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Is this the much sought-after
successor to the Afghan Kite bestseller?

Afghan-born writer Atiq Rahmi has won the
French Prix Goncourt for his novel Stone of Patience.

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# FOE: Muslims living in Europe need protection from extremists who threaten their Freedom of Speech. A UK think tank says that governments have "a duty to ensure free speech for all citizens." This seems to be a reaction to blasphemy intimidations.

# Best-selling author and RC priest Andrew Greeley was seriously injured in a taxicab accident over the weekend and is in critical but stable condition at a Chicago-area hospital.

# The funky literary Hotel Chelsea in NYC needs to be updated. Londoner Andrew Tilley was somehow chosen to be the new manager who will have the responsibility for preserving its history and personality while updating it.

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