Friday, May 3, 2013

Daily News: Odd News - Secular Turks see red over airline's lipstick ban

Friday, May 03, 2013 12:22 AM PDT

Secular Turks see red over airline's lipstick ban 
Friday, May 03, 2013 12:22 AM PDT
A Turkish Airlines plane prepares to take off at Ataturk International Airport in IstanbulBy Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's national airline has barred female flight attendants from wearing red lipstick and nail polish, striking a nerve among secular Turks worried the country is becoming more Islamic. Turkish Airlines, Europe's fourth-biggest carrier, said the ban was aimed at keeping crews "artless and well-groomed with makeup in pastel tones", as a natural look improved communication with passengers. ...
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Wind farms to lure back German lobsters decimated by WW2 
Thursday, May 02, 2013 09:33 AM PDT
A European lobster (Hommarus gammarus) is pictured in a breeding station at the Alfred-Wegener institute on the German island of HeligolandBy Madeline Chambers BERLIN (Reuters) - New wind farms off Germany's North Sea coast will provide an ideal habitat that could help restore the lobster population near Heligoland after British bombing during and after World War II drove them away. Biologists at the Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research are breeding 3,000 lobsters to be released next year into the Borkum Riffgat offshore wind farm near the island 70 km off the German-Dutch coast. The 1. ...
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