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/ 23 December 2004
Alarmed by glimpses of sweaty citizens in the buff, the city council in the south-eastern city of Villahermosa, Mexico, has adopted a law banning citizens from allowing themselves to be seen nude by the public, even while in their own homes, officials confirmed on Wednesday.
Mexico quietly moved to eliminate the death penalty from its military justice codes, hours before the International Court of Justice ruled on Wednesday that the United States violated the rights of 51 Mexicans on death row. The world court case was Mexican President Vicente Fox’s way of formally protesting US death sentences.
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/ 9 September 2003
Hundreds of indigenous people from southwestern Mexico are heading for Cancun to protest the upcoming meeting of the 146-nation World Trade Organisation, which they say favours the rich over the poor.
Only two boxers are left standing in the South African political ring following the recent floor crossing of MPs — the ”bloated African National Congress juggernaut” and an ”agile Democratic Alliance that continues to build its muscle”, says DA leader Tony Leon.
A MECHANIC apparently angry that a daily flag ceremony blocked access to his house and shop rammed his pickup into a crowd of preschoolers.
Frida Kahlo’s life is like one of her paintings: a surreal experience with splotches of colour that flirts on the fringes of reality.