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A Women Only Bus Service Opens Up to Avoid Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment on buses is so apparently bad in Nepal, that a separate bus service has opened up to stop the harassment.

The chairman of the company behind the venture says the aim is to make women feel more comfortable and secure.

Four 17-seat vehicles will run on key routes in the city during rush hour.

Around a quarter of young women in Nepal have been subjected to sexual harassment on public transport, according to a 2013 World Bank survey.

All buses in Kathmandu have to designate a certain number of seats as “women-only” by law, but critics say the rule is poorly enforced.

Bharat Nepal, who chairs the Bagmati Transport Entrepreneurs Association behind the scheme, said it was designed to address the longstanding issue of sexual harassment, which is particularly problematic during peak hours.

The buses will run on Kathmandu’s busy Kalanki-Balkot route.

There is currently just one woman conductor across the company’s four vehicles but Mr Nepal says the aim is to eventually run the service with an all-female crew.

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After Days of Mediation, San Diego Mayor Reaches Agreement

San Diego (CNN) — An agreement has been reached with San Diego Mayor Bob Filner after three days of mediation, the city attorney told reporters Wednesday.

City Attorney Jan Goldsmith said details of the proposed deal would remain confidential until they are presented to the City Council in a private meeting Friday at 1 p.m. (4 p.m. ET).

Immediately after the meeting, a report may be out at a public council meeting, Goldsmith said.

“Any rumors you hear about the proposal you may deem to be untrue because the people standing here are the ones who know of it and we have all committed … that we will maintain the confidentiality of the mediation,” he said while flanked by individuals involved in the effort.
Asked about Filner’s response to the agreement, his attorney declined to comment.

Filner has been in mediation talks on the heels of undergoing intensive two-week behavioral therapy amid multiple allegations that paint him as a serial perpetrator of sexual harassment.
Navarrette: Will ‘Mayor Naughty’ please step down

So far, 18 women have come forward to say that Filner acted inappropriately, with accusations ranging from one woman’s claim that the mayor gave her “tush a pat,” to another woman’s assertion that he “put me in what I guess now is the famous headlock.”

The embattled mayor has steadfastly resisted efforts to force him out of office in recent weeks

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Another Woman Accuser, Another Herman Cain Denial

Ginger White

Before the next Herman Cain accuser officially made her presence known on the national scene, Herman Cain rushed to CNN to deny everything she was about to say. He spoke to Wolf Blitzer, explaining to ‘Blitz’ that he knew the woman, but denied ever having any relations with her. “I wanted to get out in front of it,” Cain said, “I have nothing to hide.”

And then at 6PM today, the woman named Ginger White, came forward.

ATLANTA, Ga. – An Atlanta businesswoman is breaking her silence, claiming she has been involved in a 13-year-long affair with Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain.

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, FOX 5 senior I-Team reporter Dale Russell sat down with Ginger White, who had a story to tell.

“I’m not proud,” White told Russell. “I didn’t want to come out with this. I did not.”

White was worried a political tsunami was headed her way. So, she decided to head it off, by confessing she was involved in a 13-year-long affair with presidential hopeful Herman Cain.

“It was pretty simple,” White said. “It wasn’t complicated. I was aware that he was married. And I was also aware I was involved in a very inappropriate situation, relationship.”

Ginger White says she met Herman Cain in the late 90s in Louisville, Kentucky, when as president of the National Restaurant Association, he made a presentation. She was impressed. She says they shared drinks afterwards and he invited her back to his hotel room.

“’I’d like to see you again,’” White said Cain told her. “’You are beautiful to me, and I would love for us to continue this friendship.’”

But like Herman Cain said when a previous accuser came forward, for every woman who accuses him of sexual harassment, there are thousands of other women he didn’t harass. Why can’t these accusers understand that?

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Herman Cain To Woman Number 4 – Say Hello To My Little Friend

Woman number 4 has a name. She is Sharon Bialek and in 1997, she went to Herman Cain trying to get her job back after being laid off. But Cain had other plans for Mrs. Bialek – an introduction to his crotch!

Bialek, a Chicagoan, had raised money for the restaurant association before being terminated in 1997, Allred said. When she lost her job, she reached out to Cain for help.

“Mr. Cain instead decided to try to provide her with his idea of a stimulus package,” Allred said.

Bialek detailed Cain’s sexual overture, explaining that he spent money on a palatial hotel suite for her at the time of their meeting. When they saw each other in the evening, Bialek said he his hand on her leg, “reached for [her] genitals” and pushed her head toward his crotch.

Oh Mr. Cain, you are so smooth. I’m afraid to ask how many women you got this way, cause I believe there’s a woman number 5,6, 7 etc.

And while I write this, a diehard Republican just said to me, “I don’t know why, but I am drawn to the man even more. I like Herman Cain.”

Surprised? I’m not!

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Michele Bachmann Calls Herman Cain Inconsistent

In a radio interview airing today, Michele Bachmann – one of many Republicans trying to beat President Obama in 2012 – expressed her concerns about her fellow Republican and front-runners in the nomination process, Herman Cain.

Answering questions about Cain’s sexual harassment allegations, Bachmann said;

Now this is significant. There has been 10 instances in the last month where he’s changed his positions on significant issues. On the issue of pro-life, he said the government shouldn’t intervene to protect life and then he switched and said ‘no they should.’ He said he wasn’t for the marriage amendment, then he said he was. Then he said that he would allow the terrorists to go out of Guantanamo Bay. In other words he would release the terrorists. Then he changed his mind and said ‘no.’ He just said this week that China was developing a nuclear weapon. They’ve had one for 47 years. He said that 9-9-9 would be equitable and fair, then he changed it to 9-0-9 after people called out his errors.

… That’s what the real issue is with Herman Cain’s campaign: the fact that he’s switched his positions when he found out that they weren’t acceptable by the people who were voting. That should really give people pause. Everyone loves him, who doesn’t? He has a great personality, but this is the leader of the free world that we’re talking about … We need to know that our President of the United States is going to go in there and do bold things and know what they’re talking about and be consistent. That’s what I bring that no other candidate brings. That’s why I am set apart and it’s why we can’t settle.

In other news, Michele Bachmann just realized that China already have nuclear weapons, thanks to Herman Cain’s ignorant claim that the Chinese are trying to develop nuclear capabilities.

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