UK author McEwan denies "Atonement" copy claim
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British novelist Ian McEwan on Monday  denied claims that he copied the work of another author when  writing his acclaimed bestseller "Atonement."
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Lawyers for convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad cited new documents Tuesday they say bolster their claim that he was denied his right to a speedy trial and should be spared a second capital-murder trial.
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JERUSALEM -- Archaeologists and clergymen in the Holy Land derided claims in a new documentary produced by the Oscar-winning director James Cameron that contradict major Christian tenets.
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A spokeswoman for Madonna on Wednesday denied claims by officials in the African nation of Malawi that the pop star had adopted a year-old orphan boy there.
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Please read in the first and 18th paragraph ... 1647 ... instead of ... 1674 ... (fixes typo in date). A corrected story follows: By Andrew Cawthorne.
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One of BritainÂs most lauded authors has been accused in newspaper articles of copying phrases for his best-selling novel ÂAtonementÂ in 2001 from a memoir published in 1977.
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An high-level Iranian cleric said Friday that the religious edict calling for the killing of Salman Rushdie cannot be revoked, and he warned Britain was defying the Islamic world by granting the author knighthood.
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&quot;Atonement,&quot; Ian  McEwan&#39;s best-selling novel of love thwarted by juvenile  fantasy, ranks among the best novel adaptations of recent  times.
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Harrowing tales of physical and sexual   abuse at the heart of a best-selling memoir about growing up   inside Ireland's Roman Catholic institutions are simply not   true, the author's family said on Tuesday.
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Pop singer Madonna on Thursday   defended staging a mock crucifixion during her record-breaking   "Confessions" world tour, saying it was not "anti-Christian,   sacrilegious or blasphemous" -- but a plea for people to help   one another.
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A lawyer for Tom Cruise on Monday attacked an unauthorized biography of the high-profile Scientologist, calling it "outrageous, sick stuff," even as U.S. publisher St Martin's Press defended the book.
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STRASBOURG, France  - Two Britons found to have  libeled the U.S. fast food chain McDonald's after the longest  court case in English legal history did not have a fair trial,  the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday.
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Reclusive author Thomas Pynchon has defended Ian McEwan, who is facing criticism over allegations that he used details from another book in his 2002 best seller, "Atonement."
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Subhed: Q&amp;A: A new book on 'The Gospel of Judas' reveals sharp divisions among early Christians on issue of death as a validation of faith. TIME's David Van Biema discussed the issue with author Elaine Pagels
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The Irish writer Anne Enright, who won the 2007 Booker Prize last month, faces criticism over a recent essay in The London Review of Books.
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VENICE, Italy  - "Atonement," Ian McEwan's best-selling novel of love thwarted by juvenile fantasy, ranks among the best novel adaptations of recent times.
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I giornali britannici puntano il dito contro 'Espiazione'. Sarebbe troppo simile a 'No Time for Romance', un libro di memorie di Lucilla Andrews morta il mese scorso                                            Plagio, scandalo a Londra per McEwan  Ma lo scrittore nega: "Non ho copiato"                                                                                       Replica il romanziere: "Mi sono solo ispirato". L'ex agente della scrittrice: "Doveva consultarla"