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...bizarre coda to an episode that seemed resolved, the Dutch government last week stepped down over Immigration and Integration Minister Rita Verdonk's treatment of controversial politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali. For Prime [an error occurred while processing this directive] Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, it was his second coalition break-up in only four years in office. In May, "Iron Rita" Verdonk took away Hirsi Ali's passport because the Somalian-born woman had entered the country and requested asylum in 1992 under a false name, as she had openly admitted. Many considered Verdonk's handling of the dossier excessively harsh...
...sold out, according to Josiane El-Kabbany, the company's U.K. fashion director. Sport was not always this sexy, but daily routines have speeded up and tastes have become less formal, while the market for traditional haute couture nears saturation. "No brand is sacred in its marketplace anymore," says Rita Clifton, chairman of global consultancy Interbrand. "Even mature brands want to generate sustainable growth, so now you see the blurring of categories." Since the fastest growing segment of the women's sportswear market is midlevel, luxury brands have had to adjust accordingly. In most cases, "It's not about using...
...goes, controversy seems to follow--and linger. The Somali-born activist, named to 2005's TIME 100 for her campaign against Islamic extremism, quit the Dutch Parliament in May after being told she would be stripped of citizenship for lying on her 1992 application for asylum. Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk flip-flopped last week, saying Hirsi Ali's citizenship was safe. But the Dutch coalition government was not, and collapsed amid discord over Verdonk's original move. Hirsi Ali, 36, regrets that the citizenship issue was politicized and not debated more seriously. "This is absurd," she says. "The more this...
...DIED. Vincent Sherman, 99, gifted studio-era director and lothario famous less for his films than for the luminous, gritty performances he elicited, especially from women; in Los Angeles. Known for his affairs with Rita Hayworth and Bette Davis, he juggled the egos of rivals Davis and Miriam Hopkins in Old Acquaintance and pressed a skeptical Ida Lupino to abandon makeup to play a pushy older sister in the bleak 1943 drama The Hard Way?a film that won Lupino accolades. "My strong points were my relationships with the actors," Sherman said. "My weak points were accepting assignments when...
...billion Estimated amount of government aid lost after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to fraudulent claims--16% of funds given...