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News for Saturday, 8 Jan 2011

Fire, roof collapse kill 2 minor siblings

LAHORE - Two minors died when fire erupted at a house at Gohava Colony located in South Cantonment police precincts at about noon on Friday. Fire erupted when minors, brothers,...

Taseer’s murder, assassin’s ‘glorification’ flayed

LAHORE - The Citizens for Democracy (CFD), an umbrella group of political parties, trade unions, professional organisations, NGOs and individuals, has strongly condemned the 'cold-blooded and cowardly' murder of Salmaan...

US judge zaps Potter plagiarism suit

A US federal judge dismissed a lawsuit alleging the wildly successful Harry Potter books were plagiarized from a story from a little-known British author. The suit filed in New York...

De Niro to lead Cannes film festival jury

PARIS - US actor Robert De Niro will chair the jury of this year's Cannes film festival, which opens May 11 on the French Riviera, organisers announced Thursday. De Niro...

Winfrey pleased with OWN network’s launch

California - Oprah Winfrey says she's "grateful that we weren't embarrassed" during the much-anticipated first weekend that her new OWN network was on the air. For a network started from...

Streisand for ‘Gypsy’ remake?

Barbra Streisand is in negotiations to star in a remake of 1962 burlesque movie musical Gypsy. The singer/actress has stayed away from starring roles since her turn in 1996's 'The...

Three Stooges set to return

NEW YORK - Seems like it's been years that we've been hearing about some sort of 'Three Stooges' movie ... and that's because we have. Once upon a time, people...

Courtney Love’s tweets lead to court trial

LOS ANGELES - Courtney Love has been locked in a dispute with Dawn Simorangkir, a fashion designer who was demanding payment for a few thousand dollars worth of clothes.
So...

Firth lands Walk of Fame star

The honours keep coming for actor Colin Firth - he'll unveil the 2,429th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next week. The actor, who is an Oscars Best Actor...

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