TEHRAN, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The execution order for writer Salman Rushdie remains valid even though the issuing cleric has died, the Iranian foreign ministry said Wednesday.

DUBLIN, Ireland, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- University College Dublin reportedly has honored Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie with its James Joyce Award.

LONDON, July 29 (UPI) -- Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie says he is considering penning a book about the fatwa imposed upon him after he published "The Satanic Verses."

DECATUR , Ga., Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Indian-British author Salman Rushdie is scheduled to give a lecture called "Autobiography and the Novel" at Emory University in Georgia next month.

NEW YORK, July 3 (UPI) -- Writer Salman Rushdie, recently knighted in Britain, and his wife, "Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi, are divorcing after three years of marriage.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 21 (UPI) -- Anger caused by the British knighthood awarded author Salman Rushdie drew more criticism in Pakistan Thursday, with another politician making violent threats.

TEHRAN, June 18 (UPI) -- A non-governmental organization in Iran is offering $150,000 for the death of author Salman Rushdie.

LONDON, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Salman Rushdie, whose 1988 novel "The Satanic Verses" caused the Iranian ayatollah to threaten his life, now lives in London a changed man, a report said.

LONDON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- British authorities are downplaying an Iranian leader's reaffirmation of a fatwa against author Salman Rushdie.

IOWA CITY, Iowa, March 29 (UPI) -- Author Salman Rushdie says a death threat that forced him to hide out for nine years foreshadowed the terrorism currently affecting the world.