61.   The stories, written by British author J.K. Rowling, outline the education of young Harry, an English wizard at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

62.   They also singled out the death sentence Iran has issued for Salman Rushdie, the British author.

63.   They also singled out the death sentence Iran has issued for British author Salman Rushdie.

64.   They brought fame and fortune to British author J.K. Rowling and prompted midnight queues at bookstores as each new adventure was published.

65.   Tristan Jones, a British author and sailing adventurer, died Wednesday of complications following a stroke.

66.   Yet the British author never traveled to the region and left few clues about his inspiration.

67.   He said he had received assurances from Vaezi that the Iranian government would do nothing to enforce the death edict, or fatwa, against British author Salman Rushdie.

68.   He was apparently refering to pressure from London on Tehran to help lift a death sentence against British author Salman Rushdie as a condition for improved ties.

69.   However, since it was issued the British author has lived in hiding and under tight protection.

70.   Iran on Wednesday stood by its death decree against British author Salman Rushdie after Britain and its European partners called for its repeal six years after it was imposed.