No chance! Nude statues pulled from Olympic exhibition after Qatari authorities insist on veiling them

Cover up: Greece has pulled two ancient statues of nude males from an Olympic exhibition in Doha after Qatari authorities insisted on covering their genitalia

Greece has pulled two ancient statues of nude males from an Olympic exhibition in Doha after Qatari authorities insisted Covering the genitalia with black cloths.

A Culture Ministry official says exhibition organisers wanted to avoid scandalising female visitors.

Greek Deputy Culture Minister Costas Tzavaras, who visited the Muslim country last month for the exhibition opening, objected, saying the works should be displayed as they were or shipped home.

The statues have already returned to Greece,' a Culture Ministry source told Agence-France-Presse, who added that, 'Organizers in Qatar wanted to cover up the statues’ members with black cloth. So they were never put on display, they went back into storage and returned on April 19.'

Earthquake near Iranian nuclear power station leaves four people dead

Nuclear plant

A powerful earthquake has killed four people in southern Iran, close to the country's only nuclear power station.

A Red Cross official said two villages had been heavily damaged by the magnitude 6.3 quake but the Russian company that built the Bushehr plant said the reactor was undamaged.

Offices in the capitals of Qatar and Bahrain were evacuated after the quake, whose epicentre was 55 miles (89km) south-east of the port city of Bushehr, according to the US Geological Survey.

The shock was also felt in Dubai, according to witnesses and messages on Twitter.

Gulf Arab countries and western experts have voiced concerns about the Bushehr plant, which is built in a highly seismic area. Iran has repeatedly rejected concerns it could be unsafe.