http://www.sequencenews.com SEQUENCE provides in-depth coverage from around the world Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:56:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There is one place in Yemen where women can meet other women outside of the family and catch a piece of breath: Balkis. The only sportsclub open for women and girls in the whole country. It’s located in the capital, Sanaa, and have been open and running for 4 years. http://www.sequencenews.com/previous-reports/balkis/the-only-female-sportsclub-in-yemen.html Half of the population in Yemen are children, many of them have no education and are very poor, which makes them the prime targets for terrorist recruitment. This is why the non-profit organization “The Democratic School” organized an anti terror youth seminar gathering both youth in danger as well as representatives ... http://www.sequencenews.com/current-reports/anti-terror-youth-conference.html Yemen's most famous breakdancing crew. http://www.sequencenews.com/current-reports/breakin-in-yemen.html Yemen's first professional female photographer. http://www.sequencenews.com/current-reports/women-in-black/women-in-black.html Public enemy number one. http://www.sequencenews.com/previous-reports/arab-hip-hop/arab-hip-hop.html 90 per cent of the cocaine taken by users around the world comes from Colombia. One third of it leaving from the Pacific coast. And Buenaventura is the epicenter of it all. Where its shantytowns stretch down into the river the city's drug traffickers take off on their journeys North. ... http://www.sequencenews.com/current-reports/colombia/cocaine-coast.html Since Yassir Arafat died in 2004 a lot has changed in Palestine. Fatah is still in power but they have lost one election and another war against archrival Hamas. Little remains of the movements former glory and the accusations of corruption, betrayal and repression are getting stronger. The old men ... http://www.sequencenews.com/current-reports/palestine/demise-of-a-leadership.html The Israelis are heading for the ballots. And this year’s parliamentary elections will be held, as has happened before, in the shadow of a war. Over ninety percent of the Israeli Jewish population supported the attacks on Gaza but for the one and a half million Arabs living in Israel ... http://www.sequencenews.com/previous-reports/israel/the-war-of-an-election.html In January 2009 the Roma community in Italy’s biggest camp, Casilino 900, approved the government’s plan to evict the area. The residents were promised a new camp and as the process is initiated in early 2009 it is clear that it will have a great impact all over Italy. Today ... http://www.sequencenews.com/current-reports/italy/the-romas-of-rome.html The days of Christiania, the freetown located in Danish capital Copenhagen, might be numbered. During the last thirty years it has become world famous for its alternative liberal way of life and has become a safe haven for many who oppose the rest of society, its rules and regulations. http://www.sequencenews.com/current-reports/denmark/normalizing-the-freetown.html