A Dutch lawmaker who made a controversial film about Islam planned to travel to Britain on Thursday despite a ban on his entry. Geert Wilders said he was invited to screen his film, “Fitna,” at the House of Lords on Thursday evening, but was informed by the British ambassador to the Netherlands that he would be refused entry because the beliefs expressed in the film would threaten public security
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U.S. government sets up online ‘app store’
The Obama administration has unveiled a government “app store” designed to push the federal bureaucracy into the era of cloud computing.
‘M*A*S*H’ writer, producer Larry Gelbart dies
Writer and producer Larry Gelbart, most known for his work on the hit television series “M*A*S*H,” died Friday morning in his Beverly Hills, California, home, his wife said. He was 81
Volunteer fighters help purge Taliban in Pakistan
Sixteen-year-old Akbar Zaid dreams of becoming a teacher. But for now, his summer job involves holding an automatic rifle and hunting down Taliban fighters
Anti-Chavez marches fail to draw crowds
Critics of Hugo Chavez marched in cities across the globe Friday, calling the Venezuelan president a dictator and violator of human rights. The largest crowds were in Venezuela, Colombia and Honduras, according to media reports.
Swiss banks expect to avoid witch-hunt
Switzerland’s top private bankers are convinced they can avoid a damaging witch-hunt over their activities by U.S. authorities, in the wake of UBS’s tax row. In interviews with the Financial Times, senior executives of Credit Suisse and Julius Baer, the country’s number two and number three private bank businesses after UBS, both said they were sanguine
Bodies of servicemen killed by comrade come home
The bodies of five U.S. servicemen fatally shot by a comrade at a stress clinic in Iraq were returned to the United States late Wednesday
Geithner Faces Questions as He Prepares to Roll Out Toxic-Asset Plan
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has a problem. On the one hand, he has to act to save the banks if he’s going to start credit flowing and get the U.S.
‘Il Divo’ lifts the lid on Italian corruption
A man walks around the side of a building, footsteps falling in time to the heartbeat of a driving pop soundtrack, pulls out a pistol and guns down another man. A montage of grisly murders follows, all with the same infectious pop song pounding in the background
The Case for Nationalizing the Entire Economy
The advocates for nationalizing U.S. banks have been out in force recently. Senator Lindsay Graham, who almost certainly does not have a PhD in economics or finance told ABC News that banks were in such deep trouble that government ownership of the institutions may be the only way to save the financial system