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Hello and welcome to the programme. This is News Hour from the BBC World Service. We're coming to you live from London. I'm Paul Henley. Coming up, we'll hear from the writer Salman Rushdie about his new collection of fiction,

the first published since he was attacked on stage by a man wielding a knife three years ago.

Also, it represents so much. It represents equality. It represents freedom. It represents equal pay for equal work.

I knew I had to win.

The tennis legend, Billy Jean King, speaking about her Battle of the Sexes match in 1973,

it's been announced that next month there will be another similar match this time between the women's top-ranked player

and a man ranked 652 in the world. That's coming up later.

First, in the past few hours, it's been announced that the former US Vice President Dick Cheney has died.

Vice President Cheney, who was 84, served two terms during the presidency of George W. Bush.

Often described as one of the most powerful vice presidents in US history, he was a leading

light of the so-called neo-con conservative movement that dominated US politics at the start of

the 21st century. Dick Cheney will also be remembered for the role he played in orchestrating America's

controversial War on Terror. A bit later on in the program,

we'll hear an Iraqi perspective on his life and work.

First, our former Washington correspondent, Paul Adams, has this report.

And I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office.

On which I'm about to enter, so help me God.

On which I'm about to enter, so help me God.

Congratulations. Richard Bruce Cheney to enter, so help me God. Congratulations.

Richard Bruce Cheney swore in as vice president in January 2001,

a Washington veteran returning to the heart of power after almost a decade in business.

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