#151; revolves around a 17-year old call girl who agonizes that her flat chest is a barrier to deliverance from poverty and a life of ease as a drug trafficker's pampered plaything.
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Seeking to crack down on widespread chaos and corruption on the streets, Mexico City on Friday introduced tougher traffic laws and incentives for police to stop accepting bribes.
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The geographically challenged need no longer feel shame. Men (and women) who lose their way will be able to safely ask for directions without having to stop (gasp) at a gas station.
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The sight of women working as bus and taxi drivers, petrol pump attendants or police officers in Algeria's larger towns can surprise newcomers by suggesting women are emancipated in Algeria. They are not, feminists say.
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Bridges to Mexico in this traffic-choked city began testing a new immigration security program Monday that requires some U.S. visitors to be fingerprinted and photographed as they cross the border.
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Federal legislators from Mexico's ruling party have introduced a bill to eliminate jail terms for illegal migration into Mexico, saying they want to send a message that migrants should not be treated like criminals.
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[World News]: London, Nov 2 : Japanese men no longer have to go searching for that perfect line to make women go weak in the knees.
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Groping and verbal harassment is an exasperating reality for women using public transportation in this sprawling capital, where 22 million passengers cram onto subways and buses each day. Some men treat women so badly that the subway system has long had ladies-only cars during rush hour, with police segregating the sexes on the platforms.