A round-up of today's other stories in brief
JK Rowling set for Oprah interview
NEW YORK – Best-selling author JK Rowling will give a rare interview on The Oprah Winfrey Showto talk about her life and career and the possibility of another Harry Potterbook.
The 45-year-old British writer, who was rated by Forbes magazine earlier this year with an estimated wealth of $1 billion, talked to Winfrey for the first time from Edinburgh, Scotland, in an interview to be broadcast this coming Friday, her US publisher Scholastic said. – (Reuters)
Kosovo president resigns after ruling
PRISTINA – Kosovo’s president Fatmir Sejdiu has resigned, potentially destabilising the fragile political scene before talks with Belgrade which still refuses to recognise the former Serbian province’s independence.
Mr Sejdiu yesterday bowed to a constitutional court ruling last week that he may not serve simultaneously as the largely ceremonial head of state and as leader of his political party, which is junior partner in the coalition government. – (Reuters)
Green Party rejects Swedish coalition
STOCKHOLM – Sweden’s centre-right government is to remain a minority administration after the opposition Green Party yesterday refused to back the coalition.
Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and his centre-right allies won 173 seats in the 349-seat parliament, two short of a majority. The anti- immigrant Sweden Democrats, which entered parliament for the first time, hold the balance of power between Mr Reinfeldt’s bloc and the centre-left opposition.
Mr Reinfeldt has been rebuffed once already by the Greens, and yesterday’s meeting produced the same result. – (Reuters)