Britain &#39;sorry for upset&#39; over Rushdie honour
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said Wednesday that Britain was &quot;sorry&quot; if people were upset over the award of a kinghthood to writer Salman Rushdie, but insisted it was given for his literary canon.
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Salman Rushdie, the British novelist who faced a death sentence for writing "The Satanic Verses", condemned the government for failing to protect a Sikh playwright who has been forced into hiding to escape death threats.
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LONDON: The leader of Britain&#39;s main opposition party yesterday ordered a legislator to apologise for a magazine article that depicted the people of Liverpool as sentimental victims who nurse a &quot;tribal grievance&quot; against the rest of society.
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Supporters of Malaysia's hardline Islamic party protested outside the British embassy on Wednesday against the award of a knighthood to Salman Rushdie, whose novel the "Satanic Verses" outraged Muslims worldwide.
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TEHRAN -- Iran accused Britain yesterday of insulting Islamic values by knighting Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" prompted the late Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa death warrant against him.
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Pakistani newspapers lashed out at Salman Rushdie&#39;s knighthood, with one saying the ideal revenge would be to make a film about the sex lives of the British royals.
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Legislators in Islamist-ruled northwest Pakistan condemned Britain&#39;s award of a knighthood to &quot;Satanic Verses&quot; author Salman Rushdie, amid mounting anger over the honour.
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While some protest against the award of a knighthood to writer Salman Rushdie, others distance themselves from the calls for violent reprisals.
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LONDON, June 19 -- Pakistan formally complained to Britain Tuesday over the decision to grant a knighthood to British author Salman Rushdie, whose 1988 book, "The Satanic Verses" resulted in death threats against him from Muslims who saw the novel as an attack on Islam.
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Iran condemned on Sunday the awarding of a knighthood to British author Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" prompted Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa death warrant for him.
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Salman Rushdie, the novelist who faced a death sentence for writing "The Satanic Verses", condemned the government for failing to protect a Sikh playwright who has been forced into hiding to escape death threats.
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Britain stands by its decision to honour author Salman Rushdie, despite protests by Pakistan and Iran, says John Reid.
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A Pakistani minister who caused outrage by remarking that author Salman Rushdie&#39;s knighthood justified suicide attacks said Thursday that he is set to visit Britain next month.
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British author Salman Rushdie, who went into hiding for years after Iran's leader ordered him killed, assailed Britain on Sunday for allowing angry Sikh groups to force the cancellation of a Sikh play last week.
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Salman Rushdie, the British novelist who faced a death sentence for writing "The Satanic Verses", condemned the government for failing to protect a Sikh playwright who has been forced into hiding to escape death threats, in comments.
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Author Salman Rushdie said on Monday he was "thrilled and humbled" to be awarded a British knighthood but he had no comment on anger in Iran and Pakistan where his book "The Satanic Verses" outraged many Muslims.
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International Booker judges offer support to author Salman Rushdie as they honour this year's winner.