31.   The pontiff cited the contributions of several Eastern European artists, including Russian writer Feodor Dostoyevsky.

32.   The prize extended its reach after World War II and since then has included writers from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Australia.

33.   A group of intellectuals, including the writer Guenter Grass, journalists and politicians, on Friday put forward plans for a Holocaust museum in Germany.

34.   A host of personalities, including writers Gunter Grass and Salman Rushdie, have already lent their signatures to the campaign.

35.   EU foreign ministers agreed on the boycott on Monday as punishment for the execution of nine community workers, including the writer Ken Saro-Wiwa, last month.

36.   The nine, all Ogoni political activists including writer Ken Saro-Wiwa, were hanged on Friday.

37.   The panel of judges included atheist writer Ludovic Kennedy, the Catholic Environment Secretary John Gummer and the Anglican Bishop of Durham, Michael Turnbull.

38.   The West African nation has come under international attack for its execution last month of nine human rights activists, including prominent writer Ken Saro Wiwa.

39.   On Wednesday his Provisional Ruling Council confirmed death sentences passed last week on nine activists for the minority Ogoni people to death, including writer Ken Saro-Wiwa.

40.   The committee rejected calls for an oil embargo issued after Nigeria ignored worldwide criticism to execute the Ogoni minority rights leaders, including the writer Ken Saro-Wiwa.