Burger King apologises to Hindus for running offensive ad

Burger King Used Hindu Goddess of Wealth, Lakshmi to do the advertisement.And reaction was inevitable.They use this kind of pseudo ad to get the media headlines, and in this case they are successful, they are hitting the headlines of Indian Media.Burger King is not present in...

Muslims taken off AirTran jet for remarks

Nine Muslims who had borded an AirTran flight from Washington DC to Florida, were ordered off the plane after they had taken their seats, when passengers said they had heard what they called suspicious remarks. ...

Australian plea for 'ugly' women

Under developmentThis one is going to take some kid gloves."The mayor of a remote Australian mining town has come under fire after saying that female "ugly ducklings" might benefit from its shortage of women. ...

Update- Musharraf denies stepping down

The latest report says that President has refused to step down. The guessing game seems to be on. " Pak President Pervez Musharraf's spokesperson has refuted reports of him stepping down. Rashid Quereshi...

Fox apologises to Obama for third time in two weeks

Fox News, classy as ever."Rupert Murdoch's Fox News television station has been forced to apologise to Barack Obama for the third time in a fortnight after screening a racially tinged caption referring to his wife...

"I apologise," says Sharon Stone to Chinese people

"At last, Hollywood actress Sharon Stone has apologised to the Chinese people for her highly insensitive remark over 'Karma'. 50-year old Hollywood siren of 'Basic Instict' is known for her affinity to Yoga and...

Morrissey accepts racism apology

Morrissey does seem oddly conservative at times, but racist? Come on. Maybe he really is hated for loving."Music magazine The Word was today forced to apologise to former Smiths frontman Morrissey in the high...

Baggage halted at new £4.3bn T5

"Flights from Heathrow's new £4.3bn Terminal 5 are departing with hand baggage only after luggage check-in was suspended due to a processing backlog.British Airways, which has sole use of T5, announced check-in of all hold luggage was suspended until Friday.The airline has...

McCanns win libel damages against media

After alternatingly glowing and brutal coverage of Kate and Jerry McCann, the parents whose daughter Madeleine went missing in Portugal last year, the family has won damages against two papers."Two newspapers said on Wednesday they will pay "substantial" damages to Madeleine...

Daring to utter the F-word

She is Jewish. She likens the Bush regime to Nazism - a brave woman indeed. I have to agree with her observations that the land of the free is much less free than we like to think.Photo of Naomi Wolf by Marco del...

Qaeda puts bounties on heads of Swedes in cartoon row

"Qaeda puts bounties on heads of Swedes in cartoon row AFP AFP - 14 minutes ago DUBAI (AFP) - An Al-Qaeda front organization in Iraq has offered rewards to anyone who kills two Swedes behind a cartoon depicting...

Richards 'to apologise in person'

"Ex-Seinfeld actor Michael Richards has pledged to apologise in person to four black audience members he targeted in a recent racist outburst."<br />Get all Michael Richards news in Small at SmallNews

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