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Rushdie addresses conference in New Delhi
Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie (left) visits India to address a conference - within two months of pulling out of Asia's biggest literary festival after receiving death threats. His earlier attempt to visit the country of his birth brought protests from some Muslim groups, which say his novel The Satanic Verses is blasphemous. Rushdie, who spent years in hiding after the book's publication in 1988, later accused Indian authorities of pandering to zealots. Rushdie will speak in New Delhi alongside writer Aatish Taseer at an event called The Liberty Verses hosted by the India Today media group.
Candidates face to face for another debate
The three chief executive candidates go head to head in another debate, 10 days before the Election Committee's March 25 vote. Pro-Beijing candidates Leung Chun-ying and Henry Tang Ying-yen, and pan-democratic representative Albert Ho Chun-yan face each other at a forum organised by electronic media organisations at 8pm. The election has veered away from being a gentlemanly contest to one characterised by mud-slinging. It remains to be seen whether the candidates can get the discussion back to their policy platforms rather than attacks on each other.
Queuers likely to be disappointed as iPad goes on sale
Apple's new iPad goes on sale for the first time in Hong Kong and nine other places, including the United States. Scores of buyers have been queueing outside Apple's shop in Central since Wednesday (left) even though the company has said it will only be selling the device online, and not on the basis of first come, first served; buyers will be chosen randomly by computer.