41.   Moslem fundamentalists and rightwing extremists on Thursday accused the government of complicity in the controversy surrounding Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasreen.

42.   Most of the leaders belonged to the Combined Action Council, which staged violent protests against Bangladeshi controversial writer Taslima Nasreen, now self-exiled in Sweden.

43.   Previous winners of the Sakharov Prize have included Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi and the Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen.

44.   The Belgian airline Sabena barred the Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasreen from taking a flight to Brussels, earning the ire of the Belgian government which apologized Thursday.

45.   The Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who faces blasphemy charges in her home country, has been awarded the Monismanien Swedish literary prize, Uppsala University announced Thursday.

46.   The foreign ministry Sunday said it was trying to ascertain if any foreign diplomat had given shelter to Bangladeshi fugitive feminist writer Taslima Nasreen.

47.   The Koran should be viewed as a historical work and Islamic religious law should be removed, controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has said in a television interview here.

48.   The French government on Wednesday granted the Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasreen a human rights award.

49.   The group did not mention Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, but repeatedly said everyone should have the right to free expression.