81.   The book has been banned in Germany, the report said.

82.   The book was banned in Britain under the Official Secrets Act but was easily available in bookstores as travellers freely brought it in.

83.   The government banned the book.

84.   The government said it banned the book of essays by Dhaka University teacher Humayun Azad because some of its pieces opposed fundamental Muslim beliefs.

85.   The far-right mayor of Orange has banned books on rap music, racism and African culture from public libraries.

86.   The far-right mayor of this southern French city has banned books on rap music, racism and African culture from public libraries, a newspaper said Thursday.

87.   The government banned a book on Tuesday, saying it could hurt the sentiments of Muslims by claiming that Islam considers women as sex slaves.

88.   The government already closely monitors and sometimes stamps out dissent, banning critical books and detaining opponents.

89.   The government denies banning the book because Rushdie calls a dog in the book Jawaharlal.

90.   The government is investigating whether Germans can circumvent laws banning Nazi books in Germany by buying them from Internet booksellers, the Justice Ministry said Monday.