Google announced the contest in August, promising up to $2 million in prizes to those with the best exploits.

The redesign is being rolled out live in the U.S. in the coming weeks, and then will expand around the world in the "coming months".

"I've never read anything so badly written that got published," Rushdie said. "It made Twilight look like War and Peace."

The film follows a federal air marshall who must deal with a mysterious nemesis after he begins receiving IMs threatening lives of passengers.

Ambassador Christopher Stevens Stevens and three other Americans were killed during an attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi.

Judea bin Zaben Al-Hudhal described media rumors as allegations purposefully fabricated by "certain forces" to suit their own ends.

Young writer Randall Fontana will write the project, described as a modern take on the plays of The Bard.

Though Psycho has long since become a classic of the genre, the aging auteur had a real struggle to make it, with no studio willing to touch it.

The planned sale next month comes as prices for Monet's watery scenes continue to climb, buoyed by interest from emerging collectors.

The attack on the consulate in Benghazi on 11 September has become a political issue ahead of the election.