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A Spanish court in the northern region of Navarra authorised a nude demonstration next month by animal rights campaigners determined to use bare-faced cheek to protest at the traditional San Fermin or "running of the bulls" festival in Pamplona. ADVERTISEMENT The court said the protesters could go ahead as long as they did so in a way which "does not affect good civic customs." The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) group, which has protested against the event in the past, says it wants to highlight its opposition by organising a rival run by naked humans protesting cruelty...

Eleven people have laid naked on the lawn of New Zealand's Parliament to protest about government plans to lift a ban on genetically engineered plants and animals. The 11 bodies and one fully-clothed woman spelt out "No GE" against the green grass, watched by half a dozen security guards. Protest organizer Valerie Morse said the naked protest was a metaphor for New Zealand, which she said could be "stripped bare" by genetic engineering. "We've got some of the most unique flora and fauna in the world and if we release GE into the environment we just simply have no idea...