Rushdie and Botham knighted by Britain&#39;s queen
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Author Salman Rushdie, issued with a fatwa by Iran&#39;s revolutionary leader 18 years ago, and former England cricketer Ian Botham were awarded knighthoods by Britain&#39;s Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday.
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Pakistan deplored on Monday Britain's decision to award a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" outraged many Muslims around the world
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A leading group of Pakistani Islamic scholars awarded its highest honour to Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, saying it was in reaction to Britain&#39;s knighthood for Salman Rushdie.
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From Salman Rushdie to Monty Python,  free speech even if offensive is worth protecting, Britain&#39;s  interior minister said on Wednesday, defending a knighthood for  Rushdie which has drawn protests from Muslims.
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Britain's knighthood to the author Salman Rushdie contributes to insulting Islam and may lead to terrorism, a Pakistani minister says.
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Pakistan summoned the British ambassador to the foreign ministry on Tuesday, officials from both sides said, amid mounting anger at the award of a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie.
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LONDON - Salman Rushdie, the author who spent years in hiding after Iran&#39;s leader Ayatollah Khomeini ordered him killed, lambasted Britain&#39;s government Sunday for allowing demonstrators to force the cancellation of a theatre play.
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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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Islamic hardliners in Pakistan burned an effigy of Queen Elizabeth as senators Tuesday joined mounting calls for London to withdraw Salman Rushdie&#39;s knighthood.
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LONDON, England -- Britain&#39;s double Olympic gold medalist Kelly Holmes said she was amazed and honored after being made a dame in Queen Elizabeth II&#39;s New Year&#39;s Honors list.
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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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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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Britain insisted Wednesday it was right to knight Salman Rushdie for his literary career, adding it was &quot;sorry&quot; if it had caused distress, after protests spread in the Muslim world and a prominent cleric called for the novelist to be killed.
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Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri condemns the UK for giving novelist Salman Rushdie a knighthood.
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Muslim radicals burned an effigy of Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday as Pakistan summoned the British ambassador over Salman Rushdie&#39;s knighthood and Iranian hardliners turned their fury on the monarch.
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One of the world's most lauded - and most divisive - literary grandees is awarded a knighthood for services to literature.
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A gracious monarch and a charismatic dictator took the top prizes Sunday at the British Academy Film Awards.Comment