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"The International" Premiere in New York
Salman Rushdie arrives for the premiere of "The International" at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square Theater in New York on February 9, 2009. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh)

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Turkey asked to reopen hotel fire probe
Turkey's leader is being asked to demand a presidential investigation of the 1993 Madimak hotel massacre that killed 37 people.
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Rushdie: 'Outrage machine' behind protests
The protests against an obscure anti-Muslim video made in the United States have been whipped up by the "outrage machine," Salman Rushdie says.
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Rushdie: Protests 'stifled free speech'
Rushdie: Protests 'stifled free speech'
Author Salman Rushdie said Tuesday Muslim protests that led to cancellation of his video appearance at an Indian literature festival "stifled free speech."
Rushdie says he was lied to about threats
Rushdie says he was lied to about threats
Indian-born author Salman Rushdie says he believes police lied to him about hit men having been hired to kill him if he attended the Jaipur literary festival.
Rushdie cancels festival talk amid threats
Rushdie cancels festival talk amid threats
British author Salman Rushdie says he won't speak at India's Jaipur literature festival as planned because he has been threatened and fears for his life.
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My little contribution has been to create an Indian English to go alongside the Irish English, Caribbean English and Australian English
Salman Rushdie wins Joyce award
United Press International
The question I'm always asking myself is: Are we masters or victims? Do we make history or does history make us? Do we shape the world or are we just shaped by it? The question of do we have agency in our lives or whether we are just passive victims of events is, I think, a great question and one that I have always tried to ask
Rushdie doesn't regret writing 'Verses'
United Press International
Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everything in every possible way
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It's a wonderful alternative to have my real children accepting the prize on behalf of my imaginary children
Rushdie awarded Best of Booker prize
United Press International
The lecture will be an examination of how the lives of writers intertwine with their work, and in what ways, if at all, the life can be said to be the best explanation of that work
Salman Rushdie to speak at Emory U.
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