Germany`s Kohl wins record damages for unauthorised quotes
(WorldNews Business)

BERLIN, April 27 (Reuters) - A German court ordered publisher Random House and two journalists on Thursday to pay former Chancellor Helmut Kohl record damages of 1 million euros ($1.1 million)for violating his privacy by publishing unauthorised quotes from hours of interviews. `This is the highest judgment ever rendered for violations of privacy rights under German law,` the district court of Cologne said in a statement. Kohl, now 87 and in fragile health, had sued Random House, his former ghost writer Heribert Schwan...