Swiss voters ban nude hiking in Alps

September 17th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A blonde woman is said to have scared a bunch of builders into running for safety, after she rushed up to a construction site in the nude saying "Who wants me?" But instead of taking her up on her offer, the builders ran for cover and called up the police. "We like to chat up girls as they walk past - it's a tradition," the Daily Telegraph quoted one builder on the site in Vienna, Austria, as saying.

September 16th, 2009 MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Vladmir Putin handed over a 5000 dollar Swiss watch to a weapons manufacturing factory worker in Tula. According to The Telegraph, the metalworker put Putin in a spot after he gave a speech on the economy in the town of Tula.

September 12th, 2009 WELLINGTON - New Zealanders Cherie Taylor and Shane Carson are set to make their marriage memorable as they prepare to exchange wedding vows in the nude. Hororata bride Taylor, 21 and her husband-to-be Carson, 25, are among five couples chosen by radio station 'The Edge' to compete in 'Nudie Nuptials' for the top prize.

August 24th, 2009 WELLINGTON - A New Zealand radio station is said to be on the hunt for a couple who would be willing to bare all, and get married in the nude. The Edge radio station is offering a couple a wedding worth 50,000 dollars, and all they would have to do for it is to get married wearing nothing at all, reports Stuff.co.nz.

August 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Levi Johnston, ex-boyfriend of Sarah Palin's daughter, has said that he may pose nude if he's paid well for it. Johnston said: "It depends on the money, man," reports Us magazine.

June 27th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian man is appealing to his former girlfriend to stop circulating his nude pictures and to destroy them. Ng Lum Heng, 44, has sought the help of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) Public Services and Complaints Department after the woman e-mailed his nude pictures to his wife, friends and colleagues.

June 20th, 2009 NEW YORK - Nature lovers in America are excited to celebrate Naked Hiking Day-the annual ritual in which people venture out into the woods without their clothes on. The Naked Hiking Day is typically observed on the first day of summer, and this year it is coinciding with Father's Day (June 21).

June 9th, 2009 BEIJING - Three weeks after the demolition of a sex theme park, China's controversial nude bathhouse has been reopened in southwestern Sichuan province, despite a public outcry that forced authorities to shut it down seven years ago. Developers of the bathing house, which was reopened Saturday in the Yuping mountainous scenic spot, said that they only "wished to allow tourists the pleasure of intimate contact with nature", Xinhua reported.

June 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Seven years after it was shut down, a nude bathing house in China's Sichuan province has reopened. The bathing house, situated in the Yuping Mountain Scenic Spot, had to be closed following a social outcry.

June 8th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australia's Next Top Model contestant Lola Van Vorst seems to be least bothered by her nude photo scandal. She insists that the unfolding drama hasn't threatened her chances in the program.

June 7th, 2009 SYDNEY - A contestant in Australia's Next Top Model has been hit by a nude photos scandal. Lola Van Vorst has admitted to posing naked for an ex-boyfriend as news emerges that the images will be published by Famous magazine tomorrow.

May 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A man in Shanghai has been arrested for allegedly posting on the Internet nude pictures of his ex-lover. "Zhu Hui (the accused) has been in detention since May 14," Zeng Qi, the attorney of the girl, whose identity is being withheld.

April 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A young naked Canadian couple was caught having sex in the back of a garbage truck. Police officers caught them following reports of people walking suspiciously behind a business in an area of British Columbia last week.

April 7th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A new survey has revealed that more than forty per cent of travellers believe that if there were more nudist beaches in Australia, it would help boost tourism. The survey by totaltravel.com saw more than 1200 respondents saying that they were happy for people to strip down at the beach to attract more tourists, and believed that nudity "was natural and beautiful".

March 28th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Hollywood heartthrob Zac Efron says he isn't sure if he would ever do a full frontal nude scene in a movie. Efron was present in London for the premiere of his new film 17 Again.