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Helmeted police officers rush to the assistance of a colleague floored by demonstrators, June 17, 1989 in Bradford, northern England, who broke away from a rally protesting against Salman Rushdie?s novel ?The Satanic Verses?. Rushdie has been in hiding since Iran?s spiritual leader Ayatollah Khomeini, who died earlier this month, ordered his execution on February 14. Muslims say ?The Satanic Verses? blasphemes Islam. (AP Photo/Azord Guzelian)