Russians are world's worst tourists, suggests pollAugust 28th, 2009 LONDON - The world's worst holidaymaker poll suggests that Russians are the worst tourists in the world. The 'Who do you not get on with on holiday' poll surveyed over 1,000 British tourists who went abroad this summer, and suggested that Russians were money flashing chavs who hid sunloungers in their hotel rooms.
British minister walks out of segregated Muslim weddingAugust 14th, 2009 LONDON - A British minister Friday defended his decision to walk out of a Muslim wedding where men and women were separated, saying such practices ran against his efforts to build "inclusion."
Farming Minister Jim Fitzpatrick and his wife walked out of the marriage ceremony in his east London constituency - home to a large number of Bangladeshis - after discovering they would have to sit in separate rooms. He told BBC radio Friday that such practices promoted "exclusion rather than inclusion," which his government was trying to build in areas like east London.
Brit tourists seek boob job advice from embassies abroad!August 13th, 2009 LONDON - British embassies across the globe have received bizarre requests from Brit tourists, including one seeking advice on breast enlargement. The country's Foreign Office revealed some travellers left the embassy staff facing with trivial requests.
One-fifth of EU countries to have Muslim population by 2050August 9th, 2009 LONDON - A survey by a British newspaper has found that due to the rise in the levels of immigration from Muslim countries and low birth rates among Europe's indigenous population, a fifth of the European Union (EU) would have Muslim populations by 2050. Last year, five per cent of the total population of 27 EU countries was Muslim.
British police criticized for dressing female officers in full-body Muslim veils for dayAugust 3rd, 2009 UK police criticized for Muslim veiling exerciseLONDON — British police have been criticized for an exercise in which two female officers spent the day in full-body veils to learn about Islam. British media say the South Yorkshire Police dressed three female officers in conservative Muslim attire and sent them walking around the northern city of Sheffield as part of community-relations activity.
Al Qaeda might have killed British hostage: BrownJune 3rd, 2009 LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that Al Qaeda might have killed a British hostage in Mali in western Africa. "We have strong reason to believe that a British citizen Edwin Dyer has been murdered by an Al Qaeda cell in Mali," Brown said in a statement Wednesday.
BBC rejects calls for on-air apology over controversial 'muslim' remarksMay 31st, 2009 LONDON - The BBC has now rejected calls for an on-air apology by the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) over contentious remarks made by a panelist. The BBC in its programme Question Time had the former Daily Telegraph editor Charles Moore, who claimed that the Muslim Council of Britain encouraged the killing of British troops.
Judge orders Kasab to behave in courtMay 11th, 2009 MUMBAI - The judge hearing the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case Monday reprimanded the lone captured terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab for laughing and giggling during the proceedings and asked him to behave in court. Kasab giggled as one of the eyewitnesses, Sub Inspector Bhaskar Kadam, identified two AK-47 assault rifles, two pistols and the clothes worn by the Pakistani terrorists.
350 tourists evacuated in north Sikkim after landslideMay 10th, 2009 MANGAN - Around 350 tourists who were stranded Saturday night along the North Sikkim Highway after a massive landslide blocked the road have been evacuated, officials said Sunday. The tourists were stranded between Mangan and Lachen and Lachung in remote north Sikkim.
London reports decrease in foreign tourists in 2008April 29th, 2009 London reports 2008 decrease in foreign touristsLONDON — London officials say the number of foreign visitors to the British capital fell 3.6 percent last year, with particularly sharp drops in Japanese and American tourists. The official agency Visit London said Wednesday the number of Japanese tourists who stayed at least one night fell by 24 percent last year, and U.S.
21 Bengali tourists attacked in SikkimApril 15th, 2009 GANGTOK - At least 21 tourists from Kolkata were attacked in Sikkim by some assailants wielding swords because they refused to give way to the attackers on a narrow stretch of road, the police said Wednesday. The tourists were on their way to Lachung, a tourist getaway in north Sikkim mountains, when they came under the attack Tuesday night from some suspected political party activists who were canvassing in the area.
Baroness Warsi becomes most powerful women of BritainMarch 25th, 2009 LONDON - The Equalities and Human Rights Comission has named Baroness Sayeeda Warsi as the most powerful British Muslim woman of the country. The launch of the EHRC Power List is part of a wider project to raise the profile of Muslim women working in the UK.
13 most powerful UK Muslim women revealedMarch 22nd, 2009 LONDON - More Muslim women than ever are in leading positions in British society. There are more than 100,000 Muslim women currently working in Britain, yet many feel misunderstood and misrepresented.
I'm a rare combination of British and Rajput blood: Preity Zinta (Film Snippets)January 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Fed up with responding to queries about her family background, actress Preity Zinta has finally revealed her British connection. 'Some people think I'm south Indian, while some feel I'm a Muslim.
Goa sees 13 percent drop in foreign tourists flying inJanuary 9th, 2009 PANAJI - The number of foreign tourists flying into Goa fell by nearly 13 percent this holiday season, say the police. Russians have now become the second largest group of foreign tourists flying into the coastal state, after the British.
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