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Salman Rushdie bequeaths 'Midnight's Children' to film
In the late 1970s, long before he penned "The Satanic Verses," before he sparked a global uproar between Islamic fundamentalists and free-speech advocates and became a marked man, before he turned into a celebrity man of letters who dates models and...
Tags: Cambridge (England), United Kingdom, Authors, Pakistan, England
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2 anti-slavery activists meet in Orlando to highlight mission
A year ago, a photograph of two child slaves in Nepal carrying stone blocks on their backs had troubled an 8-year-old girl, Vivienne Harr. The California girl thought about those boys, two brothers enslaved in the Himalayas, who were her own age....
Tags: Politics, Nepal, Interior Policy, Social Issues, Slavery
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Film Review: An epic from the mind of Salman Rushdie
"Magical realism" is one of those descriptive terms that gets thrown around promiscuously: Its scope and characteristics shift significantly depending on who is doing the describing. Still, it's hard to imagine anyone denying that Salman Rushdie's...
Tags: Slumdog Millionaire (movie), Midnight's Children (movie), Life of Pi (movie), Pakistan
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India regulators pull J&J plant license on baby powder concerns
Reuters* Officials say sterilization process not compliant * J&J says will appeal decision * Latest in long string of J&J quality problems May 3 (Reuters) - Health officials in India have revoked Johnson & Johnson's license to make cosmetics at a plant...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Tylenol (drug), Consumers, Food and Drug Administration, Johnson & Johnson Inc.
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How Deepa Mehta Overcame Protests to Film Salman Rushdie's 'Midnight's Children'
ReutersMay 03 (TheWrap.com) - Salman Rushdie's novel "Midnight's Children" is a sprawling book that its author has described as a "love letter to India" -- a chronicle of the country's birth and occasionally troubled history as experienced by a boy born at the...Tags: Politics, Sri Lanka, Ruhollah Khomeini, Civil Rights, Delhi (India)
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Alleged revenge attack hospitalizes Pakistani inmate in India
A Pakistani prisoner in a Kashmir jail was attacked and suffered serious head injuries Friday morning, one day after outrage erupted in India over the death of an Indian prisoner in Pakistan. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry said the attack was “...
Tags: Manmohan Singh, Prisons, Pakistan
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Golf-European Tour China Open scores
ReutersMay 3 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the European Tour China Open at the par-72 course on Friday in Tianjin. The cut was set at 144. 132 Mikko Ilonen (Finland) 69 63 135 Brett Rumford (Australia) 68 67 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thailand) 68 67 136...Tags: South Africa, Germany, New Zealand, Travel, Republic of Ireland
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Reuters World News Highlights 2200 GMT May 2
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- SEOUL/WASHINGTON - North Korea sentenced an American citizen to 15 years of hard labor on Thursday for crimes against the state, prompting a U.S. call for his amnesty in hopes of avoiding him becoming a bargaining chip between...Tags: Politics, Wars and Interventions, Human Rights, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bird Flu
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RPT-For India's ruling party, a rare state election win is likely
Reuters(Repeats for more clients, fixes typo in 7th para) By Aradhana Aravindan BANGALORE, May 3 (Reuters) - Crony capitalism, plunder of resources and corruption in government are usually issues India's main opposition party loves to talk about, but not in...Tags: Corporate Crime, National Government, Politics, Elections, Bangalore (India)
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Cricket-Starc Ashes warning for England: Don't write us off
ReutersSYDNEY, May 3 (Reuters) - Australia paceman Mitchell Starc is well on his way back to fitness and has warned England not to write off the tourists' chances of wrenching back the Ashes in July and August. The tall left-armer, who left Australia's...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Australia, FIFA World Cup, Sydney (Australia)
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GLOBAL MARKETS-ECB rate cut cheers stocks, euro subdued
Reuters* Chinese shares outperform region, euro struggles * RBI cuts rates but warns little room to ease further * Japanese markets closed for holiday, U.S. payrolls next in focus By Ian Chua SYDNEY, May 3 (Reuters) - Asian shares rose on Friday on hopes...Tags: Labor Markets, Credit Ratings, Money and Monetary Policy, Finance, Australia
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Death of jailed Indian in Pakistan causes furor
The death of an Indian prisoner attacked behind bars in Pakistan set off an uproar Thursday, as protests erupted and the Indian government demanded justice in the politically sensitive case. Sarabjit Singh had spent more than two decades in Pakistani...
Tags: National Government, Politics, Manmohan Singh, Human Rights, Civil Rights
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