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'Bloody' Protest Against Bullfighting Held in Mexico [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsAbout 750 activists soaked in fake blood staged a protest Saturday demanding a ban to bullfighting in Mexico. The demonstrators are from the animal-rights group AnimaNaturalis. ...
Smoking French Icons Allowed to Puff on Posters Again
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsFrench politicians have voted to amend a strict anti-tobacco law that snatched cigarettes and pipes from images of some of the country's most famous smokers. Fear of breaking the 20-year-old Evin Law, which banned the direct and indirect promotion of tobacco and alcohol in public places, had led authorities to remove dozens of smokes from historical images. The legislation first sparked public outrage in 1996, when the post office used a photo of renowned author Andre Malraux for a stamp but airbrushed out his ever-present Gauloise. The law was back in the headlines almost a decade later ...
San Fran Lawmakers May Wipe the Smile Off Happy Meals
By Lisa Flam - AOL News
(Nov. 3) -- The McDonald's Happy Meal will get a little less happy if San Francisco lawmakers have their way. By a veto-proof 8-3 margin, the Board of Supervisors approved a proposal Tuesday night that would prohibit fast-food chains like McDonald's from giving away toys with kids' meals that exceed set levels of salt, fat and sugar. And meals with free toys or incentives must include fruit and veggies. Most Happy Meals, as they're served today, would be banned under the measure, the Los Angeles Times reported. Karen Bleier, AFP/Getty Images A proposal in San Francisco would regulate the ...
Bin Laden Warns France Over Afghan War, Veil Ban
By not in system - AOL NewsCAIRO (Oct.27) -- Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden threatens in a new audio tape to kill French citizens to avenge their country's support for the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan and a new law that will ban face-covering Muslim veils. In the tape obtained by satellite television station Al-Jazeera and then posted on its website on Wednesday, bin Laden said France was aiding the Americans in the killing of Muslim women and children in an apparent reference to the war in Afghanistan. He said the kidnapping of five French citizens in the African nation of Niger last month was a reaction to what he ...
Calvin Klein 'Rape' Ads Banned Down Under
By Deborah Hastings - AOL News
(Oct. 25) -- A racy Calvin Klein ad showing a nearly naked female model being straddled and held by the hair has been banned in Australia, where officials say it encourages rape and violence. The government's Advertising Standards Bureau has ordered the controversial billboards be removed after declaring the images were "demeaning to women by suggesting that she is a plaything of these men," Australia's Herald Sun reported. Calvin Klein This Calvin Klein ad was banned in Australia because it was deemed "demeaning to women." The black-and-white photo shows supermodel Lara Stone, wearing ...
French Senate Votes 246-1 to Ban Muslim Burqas
By David Knowles - AOL News(Sept. 14) -- Following the lead of the National Assembly, the French Senate today voted overwhelmingly to ban full Islamic veils in public. The final tally was 246 in favor of enacting the new law, and one legislator voting against it. In July, the National Assembly voted 335-1 to pass the law, which bears the formal name "Forbidding the Concealing of the Face in the Public Space." Al-Jazeera reported that the text does not actually contain the words "veil" or "Islam." Today's move, however, is clearly directed at the relatively small number of Muslim women who opt for covering their faces ...
Spain's Catalonia Bans Bullfighting in Vote
By Dana Kennedy - AOL News(July 28) -- Lawmakers in the Catalonia region of Spain voted after an emotional debate today to ban bullfighting, a decision that some hope will signal the end of the controversial spectacle throughout the country. Protesters who believe bullfighting is a blood sport and cruel to animals appeared outside the local parliament building in Barcelona today covered in fake blood and carrying posters of bleeding bulls. "It's time for this victory," Eric Gallego, a spokesman for the anti-bullfighting group Prou (Catalan for "Enough") told AOL News from inside the parliament building after the vote ...
Debate: Busybodies Take Aim at Plastic Shopping Bags
By not in system - AOL News(June 7) -- As if the nanny state wasn't intrusive enough already, busybodies in the California Assembly are sticking their noses in where they don't belong, passing a bill to ban plastic shopping bags. This is a classic case of perennial meddlers looking to boss people around for no good reason. Plastic shopping bags are far from an environmental menace. In fact, the environmental impact of plastic shopping bags also pales in comparison to the environmental impact of paper and canvas bags. Opposing View The only question about plastic grocery bags is whether to tax them or ban them, says ...
California Moves to Ban Plastic Shopping Bags
By Scott Martelle - AOL NewsLOS ANGELES (June 3) -- California has moved closer to becoming the first state in the nation to join a growing international movement against the use of single-use plastic shopping bags, which environmentalists and anti-littering advocates condemn as unnecessary, unsightly and dangerous to wildlife. The state Assembly approved the measure Wednesday and sent it to the state Senate, a move hailed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as "a great victory for our environment," signaling he would likely sign the bill into law. It was unclear when the Senate would take up the issue. The law would ban ...
Pakistan's Web Ban Is Part of Broader Crackdown
By Adnan R. Khan - AOL NewsISLAMABAD, Pakistan (May 22) -- This nation's ban on Facebook and YouTube this week has reopened a fierce debate on freedom of information in a country that seemed on its way to being a developing-world leader in promoting citizen access to the Web. The ban, which also covers Wikipedia and Flickr, comes after a Facebook group declared May 20 to be "Draw Muhammad Day." But critics say that was a convenient excuse for broader moves to curtail access to what has been a largely uncensored Web in Pakistan. The International Telecommunications Union estimates that 18.5 million of the nation's 175 ...
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