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Paris Attacks Raise Concerns Over Flow Of Migrants, Religious Tensions

6:05am November 19, 2015

Many worry that among the migrants are extremists. Is that view shared by migrants and those who work with them? And in the French city of Marseilles, a teacher at a Jewish school was stabbed.

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Fate Of Attack Leader Is Still Unknown After Raid In Saint-Denis

5:59am November 19, 2015

Paris is still tense after Wednesday's raid on a Paris suburb. That tension has spread across Europe. Authorities in Germany have stepped up security measures after Friday's attacks in Paris.

French Government Debates Extending State Of Emergency

11:55pm November 18, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Oren Gross, a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, about the history of the French state of emergency law, which gives authorities broad powers.

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Increased Security Following Paris Attacks Spreads Fear In Germany

7:32pm November 18, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

There is increased nervousness about security among the German public following the attacks in Paris Friday.

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A French sailor checks a Super-Etendard fighter jet on the deck of France's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle before it leaves its home port of Toulon on Wednesday. France has deployed its aircraft carrier in the eastern Mediterranean to

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Russia Says It's Planning Joint Anti-ISIS Operations With France

7:03pm November 18, 2015

"With the arrival of the Charles de Gaulle warship to the Syrian shore we will organize joint military operations," a senior Russian officer says.

Paris Police Still Working To Identify Bodies Recovered In St. Denis Raid

7:02pm November 18, 2015

by Dina Temple-Raston

French police hoped to find key suspects in the Paris attacks through the raid of an apartment in the suburb of St. Denis. Authorities are still working to identify at least two bodies recovered.

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U.S., French, Russian Airstrikes Continue To Attack ISIS Targets In Syria

6:59pm November 18, 2015

by Tom Bowman

Russian, French and U.S. warplanes continue to attack ISIS targets inside Syria. But despite an increase in resolve since Friday's attacks in Paris and vows by President Obama to "intensify" operations, there has been no new coordination between the U.S.-led coalition and the Russians.

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Syrian boys herd sheep near a refugee camp in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.

Barring Syrian Refugees From The West Would Be Bad For The Middle East

6:25pm November 18, 2015

by Jason Beaubien

Millions of Syrians are crowding into Jordan and Lebanon as well as Turkey. Aid efforts there are already at the breaking point.

Muslims In Brussels Hold Rally To Show Rejection Of ISIS

4:32pm November 18, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

Residents of the Brussels suburb that was home to some of the Paris attackers - hold a rally to show their rejection of the so-called Islamic State and the killings in Paris.

Dimitri Bontinck, right, took part in a 2013 meeting in Brussels with parents of other young Belgian men who'd left to fight in Syria.

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A Belgian Father Works To Prevent Kids From Joining The Jihad

4:28pm November 18, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

A Belgian man rescued his son, who ran away to join Islamist extremists in Syria. Now he is trying to stop others from making the same mistake as his boy.

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