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Paris supermarket attacker's widow on IS soil: Jihadi magazine
World | Feb 13, 2015, 06:39 AM ISTWashington: The Islamic State (IS) jihadi group claimed in its magazine that the widow of Paris supermarket gunman Amedy Coulibaly has linked up with it and was on IS soil, according to a report.According to
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Mumbaikars single largest group among Indians to visit Paris
India | Feb 07, 2015, 08:37 AM ISTNew Delhi: Despite last month's terror attack on a French magazine house, the craze of Mumbaikars' to visit Paris has not faded away. In fact, Mumbaikars have emerged as the single-largest group in the country
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Paris restricts action movie filming after terror attacks
World | Feb 05, 2015, 11:22 PM ISTParis: Fearing that actors could be mistaken for police—and chase scenes confused for the real thing—Paris is sharply restricting filming of action movies in the city that has been the stage for some of film's
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4 men in Paris court are 1st to face terror attacks charges
World | Jan 21, 2015, 06:58 AM ISTParis: French anti-terror prosecutors sought Tuesday to charge four men in connection with the attacks in Paris that left 20 people dead, which would be the first suspects charged in the country's bloodiest terrorist attacks
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Suspects held in Greece as European terror crackdown widens
World | Jan 18, 2015, 07:24 AM ISTBrussels: With Europe on edge, soldiers fanned out to guard possible terror targets in Belgium Saturday while police in Greece detained at least two suspects as part of a widening counterterrorism dragnet across the continent.In
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Court upholds Paris police ban of anti-Islamist rally
World | Jan 17, 2015, 11:51 PM ISTParis: A French court has upheld the Paris police chief's order to ban a planned demonstration against radical Islamists in the wake of France's worst terrorism in decades.The Paris administrative tribunal ruled in an accelerated
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Charlize Theron wants 'low-key' wedding?
Hollywood | Jan 17, 2015, 04:49 PM ISTLos Angeles: Actress Charlize Theron is said to be planning a "low-key" wedding with boyfriend Sean Penn.The couple reportedly got engaged in November 2014 during a romantic trip to Paris. They are now said to
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Muslims protest Charlie Hebdo's prophet cartoon; 4 killed in Niger
World | Jan 17, 2015, 11:52 AM ISTKarachi, Pakistan: Muslim anger flared over a French satirical weekly's latest caricature of the Prophet Muhammad, with four people reported killed and dozens injured at a protest Friday in the West African country of Niger,
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Europe anti-terror raids net dozens amid high anxiety
World | Jan 17, 2015, 06:43 AM ISTBrussels: Belgium ordered its army into the streets and anti-terror raids across Western Europe netted dozens of suspects Friday as authorities rushed to thwart more attacks by people with links to Mideast Islamic extremists.As anxiety
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Pakistanis rallying against Charlie Hebdo clash with police
World | Jan 16, 2015, 07:06 PM ISTKarachi, Pakistan : Pakistani students are clashing with police during protests against the French satirical magazine that was attacked last week for publishing images of the Prophet Muhammad.The clashes broke out Friday afternoon when the
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Paris: Post office hostages freed as gunman surrenders
World | Jan 16, 2015, 08:14 PM ISTParis: The latest Paris hostage crisis has ended without any bloodshed as the gunman has surrendered to the Police.The gunman, who had reportedly held several people hostage, has been arrested and all the hostages have
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Belgian authorities say 15 arrested in sweep
World | Jan 16, 2015, 04:59 PM ISTBRUSSELS: More than two dozen suspects have been arrested in Belgium, France and Germany in continuing searches for suspected terrorists, authorities said Friday.Thirteen people were detained in Belgium and two arrested in France in an
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10 arrests in Paris, bomb threat closes train station
World | Jan 16, 2015, 02:41 PM ISTParis: Paris police evacuated the Gare de l'Est train station Friday after a bomb threat, as authorities across Europe pressed on with efforts to prevent new violence after the worst terrorist attacks in decades.The Paris
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John Kerry offers 'big hug' to Paris after attacks
World | Jan 16, 2015, 01:10 PM ISTParis: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting top officials in France to express America's solidarity with the French people after last week's deadly terrorist attacks.As they greeted each other at the French foreign
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Paris: New edition of Charlie Hebdo fronting Muhammad sells out before dawn
World | Jan 14, 2015, 07:25 PM ISTParis: Charlie Hebdo's defiant new issue sold out before dawn around Paris on Wednesday, with scuffles at kiosks over dwindling copies of the paper fronting the Prophet Muhammad. In the city still shaken by the
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France: Terror funding, attack weapons came from abroad
World | Jan 14, 2015, 01:10 PM ISTParis: France's prime minister demanded tougher anti-terrorism measures Tuesday after deadly attacks that some call this country's Sept. 11 -- and that may already be leading to a crackdown on liberties in exchange for greater
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India, France discuss defence coop in backdrop of Rafale probs
India | Jan 14, 2015, 09:53 AM ISTNew Delhi: Against the backdrop of difficulties in negotiations on Rafale fighter deal, top officials of India and France met in Paris during which the issue along with other subjects related to the defence cooperation
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Video of Paris gunman raises questions of affiliations
World | Jan 12, 2015, 08:14 AM ISTParis: Two days after his death, a video emerged Sunday of one of the Paris gunmen pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group, while his two fellow militants have claimed to be from al-Qaida—a fiercely
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US to hold summit on countering 'violent extremism'
World | Jan 12, 2015, 06:53 AM ISTParis: A security summit will be held in the US capital Washington next month, which will discuss ways to deal with violent extremism across the globe, US Attorney General, Eric Holder said here Sunday.The security
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5 held over Paris attacks freed from custody
World | Jan 11, 2015, 02:48 PM ISTParis: Five people detained in connection with the three days of bloodshed in France have been released from custody, the Paris prosecutor's spokeswoman said Sunday.The gunmen who carried out the attacks on the satirical newspaper