Today is Tuesday, June 26, the 177th day of 2007. There are 188 days left in the year.
Todays Highlight in History:
On June 26, 1963, President Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he made his famous declaration: Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a Berliner).
NEW YORK (AP) -- Salman Rushdie, whose British knighthood has led to worldwide protests from Muslims angered by his 1989 novel, "The Satanic Verses," is not commenting on the uproar, for now.
Rushdie responded Monday to an Associated Press query that asked if he had been urged by British authorities not to say anything because of security concerns or whether he had considered not accepting the honor.
"The British authorities have not asked me to do or not do anything," Rushdie wrote in an e-mail. "I have simply chosen to remain out of this storm for the moment. And nobody is turning anything down."
Southwest Florida resident George Phillips was an 18-year-old soldier serving in Company G, 347th Regiment, 87th Infantry Division, part of Gen. George Patton's 3rd Army in Europe during World War II.
He sailed in battle aboard the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth converted to a troop transport. He arrived in Scotland in October 1944, and took a train to Manchester, England, where the soldiers in his division lived in people's homes until they headed for the French war front.
"Our baptism of fire came on Dec. 12, 1944, outside a little French farm town just before 'The Battle of the Bulge,'" the 81-year-old former soldier said. "We were walking along the side of a road in farm country when the Germans opened up on us.
NEW YORK — Salman Rushdie, whose British knighthood has led to worldwide protests from Muslims angered by his 1989 novel, "The Satanic Verses," is not commenting on the uproar, for now.
Rushdie responded Monday to an Associated Press query that asked if he had been urged by British authorities not to say anything because of security concerns or whether he had considered not accepting the honor.
"The British authorities have not asked me to do or not do anything," Rushdie wrote in an e-mail. "I have simply chosen to remain out of this storm for the moment. And nobody is turning anything down."
Today is Tuesday, June 26, the 177th day of 2007. There are 188 days left in the year.
Todays Highlight in History:
On June 26, 1963, President Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he made his famous declaration: Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a Berliner).
`Satanic Verses' author Salman Rushdie declines comment on furor over British knighthood (original) - 6/26/2007
Salesman stuns judges with opera performance to win talent show (original) - 6/26/2007
Behead all those who insult Islam (original) - 6/25/2007
Director helped funeral service expand (original) - 6/25/2007
Blair Hands Over Leadership of Labor Party (original) - 6/25/2007
Economic censorship hurts truly free speech (original) - 6/25/2007
"Much Ado About Nothing" (original) - 6/24/2007
A milestone for St. Paul's: Church marks 125th in 'Town To Tough To Die' By Dick Andersen/Contributing Writer (original) - 6/24/2007
Janet Fullwood: News of the QE2's final stop tilts memories of wild voyage (original) - 6/24/2007
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