MUMBAI: Noted Indo-American journalist Fareed Zakaria who was last week suspended by his employers Time magazine and CNN on charges of plagiarism has been reinstated.

The move follows an internal review by both the news outlets which gave the writer a clean chit following the Zakaria‘s apology.

Both Time and CNN had suspended Zakaria pending further review after the writer admitted that certain paragraphs in his Time column on gun control bore close resemblance to paragraphs in Jill Lepore‘s essay in The New Yorker.

Time, which had suspended Zakaria‘s column for a month, said his next column will come out in the 7 September issue of the magazine.

"We have completed a thorough review of each of Fareed Zakaria‘s columns for Time and we are entirely satisfied that the language in question in his recent column was an unintentional error and an isolated incident for which he has apologised," Time‘s statement read.

"We look forward to having Fareed‘s thoughtful and important voice back in the magazine with his next column in the issue that comes out on September 7," it said.

CNN, where Zakaria hosts a weekly show Global Public Square, has said the public affairs program will return on 26 August.

"CNN has completed its internal review of Fareed Zakaria‘s work for CNN, including a look back at his Sunday programs, documentaries, and CNN.com blogs. The process was rigorous. We found nothing that merited continuing the suspension," CNN‘s statement read.

"Zakaria has apologized for a journalistic lapse. CNN and Zakaria will work together to strengthen further the procedures for his show and blog.

"Fareed Zakaria‘s quality journalism, insightful mind and thoughtful voice meaningfully contribute to the dialogue on global and political issues. His public affairs program GPS will return on Sunday, August 26 at 10am ET on CNN/US and 8am ET on CNN/International."

MUMBAI: In a surprising development, noted American journalist Fareed Zakaria has been suspended by CNN and Time Magazine for plagiariasm, a charge that Zakaria admitted.

Zakaria has been accused of plagiarism for a piece on gun control that bore similarities to an article by Jill Lepore in The New Yorker.

"Media reporters have pointed out that paragraphs in my Time column on gun control, which was also a topic of conversation on this blog, bear close similarities to paragraphs in Jill Lepore?s essay in the April 23rd issue of The New Yorker," Zakaria said in a statement.

"They are right. I made a terrible mistake. It is a serious lapse and one that is entirely my fault. I apologize unreservedly to her, to my editors at Time and CNN, and to my readers and viewers everywhere."

Following Zakaria?s admission to plagiarism, his employer Time announced that it was suspending Zakaria?s column for a month, pending review.

?Time accepts Fareed?s apology, but what he did violates our own standards for our columnists, which is that their work must not only be factual but original; their views must not only be their own but their words as well,? Ali Zelenko, a spokeswoman for the magazine said.

?As a result, we are suspending Fareed?s column for a month, pending further review."

CNN said it would suspend Zakaria?s weekly foreign affairs show ?Fareed Zakaria GPS? for an indefinite period pending review.

?We have reviewed Fareed Zakaria?s Time column, for which he has apologised. He wrote a shorter blog post on CNN.com on the same issue which included similar unattributed excerpts. That blog post has been removed and CNN has suspended Fareed Zakaria while this matter is under review,? CNN said.

Zakaria became editor of Newsweek International in 2000. After spending 10 years at the magazine, Zakaria moved to Time magazine to serve as a contributing editor and columnist.
He has written on a variety of subjects for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, and as a wine columnist for the web magazine Slate.

Zakaria is the author of From Wealth to Power: The Unusual Origins of America?s World Role, The Future of Freedom, and The Post-American World.