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Pirate tribute to Charlie Hebdo goes like hot cakes in French city of Lyon

The reaction to the attacks against French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo have been many. In the French city of Lyon, the tragedy sparked a

14/01/2015

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French comedian Dieudonné to stand trial over Charlie Hebdo Facebook comments

Controversial French comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala is to stand trial after posting a comment on his Facebook page that appeared to support Amedy

14/01/2015

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Charlie Hebdo sells out within minutes; more copies scheduled for release

Charlie Hebdo sells out in minutes, a week after the fatal shootings. Up to five million copies are to be distributed, on staggered release.

14/01/2015

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Charlie Hebdo sells out within minutes; more copies scheduled for release

14/01/2015

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French parliament spontaneously breaks into national anthem in honour of attack victims

14/01/2015

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Survivors' edition of Charlie Hebdo goes on sale amid a wave of solidarity

Newspaper sellers are expecting a rush today as the survivors’ edition of Charlie Hebdo goes on sale for the first time since the magazine lost nine

14/01/2015

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New footage emerges of Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack

Dramatic new video has emerged showing Islamist militants Cherif and Said Kouachi during Paris attack

13/01/2015

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French parliament honours terror victims as new security steps are announced

In France's National Assembly, deputies have held a minute's silence to remember victims of terror attacks

13/01/2015

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A defiant Charlie Hebdo: "It's not the front page the terrorists would've wanted"

In an act of defiance, the new edition of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo features the prophet Mohammed

13/01/2015

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French anti-terror laws toughened 14 times since 1986

With each major act of terrorism, France has revamped the set of legal tools to fight it. When the Paris metro was targeted in the summer of 1995

13/01/2015

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Don't blame all Muslims for terror, says German political scientist

With France still reeling from last week's terror attacks, euronews' Rudolf Herbert spoke with top political scientist Asiem el Difraoui, an expert on the Arab world and Islam.

13/01/2015

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Charlie Hebdo: Israeli paper deletes women from Paris march

13/01/2015

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"They died so we can live freely": France pays tribute to police killed in Paris attacks

French President François Hollande gives a moving speech in a ceremony dedicated to Franck Brinsolaro, Ahmed Merabet and Clarissa Jean-Philippe, the police officers who were brutally killed in the att

13/01/2015

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France remembers the officers who died in the Paris attacks

"They died so the people of France may be free." France pays tribute to the three police officers who were gunned down during the Paris attacks.

13/01/2015

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Charlie Hebdo: siege survivor who hid from Kouachi brothers recounts his ordeal

13/01/2015

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Prophet Mohammad on front of next Charlie Hebdo edition

Survivors of the Charlie Hebdo attack show it's business as usual and prepare the satirical magazine's next edition which is to include the Prophet Mohammad on the front cover

13/01/2015

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Evidence grows that France's most wanted woman is in Syria

Further evidence that Hayat Boumeddiene, France's most wanted woman , has fled to Syria.

12/01/2015

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Mixed feelings about Israeli PM's presence in Paris

Benjamin Netanyahu visits site where Jewish men killed at kosher supermarket in eastern Paris

12/01/2015

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Reassuring a shaken population: 10,000 extra soldiers deployed across France

It is a massive deployment of troops to reassure a shaken population. The French government says an extra 10,000 soldiers are being mobilised to

12/01/2015

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French marchers express faith in values of la République

People from all walks of life took part in unity march in Paris and other French cities

12/01/2015

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Key questions around the Charlie Hebdo killings go unanswered

The Charlie Hebdo massacre has raised a number of questions in France pertaining not so much as to the why but as to the how ; how could such an

12/01/2015

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Violence the 'product of falsification of religion', says Pope Francis

Pope Francis uses his 'State of the World' speech to denounce acts of brutality throughout the world.

12/01/2015

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France boosts its domestic security by deploying 10,000 troops on the streets

Smarting at criticism from some quarters that their security services dropped the ball over the Charlie Hebdo attacks, and failed to prevent them

12/01/2015

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Lyon's Musée des Confluence: a journey through space and time

A colossal building of glass and steel – more than a decade in the making, and nearly 300 million euros later, Lyon’s new Musée des Confluences has

12/01/2015

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Moment of silence honours Ahmed Merabet, policemen killed in Charlie Hebdo shooting

12/01/2015

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Hundreds of thousands rally in France in response to Paris attacks

12/01/2015