'Raffik' to Fox: What a country

September 20, 2007 WMA-repped Horowitz, a detective drama expert who created ITV's "Foyle's War" and the BBC's "Midsomer Murders" and worked on ITV's "Poirot," is writing "Raffik" under a sizable blind-script deal he inked with SPT in August (HR 8/30). Albanians' great affection for the U.S. was showcased during President Bush's June visit to the former communist country, where he received a warm welcome with people lining the streets to greet him. The trip provided fodder for late-night comedians when a video of Bush being mobbed by cheering crowds in a small farming village suggested that in the melee, his expensive watch might have been stolen; the White House later denied that.

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