Peru's female traffic cops face backlash
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When traffic cop Maria Luisa Calderon ordered a taxi driver to move on as he picked up a passenger in heavy traffic, his reaction bordered on homicidal: He turned on his high beams and floored it, slamming her to the ground and ripping her face and ankle as he sped away.
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NAIROBI Wangari Maathai has been clubbed in the head by riot policemen. She has been denounced as a subversive. Her efforts for women&#39;s rights in a country where men run the show have long been considered quixotic at best.
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LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian authorities were trying on  Tuesday to negotiate the surrender of an armed group holding  hostages in a police station, hours after arresting their  leader who had demanded the president's resignation.
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Three female members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus accused the organization's male leaders Thursday of treating women unfairly. Rep. Loretta Sanchez said the caucus chairman called her a "whore."
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ESPINAR, Peru  - Two years ago, 2,000 people in this small town in the Peruvian Andes stormed the offices of the Tintaya copper mine, demanding its owners spend more money on social projects and the environment.
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AREQUIPA, Peru  - Nine police officers were released on Friday night after being held by angry protesters for six hours in southern Peru, a police chief said.
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By Jude Webber and Tania Mellado LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian authorities arrested aformer army major who led a three-day uprising in a southernAndean town and will storm the police station where some of his200 supporters remain unless they surrender soon, PrimeMinister Carlos Ferrero said on Tuesday.
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Environmentalists in Peru criticise plans to auction off large swathes of the Amazon to oil and gas firms.
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With officers intimidated by killings and threats, some have begun questioning the notion of trying to establish a system of local policing at this time.
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Peru's justice minister calls for better security after a witness in a drugs case is shot dead en route to court.
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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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SANTIAGO -- Police used tear gas, water cannons, and clubs against demonstrators staging nationwide protests yesterday over government social and economic policies. More than 370 people were detained, officials said. About 50 protesters and 18 police officers were injured, none seriously. Senator Alejandro Navarro, who joined the demonstration against the government's free-market policies, was clubbed in the head by a ...
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OTTAWA (CP) - More women are becoming police officers, Statistics Canada says.
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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.
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LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian authorities on Monday  threatened to storm a police station seized on New Year's Day  by an armed group demanding the president's resignation, and  warned residents to get out of the area.
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WELSH cops who investigated the O'Malleys murders last night accused Spanish police of dragging their heels over the case.
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LIMA, Peru  - An ex-soldier and 200 supporters  took over a police station in a poor Andean town on Saturday  and demanded the resignation of President Alejandro Toledo  after a gunfight that injured seven people.