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The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie at a literary event pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges Saturday, as the severely injured author appeared to show signs of improvement in hospital.

Author Salman Rushdie showed signs of improvement in hospital on Sunday as the man accused of stabbing him pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges.

Iran's rulers bear responsibility for the attack against the British writer Salman Rushdie as the Islamic republic never repudiated a 1989 order issued by its founder calling for the novelist to be killed, activists and opponents charged Saturday. While the fatwa issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini over Rushdie's novel "The…

Praise for attack on writer targeted by decades-old fatwa comes as some fear incident will leave Iran more isolated

Paris (AFP) - Iran's rulers bear responsibility for the attack against the British writer Salman Rushdie as the Islamic republic never repudiated a 1989 order issued by its founder calling for the novelist to be killed, activists and opponents charged Saturday.

Sir Salman has been the subject of a 'fatwa' since the 1980s

Author Rushdie is on ventilator and could lose an eye following a stabbing attack at a literary event in New York state.

Salman Rushdie, who spent years in hiding after an Iranian fatwa ordered his killing, was on a ventilator and could lose an eye following a stabbing attack at a literary event in New York state Friday.

Tehran (AFP) - Iranian ultra-conservative newspaper Kayhan on Saturday hailed the man who stabbed British author Salman Rushdie -- the target of a 1989 Iranian fatwa calling for his death.