Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende warned a maverick lawmaker of the risks to Dutch national interests if he presses ahead with a film criticising the Quran.Balkenende's appeal to Geert Wilders stopped short of demanding that he not release the film, which Wilders has said is in the final stages of editing."Already we are having to take account of serious threats to Dutch people," Balkenende said in a televised news conference."When you see how the reactions have been at home and abroad, what the risks could be of this film, then there's one person who must answer for it, and that is Mr Wilders himself."In a statement after Balkenende's news conference, Wilders rejected calls to scrap the movie.The Dutch Development Minister called off a visit to Somalia today after he was warned his life would be in danger on the trip.
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