Britain considers introducing new technology such as full body scanners to improve airport security after the attempted Christmas Day airline attack, U.K. prime minister says.

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"The Children Of The Night", An Ongoing Exploration Of The Rising "Goth" Culture, A Periodic Column by Dr Rex Dexter

First, I want to take a moment to thank Sydney5 and MoonCrow for their invaluable intellectual prodding that started me researching the Artists and Culture this Column will be the continuing story of.

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Dell conquers Europe with its Ubuntu netbooks, enters the Netherlands

With their new Latitude 2100 laptops, Dell is finally allowing Dutch consumers to pick Ubuntu as pre-installed operating system for their netbooks. Update: And it looks like Belgian customers can enjoy this deal too.

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Would it be such a terrible thing if sharia courts existed in the Netherlands? Yes, says Nahed Selim, we have to stop giving in to the Islamic fundamentalists. No, says Maurits Berger, we already have Jewish and Catholic 'courts'.

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Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group denied on Sunday a report by a German magazine linking it to the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

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Understanding and dialogue always win over ignorance and hatred.

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The manhunt for a University of Georgia professor suspected of killing his wife and two men widened Tuesday as the campus prepared to remember the victims at a vigil.

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The U.S. Embassy in Sudan authorized nonessential staff and family to leave the country, saying Tuesday that protests against the Sudanese president increased the danger of anti-Western violence.

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Anti-Semitism in some European countries appears to have risen since Israel's offensive in Gaza, but it fell during 2007 and most of 2008, a new report says.

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An international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is opening its doors with a ceremony in a village outside The Hague.

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American companies announced job cuts totaling 43,000 this morning, as the global downturn slammed the profits of exporters like Caterpillar and a domestic recession hit hard at retailer Home Depot.

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A Dutch tourist who was attacked by a javelina at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum has taken the first step to filing a lawsuit against the Tucson facility and Pima County.

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The public prosecutor's office on the island of Aruba has received new tip-offs about Joran van der Sloot's possible involvement in Natalee Holloway's disappearance.

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The number of violent incidents against Muslims rose to 82 in 2007, from 62 in the preceding year. However the total number of racist attacks last year was down to 187, according to the 306-page report.

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A Dutch gay group is planning a "Pink Christmas" festival for the first time in Amsterdam, featuring a manger stall with two Josephs and two Marys.

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Most of the 150 cases of verbal or physical violence against gay men and women in the Netherlands in the first six months of this year were committed by native Dutch men or no attacker was listed, according to home affairs ministry figures.

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The Danish manufacturer Lego does not have exclusive rights to produce its toy building bricks. The European Court of Justice has ruled that the design is not protected under the European trademark law.

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A multinational force of warships has carved out a narrow shipping corridor off the coast of Somalia that is helping protect merchant vessels from pirate attacks, the force's commander said Monday.

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EU lawmakers have joined U.S. civil liberty campaigners in criticizing a new scanner technology that allows airport security staff to see through passengers' clothes, calling it a virtual strip search.

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Ubuntu on national television

Yesterday I happened to see a fragment of a television show that consists of satirical sketches that take place in an office building. Being the geek that I am, something struck me on the screen of one of the office workers: Ubuntu.

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A meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday, Sep. 15, failed to agree to unblock a trade accord with Serbia due to Dutch Veto.

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Best-selling author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who has written about her own genital mutilation, said it's difficult living in isolation because of death threats from Muslims offended by her work.

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Best-selling author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who has written about her own genital mutilation, said it's difficult living in isolation because of death threats from Muslims offended by her work.

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Heavy storms hit parts of Europe, killing at least six people, injuring scores and damaging houses, according to media reports Saturday.

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"Yesterday afternoon, the good citizens of Bern got a taste of the Oranje Army. Some locals came out to gawk at the tens of thousands of Dutch supporters who were, of course, dressed all in orange. Others tried to go about their business, but the army was impossible to ignore.

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