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'Charlie Hebdo's' Next Issue Appears To Feature Prophet Muhammad On Cover

7:13pm January 12, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The cover features an image apparently of Islam's prophet shedding a tear and holding a sign that reads: "Je Suis Charlie." It comes less than a week after a deadly attack on the magazine.

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a press conference in Gandhinagar, India, on Monday.

White House: We Should Have Sent 'Higher-Profile' Official To Paris

2:45pm January 12, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The Obama administration was criticized for not sending a high-ranking official to a unity rally in Paris. The British, German, Israeli and Palestinian leaders were all at the march.

Demonstrators gather Sunday in Place de la Republique prior to a mass unity rally in Paris following the recent terrorist attack.

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World Leaders Join Unity March In Paris

3:02pm January 11, 2015

by L. Carol Ritchie

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to march in solidarity with the victims of last week's attacks and in support of free speech.

In a new video, Amedy Coulibaly, one of the three gunmen allegedly behind the worst militant attacks in France for decades, declares his allegiance to the Islamic State.

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Paris Suspects Declared Allegiance To Al-Qaida, ISIS

1:46pm January 11, 2015

by Scott Neuman

In a video, the now-dead suspect in the seizure of a kosher supermarket in Paris announced his loyalty to the leader of the self-declared Islamic State.

A police officer carries flower tributes at the site of Friday's attack on a kosher market in Paris, France.

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Authorities Search For Clues To Deadly Attacks In Paris

6:03pm January 10, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Reports now indicate that Hayat Boumeddiene — a woman initially thought to be part of Friday's siege of a kosher supermarket in Paris — may have left France in early January.

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Who Carried Out The Paris Attacks?

6:02pm January 10, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Three assailants who allegedly carried out two separate attacks in and around the French capital this week were reportedly linked by religious zealotry and a 2010 prison-break plot.

People paying tribute to victims in front of HyperCacher supermarket at Porte de Vincennes, a day after a gunman took hostages and opened fire.

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Rallies In France Prelude To Paris March Planned For Sunday

3:25pm January 10, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Today's gatherings across France are a prelude to a unity march planned for Sunday in Paris that is expected to bring two dozen world leaders and thousands of participants.

Smoke rises from a building in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, where two brothers suspected in the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo were cornered by police. The suspects, Said and Chérif Kouachi, were killed.

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French Woman Believed To Be Gunmen's Associate Is Still At Large

11:32am January 10, 2015

by Dina Temple-Raston

French officials are searching for Hayat Boumeddiene, who they say was involved in the killing of a policewoman in Paris on Thursday and possibly a later hostage-taking.

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'Charlie Hebdo' Will Print 1 Million Copies Of Its Next Issue

6:12pm January 09, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The satirical French magazine that was the target of a deadly attack typically prints 60,000 copies and sells about 30,000. Separately, news organizations and Google donated money to Charlie Hebdo.

As a tribute for the victims of Wednesday's attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo the lights of the Eiffel Tower were turned off for five minutes at 8 p.m. local time on Thursday. French authorities are searching for two brothers suspected

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Manhunt Moves To Industrial Town; Details Emerge About Suspects In 'Charlie' Attack

7:55am January 09, 2015

by Bill Chappell

French security forces are on the scene of an operation to detain two brothers suspected in the deadly storming of a French satirical weekly that killed 12, according to The Associated Press.

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