31.   Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen said here Thursday she would like to return home after her trial for criticising the Koran, which opens in Dhaka Saturday.

32.   British novelist Salman Rushdie is expressing support for Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasreem who, like him, faces Islamic fundamentalist death threats.

33.   But the Indian authorities failed to respond to a visa request from the Bangladeshi writer, who lives in exile in Berlin after fleeing her homeland.

34.   Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen snubbed the French government on Friday as it tried to calm an uproar over her aborted visit to France.

35.   The trial of exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen was put back Sunday for the third time after the presiding magistrate fell ill.

36.   Threatened Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen said Thursday that she hoped her visit to France would influence the Dhaka government to drop her upcoming trial.

37.   Threatened Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen arrived in France on Wednesday earlier than scheduled for security reasons, officials said at this airport north of Paris.

38.   Threatened Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen arrived in France on Wednesday, earlier than expected for security reasons, officials said at this airport north of Paris.

39.   Threatened Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen arrived in France on Wednesday, saying she was happy that a dispute over her stay was settled with French authorities.

40.   Threatened Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen was awarded a literary prize by the European parliament here on Thursday amid protests from French intellectuals claiming her plight has been exaggerated.