Mitt Romney extends his lead in the Republican primary race with a convincing win in Florida. We visit this state where the over-60s have a powerful voice in politics. Next, it’s a battle to survive in rural Mexico, where the worst drought in decades has hit indigenous people hard. Finally, we take a look at a new law that requires porn stars to protect themselves on set.
In a rare form of protest, dozens of Chinese internet users have posted nude photos of themselves online as a show of solidarity with dissident artist Ai Weiwei (pictured), whose videographer is being investigated for “spreading pornography”.
Egyptians question Mohamed ElBaradei’s ability to lead the country. A sex scandal in Indonesia has sparked controversy on the local web. And the invisible man takes up skateboarding.
Spanish police have detained 57 people after launching scores of raids in connection with a suspected online child pornography ring involving more than 20,000 Internet connections, police sources said on Friday.
A group of feminist filmmakers in Sweden has produced a new kind of pornographic film, and it's funded by the government. It's filmed on videophones with women in control in front of and behind the camera. It's also no easy feat to take philosophy to the stage, but in Paris, two women have succeeded in turning Simone de Beauvoir's life and work into a play and make it funny.
Today Eve Jackson looks at the latest album releases, which includes the final compilation of famed band Oasis, the Best of CD of South African activist and singer Miriam Makeba and the complicated new album from internationally known rapper, Eminem. Also the adult film industry has a new form emerging with the Dirty Diaries, a Swedish movie entirely filmed by mobile phone, focusing on female sexuality in our modern world.
Online accounts of the damage caused by the US oil Spill. The Philippines declares war on « jejemon » a SMS language used by young people on the Internet and a Belgian film maker takes a poetic look at football in Africa.
In today’s international papers, we look at an Israeli spoof video of “We are the World” which has drawn widespread criticism with the Government being forced to apologise. Other topics covered include Turkey’s changing diplomacy, Nadal’s victory at the French Open, how the oil spill has affected the brown pelican, Louisiana’s state symbol and finally a porn scandal in Ireland! MONDAY, 7th JUNE 2010
An inquiry by Mexican police into a child porn network led to the arrest of seven people Wednesday, including a Catholic priest. The network is thought to have distributed over 100,000 pictures and videos of children from around the world.