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Topless protesters crash Milan Fashion week in demo against anorexic models

By Suzannah HillsLast updated at 12:16 PM on 25th February 2012 Topless feminists clashed with police as they protested against the use of anorexic models outside the Versace fashion show in Milan yesterday.The protesters, from the feminist group Femen, wore jeans and handwritten slogans such as 'Fashion = Fascism' and 'Anorexia' scrawled across their bare chests.The three attractive women - understood to be model themselves - chanted outside the high-end fashion show while holding aloft handmade placards with the same mottos and 'Models do not go to brothels'. Baring all: Topless >>>

South African company offers naked maids, handymen

A new South African cleaning company is offering service with a smile — and, well, not much else. Clients can hire maids, handymen, cooks and plumbers, all of whom will work topless or fully naked. Jean-Paul Reid, 29, was an unemployed accountant in Cape Town when he got the idea to start Natural Cleaning Co., "the world's only all-naked service company," he told South African daily The Times. More from GlobaPost: South Africa: Controversy over political poster showing interracial couple Reid also has accountants, computer geeks, yoga instructors and personal trainers on the >>>

“FEMEN is a good example of how one’s body can be used to fight for one’s rights”

TIME OUT Tweet <!-- --> Enter email: Hi! http://www.day.kyiv.ua/224171 Enter code: Message to editor: Hi! http://www.day.kyiv.ua/224171Enter your name:Enter your email: Enter code: French photographer Guillaume Herbaut, one of the winners of the World Press Photo, speaks about his work in UkraineWhy did you choose the photo of a FEMEN activist to be presented at the World Press Photo?“It seemed to me that it is a very positive photo, a kind of a positive look from Europe. It is like a symbol of a successful civic movement uniting people from a certain >>>

MSN India: Femen in trouble for insulting Tricolour

Ukraine abroad Telegraph.co.uk: Ukraine government 'trying to kill Tymoshenko', daughter claims Today at 19:41 Ukraine abroad United Press International: Tymoshenko's health source of debate Today at 17:26 Ukraine abroad Russia Today: Ukraine lines up for Gazprom’s discount Today at 11:34 Ukraine abroad NewEurope: Details of Tymoshenko's health kept secret Yesterday at 21:05 Ukraine abroad Wall Street Journal: Ukraine spars over Tymoshenko's health Yesterday >>>

MSN India: FEMEN in trouble for insulting Tricolour

Ukraine abroad Russia Today: Ukraine lines up for Gazprom’s discount Today at 11:34 Ukraine abroad NewEurope: Details of Tymoshenko's health kept secret Yesterday at 21:05 Ukraine abroad Wall Street Journal: Ukraine spars over Tymoshenko's health Yesterday at 20:58 Ukraine abroad Independent.ie: Quinn personally guaranteed loan for Kyiv investors Yesterday at 09:54 Ukraine abroad Deccan Herald: Ukrainian girls may be jailed for insulting Indian flag 2 days ago >>>

FEMEN Topless Activists Desecrate Indian Flag, Face Jail Time

FEMEN topless activists face jail time over desecrating the Indian flag. This is not the first time these controversial Ukrainian women have used their breasts to make a statement.This is the first time the FEMEN group has faced a criminal case, and interestingly, it's not because of their stripping protests. Back in January several topless activists climbed onto the balcony of Rajiv K. Chander, the Indian ambassador to Ukraine, and tore down the Indian flag. This is the reason they face prosecution for the first time ever.The reason for the FEMEN protest was India's crackdown on visas >>>

India-Ukraine Prostitution Row: Who Should Apologize?

Euronews reported activist Oleskandra Shevchenko as saying: “Ukrainian women are not prostitutes…we’ve been fighting this image. Shame on India for trying to insult us this way.” Prostitution is not legal in India, but sex trade thrives in the country, especially if rackets showcase women from the central Asian countries and the ex-Soviet Republics -- White skin is still an obsession in the dark continent, as it were. After the row over the disgracing of the Indian flag broke out, the naturally patriotic Indians have shown tremendous amount of empathy for the Ukrainian protesters. >>>

Femen activists face four year jail for tearing Indian Tricolour

Kyiv: Ukrainian protest group Femen landed in hot water for tearing down the Indian National flag, The Tricolour, while protesting New Delhi's decision to tighten visa norms against women from some former Soviet states. According to reports, the yet unnamed Femen protestors braved the biting cold to pose topless in front of the India House, the residence of Indian ambassador Rajiv K Chander, on January 18. They were protesting against India asking the country's diplomatic missions in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to tighten the overview of visa applications by women aged >>>

Topless Ukrainians in trouble for insulting Tricolour

For the first time, members of Ukrainian protest group Femen face a criminal case, though not for stripping in public for women's cause.Anonymous activists of the feminist group face a criminal case in a court in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv for their topless protest on the balcony of Indian ambassador Rajiv K. Chander's residence on January 18, during which they tore down the Indian Tricolour.The activists were protesting against India's alleged visa crackdown against women from some former Soviet states.The government has reportedly asked the country's diplomatic missions in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan >>>

Topless Ukraine ‘rebels’ may face jail

For the first time, members of Ukrainian protest group Femen face a criminal case, though not for stripping in public for women's cause.Anonymous activists of the feminist group face a criminal case in a court in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv for their topless protest on the balcony of Indian ambassador Rajiv K. Chander's residence on January 18, during which they tore down the Indian Tricolour.The activists were protesting against India's alleged visa crackdown against women from some former Soviet states.The government has reportedly asked the country's diplomatic missions in Ukraine, Russia, >>>