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LONDON, July 10 (UPI) -- Indian author Salman Rushdie's novel "Midnight's Children" has beaten five other former Booker prize winners shortlisted for the Best of the Booker prize.
"Marvelous news -- I'm absolutely delighted and would like to thank all those readers around the world who voted for 'Midnight's Children,'" the BBC quoted the author as saying in a prerecorded message. Rushdie was on a book tour and couldn't attend the London ceremony.
"It's a wonderful alternative to have my real children accepting the prize on behalf of my imaginary children," Rushdie added, referring to his sons, Zafar and Milan, who were at the ceremony.
The other finalists for the public-voted Best of the Bookers prize, culled from the Booker award's 40-year-history, were "Disgrace" by J.M. Coetzee, "Oscar And Lucinda" by Peter Carey, "The Conservationist" by Nadine Gordimer, "The Siege Of Krishnapur" by J.G. Farrell and "The Ghost Road" by Pat Barker.
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NAPLES, Fla., May 21 (UPI) --
The 44-year-old daughter of broadcast journalist Barbara Walters has been arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol, Florida police said.
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The National Weather Service Tuesday upgraded the tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., to an EF-5 as Gov. Mary Fallin pledged, "We will get through this."
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The Persian Gulf sultanate of Oman is set to buy a $2.1 billion missile system built by the U.S. Raytheon Co. as part of a U.S. drive to install a coordinated air-defense system linking the region's Arab monarchies to counter Iran.
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DAKAR, Senegal, May 21 (UPI) --
A California couple taking a trip to Dakar, Senegal, said Turkish Airlines instead sent them nearly 7,000 miles off-course to Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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