Knighted Sir wins top recognition
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A head teacher and a university vice chancellor are knighted in the New Year's Honours.
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Bob Knight reached another milestone.
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Film-maker Franco Zeffirelli is the first Italian citizen to receive an honorary knighthood from Britain.
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The inventor of the world wide web receives one of Britain's most prestigious honours, the Order of Merit.
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Rahul Dravid wins the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy as Player of the Year at ICC Awards. India&#39;s Rahul Dravid claimed the most prestigious individual honour in world cricket after being named Player of the Year at the ICC Awards in London.
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Franco Zeffirelli, who has often worked with British actors, received an honorary knighthood from Britain.
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Olympic heroes have topped the Queen&#39;s New Year&#39;s Honours List, with four-time gold medallist Matthew Pinsent being knighted and middle-distance runner Kelly Holmes being made a dame.
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Britain&#39;s Olympic heroes have been honoured in the New Year&#39;s Honours List, with four-time rowing gold medallist Matthew Pinsent knighted and middle-distance runner Kelly Holmes made a dame.
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London (IANS) Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya of the University of Warwick has been selected for one of the highest British civilian honours, the Knights Bachelor, in the Queen s New Year honours list.
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Veteran pianist George Shearing receives his knighthood from the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
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Salman Rushdie, who went into hiding under threat of death after an Iranian fatwa, is knighted by the Queen.
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A story in celebration of the breed, which won 'Best in Show' Tuesday at Westminster.
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England's Rugby World Cup heroes receive their honours from the Queen.
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The man who led the team that created Dolly the sheep is among the scientists recognised in the New Year Honours.
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Naturalist Sir David Attenborough wins a viewers' vote for the title Greatest Living Icon.
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Sir Ian McKellen Â Gandalf to "Lord of the Rings" fans Â rose further in status Saturday as he joined the elite circle of Britain's Companions of Honor.
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One of the world's most lauded - and most divisive - literary grandees is awarded a knighthood for services to literature.