Salman Rushdie stabbed on stage in New York
The Booker Prize-winning novelist remains in hospital after being stabbed in the neck, over 30 years after Iranian leader Ayatollah…
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The Booker Prize-winning novelist remains in hospital after being stabbed in the neck, over 30 years after Iranian leader Ayatollah…
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