The clothing (1) ____________ Benetton is once again in the headlines over a controversial advertising campaign. The company has a history of using (2) ____________ ads for its products. In the past it has used photos of two horses (3) ____________, an AIDS victim and a bloodied newborn baby on billboards and in magazines. This time it has used (4) ____________ photos of world leaders looking like they are kissing. One of these shows what looks like Pope Benedict XVI brushing (5) ____________ with Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb – one of Egypt’s top religious leaders and imam of Cairo’s al-Azhar. Benetton (6) ____________ the ad after (7) ____________ from the Roman Catholic Church. However, the Vatican has told its lawyers around the world to "take the proper legal measures" to stop (8) ____________ use.
Benetton’s new ads are (9) ____________ of a campaign called “Unhate,” which it says aims to "battle the culture of hate”. Similar images show political (10) ____________ seemingly with locked (11) ____________. These include Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas kissing the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, (12) ____________ North and South Korean leaders, US President Barack Obama kissing Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. A (13) ____________ for the Imam described the advertisement as "irresponsible and (14) ____________," while the Vatican said it was "damaging not only to the (15) ____________ of the Pope and the Catholic Church but also to the feelings of (16) ____________ ".
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The clothing giant Benetton is once again in the headlines over a controversial advertising campaign. The company has a history of using shocking ads for its products. In the past it has used photos of two horses mating, an AIDS victim and a bloodied newborn baby on billboards and in magazines. This time it has used doctored photos of world leaders looking like they are kissing. One of these shows what looks like Pope Benedict XVI brushing lips with Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb – one of Egypt’s top religious leaders and imam of Cairo’s al-Azhar. Benetton pulled the ad after complaints from the Roman Catholic Church. However, the Vatican has told its lawyers around the world to "take the proper legal measures" to stop further use.
