Joanna
uvj at vsnl.com wrote:
>HindustanTimes.com
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>Friday, July 30, 2004
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>Victoria's Secret withdraws offensive Buddha bikini
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>PK Balachanddran
>Colombo, July 28
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>In the face of intense opposition from Sri Lanka and the rest of the
>Buddhist world, Limited Brands Inc - the American company which makes the
>"Victoria's Secret" brand of lingerie - have withdrawn their floral bikinis
>depicting the image of Lord Buddha.
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>A press release from the Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on
>Wednesday that following a representation made by its embassy in Washington,
>the company had withdrawn the images of the offending swim suit from its
>website also.
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>The company's Vice President (External Communications), Anthony Hebron, had
>written to the Sri Lankan ambassador in Washington expressing his 'sincere
>apologies' and saying that there was "no intention of showing disrespect to
>Lord Buddha or Buddhism."
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>The Sri Lankan Foreign Minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, had convened a meeting
>of all the ambassadors and high commissioners of countries with a large
>Buddhist population to get backing for a ban on the bikini.
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>Sri Lankan ambassadors had also appealed to countries they were accredited
>to, to withdraw the offending bikinis from their markets.
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>© HT Media Ltd. 2004.
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