Rushdie to address Indian festival by video link

23 January 2012, 11:50 pm

JAIPUR, India (AFP) - British author Salman Rushdie was due to speak by video link to a literature festival in India on Tuesday after an apparent threat to his life by mafia hitmen forced him to pull out in person.... Read More »

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