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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a New Year speech on economy and employment in Chassieu, near Lyon January 19, 2012.
Monday, Mar. 19, 2012

Open quotePeople here are asleep, very much asleep, and you need to wake up.Close quote

  • SALMAN RUSHDIE,
  • British author of The Satanic Verses, saying free speech is under threat in India; he was prevented from attending a literary festival in India because of opposition from conservative Muslim groups
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