Mexican City Bans Indoor Nudity
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MEXICO CITY - Alarmed by glimpses of sweaty citizens in the buff, the city council in the southeastern city of Villahermosa has adopted a law banning indoor nudity, officials confirmed Wednesday.  The regulation, which takes effect on Jan.
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A popular restaurant in Lima, Peru has been temporarily closed and fined for turning away dark-skinned people.
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URUAPAN, Mexico  - Mexican trucks laden with avocados headed north to the border on Friday, marking the final elimination of a decades-old U.S. ban on imports of a fruit that plays a central role in Mexican cuisine.
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Local governments cannot bar nude  dancing clubs from staging simulated sex acts, a U.S. federal  court ruled on Monday.
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Few places in Mexico are more notorious than Tijuana, with its reputation for easy sex, hard drugs and tequila-fueled debauchery &amp;#151; all a stone&#039;s throw from the U.S. Making the city as safe, clean and free of police corruption as its cross-border neighbor, San Diego, would be no small feat &amp;#151; and 18 months after taking office, the mayor who said he could do so now says it will never happen.
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Local governments cannot bar nude dancing clubs from staging simulated sex acts, a U.S. federal court ruled on Monday.
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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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The world's first ban on overly thin models at a top-level fashion show in Madrid has caused outrage among modeling agencies and raised the prospect of restrictions at other venues.
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A gay bar has won the right to turn away heterosexuals and even lesbians to provide a non-threatening atmosphere for the men partying inside.
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Mexico's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the armed forces cannot kick out HIV-positive members because doing so is discriminatory and unconstitutional.
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The City Council in Farmers Branch, Texas, approved an ordinance Tuesday night that bans illegal immigrants from renting homes and apartments in the Dallas suburb.
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SAN ANTONIO - Strippers in this city will soon have to put on something they can't take off - a business license.  The City Council on Friday approved a measure requiring exotic dancers to apply for permits and wear them while performing.
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(Corrects date ban goes into effect to June 15 from July 1 in paragraph 7 after New Mexicoâs senate office revised date)
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MILAN (Various sources) - Italy's advertising watchdog has banned an image by controversial photographer Oliviero Toscani for a clothing company which showed a naked anorexic woman. "The photo is shocking for everyone, particularly those who are sick and has been set up for commercial ends," Publicity Control Institute (IAP) president Giorgio Floridia told the press. The image, bearing the words "No Anorexia", was first displayed during Milan Fashion Week in September.
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Women in Saudi Arabia can now stay in a hotel or a furnished apartment without a male guardian according to decision by the Ministry of Trade, reported the local press Monday.
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"Please NO men or boys allowed on elevator," warns one sign at San Diego's downtown YWCA. Informational e-mails are called "hot flashes" and tablecloths come in pink.
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A ban on smoking in public spaces came into effect Thursday, a change that may alter the image of a country defined in part by its smoky cafes and cigarette-puffing intellectuals.