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NEW YORK - A federal judge in Pennsylvania has tossed out an author's $100 million lawsuit against Oprah Winfrey for violating the copyright in the political booklet, 'How America Elects Her Presidents.'
Charles Harris claimed in a lawsuit that in 2008, as Winfrey began supporting Barack Obama's presidential campaign, Harris sent 10 copies of his booklet to 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' in hopes of gaining publicity. He followed up with several inquiries. Harris got no response, but

HONG KONG - The world's highest hotel opened its doors in Hong Kong on Tuesday, housed in the city's tallest skyscraper and offering unrivalled panoramic views of the world famous Victoria Harbour.
Towering some 490 metres (1,600 feet) above the bustling, chaotic streets of the Southern Chinese city, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel is making a grand comeback after temporarily closing in 2008.
Visitors peered out of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the 118th floor of the International

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday remitted the remaining jail sentence of Indian convict Gopal Das detained for the past 27 years on humanitarian grounds. Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah Babar said that the remission was granted on the advice of the prime minister to honour the appeal of the Supreme Court of India to the Government of Pakistan.
In a statement, he said that several Indian newspapers recently reported that in an unusual step the Supreme

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari remitted the remaining jail sentence of Indian convict Gopal Das detained in jail for the past 27 years on humanitarian grounds.
Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah Babar said that the remission was granted on the advice of the prime minister to honour the appeal of the Supreme Court of India to the Government of Pakistan.
He said that several Indian newspapers recently reported that in an unusual step the Supreme Court of India

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has decided to retract his decision of reappointing Justice (r) Deedar Hussain Shah as National Accountability Bureau chairman. The PML-N has decided to propose the name of Justice (r) Khalilur Rehman Ramday for the position.
Sources told Online that after consulting Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, Senate Chairman Farooq Naik and other close aides, President Zardari decided to accept the Supreme Court's verdict regarding NAB Chairman

LISBON - Portugal's president consulted political leaders on Friday on whether to call a snap election -- as most parties want -- after the Socialist prime minister resigned. The crisis could force Portugal to request a bailout from the European Union and International Monetary Fund after months of desperate struggle to avoid one, becoming the third euro zone country to seek aid, after Greece and Ireland.
The crisis, which was sparked by parliament's rejection on Wednesday of

DERAA - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made an unprecedented pledge of greater freedom and more prosperity to Syrians on Thursday as anger mounted following a crackdown on protesters that left at least 37 dead.
As an aide to Assad in Damascus read out a list of decrees, which included a possible end to 48 years of emergency rule, a human rights group said a leading pro-democracy activist, Mazen Darwish, had been arrested. In the southern city of Deraa, a hospital official said

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari conferred Pakistan national civil awards on the citizens and the armed personnel at the Annual Investiture Ceremony. Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani was also present on the occasion. The federal ministers and services chiefs also attended the ceremony.
The president conferred civil awards of Nishan-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Hilal-e-Pakistan, Hilal-e-Shujaat, Hilal-e-Imtiaz, Sitara-e-Shujaat, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Sidarti Tamgha Barayay

TEL AVIV - Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav was sentenced to seven years in jail for rape on Tuesday in a case that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said showed "that no person is above the law". Katsav had denied charges he twice raped an aide when he was a cabinet minister in the late 1990s, and molested or sexually harassed two other women who worked for him during his 2000-2007 term as president. But a three-judge panel at Tel Aviv District Court said when convicting him in

SANAA - Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Sunday sacked his government in the face of massive protests demanding his resignation, the state news agency Saba reported. "The president has dismissed the government but asked the cabinet to remain in a caretaker position until a new one is formed," Saba said.
The announcement came as tens of thousands of people turned out in Sanaa earlier in the day for the funerals of many of the 52 people gunned down by Saleh

LAHORE - The President of the Pakistan Table Tennis Federation has been served legal notice by Sajjad Asgher, General Secretary Punjab Table Tennis Association for unconstitutional, malafide and illegal acts.
In a e-mail message to this scribe, Sajjad stated that the PTTF President's actions clearly show bias and discrimination towards the largest table tennis association of Pakistan, which has always stood for transparency, equity and justice and management of table tennis in an

KARACHI - Abu Dhabi Group (ADG) Chairman Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, has announced the appointment of Atif Bajwa as President of the Abu Dhabi Group in Pakistan. Bajwa will be responsible for overseeing the group's diverse holdings in Pakistan and for driving them towards profitable growth and maximum return for shareholders. He will also play a role in overseeing some of the group's international assets.
Atif Bajwa has international management experience of over 28 years and

KARACHI - President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday called for structural improvement in the management of educational institutions in Sindh while seeking methods for generating funds and minimising oversights to boost education both qualitatively and quantitatively. He made these observations while presiding over a meeting at the Bilawal House pertaining to education in the province. The meeting was attended by Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, provincial ministers, and other senior

CAIRO - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has told Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi he should name a president with popular support as a way to end his country's crisis, an Arab television network reported on Monday. Erdogan told Al Arabiya television in an interview he expected Gaddafi to take "positive steps in this direction". "We want a halt to the fighting by both of the sides, both in the east and west of Libya," Erdogan said. Gaddafi has been Libya's leader for four decades

LAHORE - Another army official has replaced Lt Gen (r) Safdar Hussain as president of the Athletics Federation of Pakistan. Gen Mohammad Akram Sahi has taken over as president of the athletics federation. Gen Safdar, for quite some time, had been asking the AFP to relieve him from the post and had given his resignation, but the other officials of the federation wanted him to stay.
But in the recent general council meeting, he was relieved of his duties and the house elected Akram

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has proposed to reappoint Justice (r) Deedar Hussain Shah as National Accountability Bureau chairman and sought the opinion of the prime minister as Leader of the House and the Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, through two separate letters as part of the consultative process mandatory for such appointment.
Spokesman to the President Farhatullah Babar said Nisar's opinion has been sought through a letter

ISLAMABAD - The Presidency, as part of preparations for the address of President Asif Ali Zardari to be delivered at the joint session of parliament on March 21, has asked federal ministries and departments to share the achievements they have made in the outgoing parliamentary year so they could be incorporated in the president's speech. The parliament is set to begin its fourth year with the address of the president. NA Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza will preside over the session when