Rushdie and Eavis lead honours
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Salman Rushdie, singer Emma Kirkby and Michael Eavis are among the entertainment figures honoured by the Queen.
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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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Britain stands by its decision to honour author Salman Rushdie, despite protests by Pakistan and Iran, says John Reid.
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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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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has labelled author Salman Rushdie an apostate whose killing would be authorised by Islam, according to message carried by Iranian media.
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Pakistani lawmakers passed a government-backed resolution Monday demanding Britain withdraw the knighthood awarded to author Salman Rushdie, condemning the honor as an insult to the religious sentiments of Muslims.
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From Salman Rushdie to Monty Python, free speech even if offensive is worth protecting, Britain's interior minister said on Wednesday, defending a knighthood for Rushdie which has drawn protests from Muslims.
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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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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's hardline Revolutionary Guards said Salman Rushdie still faced eventual execution, 16 years after revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini imposed a death sentence on the British novelist.
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A new novel by Salman Rushdie, will be published on June 3 by Random House.
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Pakistan on Monday condemned Britain's award of a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie as an affront to Muslim sentiments, and a Cabinet minister said the honor provided a justification for suicide attacks.
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The National Board of Review awards announces its annual honours.
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Author Salman Rushdie no longer fears for his life because of the death threats issued against him by Islamic clerics in response to his book &quot;The Satanic Verses&quot; nearly 20 years ago, he has said in Portugal.
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A new novel by author Salman Rushdie  will be published in June in, publisher Random House said on  Thursday.
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Pakistan's parliament has condemned the award of a British knighthood to author Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" outraged many Muslims around the world, and said Britain should withdraw the honor.
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London - 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 published on