Rushdie is on queen’s honors list
From Times Wire Reports
Author Salman Rushdie, who was forced into hiding for a decade after Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordered his assassination, has been made a knight, Buckingham Palace announced today.
Soccer star David Beckham was not. Cricketer Ian Botham was.
CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE.
Singer Joe Cocker and actor Peter Sallis, the voice of Wallace in the “Wallace and Gromit” films, were both named OBEs, Officers of the Order of the British Empire.
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