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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.
Friday, Jan. 20, 2012

Open quoteI have now been informed by intelligence sources ... that paid assassins from the Mumbai underworld may be on their way to Jaipur to 'eliminate' me. Close quote

  • SALMAN RUSHDIE,
  • in a statement. The author has withdrawn from India's biggest literary festival, saying that he feared assassination after influential Muslim clerics protested against his participation.
Photo: Robert Pratta / Reuters | Source: BBC