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The United States and Saudi Arabia have signed an Open Skies agreement that will "permit unrestricted air service by the airlines of both countries between and beyond the other’s territory." The agreement means Saudi airlines may fly from any point in the kingdom to any point in the United States, and that U.S. airlines may fly from any point here to any airport in Saudi Arabia. The deal was signed May 28 in Jeddah by U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia James B. Smith and Dr. Faisal bin Hamad Al-Sugair, Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Director of the

Oliver Stone, whose admiration for Marxist dictators knows no bounds, is also fond of a few capitalists. The "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps" director was spotted recently in the Hamptons, where he lunched at the house of George W. Bush-bashing hedge fund billionaire George Soros.