London, Apr 27: A British air stewardess was sacked for refusing to fly to Saudi Arabia after she was ordered to wear a traditional Islamic robe and walk behind male colleagues.
Lisa Ashton, who worked for BMI, was told that she was expected to wear in public in Saudi Arabia the abaya, a long black robe that leaves only the face uncovered.
She was also told that she should walk behind male colleagues irrespective of their rank, in order to conform with the social codes of the conservative country, The Telegraph reports.
London, April 27 : Amy Winehouse is being called the "Pied Piper of St Lucia" after she helped a number of local kids, according to reports.
The `Rehab' hitmaker took six kids from near her new island home to the picturesque Cotton Bay to play on the beach.
And now she is being referred to as the `Pied Piper of St Lucia' by locals, who have been impressed by the songbird's generosity towards the island's children, according to sources.
London, Apr. 27 : Hundreds of Tamilian activists staged a noisy protest outside the Indian High Commission in London shouting anti-India slogans, and protesting against the Indian Government's policies on the Tamil issue.
Three to four agitated protestors broke into the building through the visa department, and demanded that the Indian Government force Sri Lanka to call off its offensive against the LTTE, that was resulting in great loss of life and property among innocent Tamilians.
London, Apr. 27 : Former Home Secretary David Blunkett is likely to warn the Gordon Brown Government that the 2012 Olympic games in London could face a cyber attack.
Terrorists could use sophisticated hacking to trigger the "complete meltdown" of computer and communications systems or disrupt ticketing, accommodation and transport arrangements, Blunkett will say in a speech to an information security conference, The Telegraph said.