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'Beefy' receives knighthood
Thursday, October 11, 2007 www.ndtv.com
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Former allrounder and England cricket great Ian Botham was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday. Botham was was honored for his services to sport and his charity work for leukemia research. "I've had some great moments in sport and other walks of life but nothing matches this," Botham said. "It was mind blowing, magnificent."
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Rushdie hasn't gone underground, says son
Monday, July 02, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Critically-acclaimed author, Salman Rushdie has not gone into hiding again, his son has stated. The controversial author, who was recently knighted, drew the wrath of the Islamic world following his controversial book,'The Satanic Verses'.
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UK: No apology for honouring Rushdie
Friday, June 22, 2007 203.197.197.71
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Britain has announced that it will not apologise for honouring Indian-born writer Salman Rushdie with a knighthood.Despite protests in Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia and parts of India, British home secretary John Reid said: "We have very strong laws about promoting racial intolerance. It isn’t a free-for-all. We’ve thought very carefully about it. But we have a right to express opinions and a tolerance
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Pak cleric issues fatwa to kill Rushdie
Friday, June 22, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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The prayer leader of Islamabad’s Lal Masjid, Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi,has issued a fatwa to kill Salman Rushdie, the India-born author who was recently knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. Ghazi said whoever kills Rushdie would secure a place in paradise. . He said: "Salman Rushdie deserves to be killed, and anyone who is in a position to do so must eliminate him physically.”
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Pak condemns British knighthood for Rushdie
Monday, June 18, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Pakistan's parliament on Monday unanimously condemned Britain's award of a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie and asked for the title to be withdrawn to avoid offending Muslims. Rushdie, who was awarded the knighthood by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday,was forced to go into hiding for a decade after Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989 issued a death sentence over his book T
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