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Cameron's Anti-Terror Plan Rings Alarm Bells

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 17 Januari 2015 | 10.03

David Cameron's had a rough ride on both sides of the Atlantic with his plans to ban encrypted communications.

Reactions included "colossally stupid", "idiotic" and "technologically illiterate" from former White House cyber officials to people in the digital technology industry.

But there is another reason to be worried about the Government's attempt to assume even more anti-terror powers, the potential for their abuse.

Justifying his controversial proposals, the Prime Minister insisted to Sky News: "We don't want to interfere with the privacy and civil liberties of our citizens". 

Yet his Government is currently defending the use of existing anti-terror legislation to do just that.

There was outrage earlier this year when British police were revealed to have used laws designed to target terrorists to spy on journalists instead.

Journalists and press freedom advocates warn the secret surveillance is already having a chilling impact on whistle-blowers. 

Ordinary people who want to expose wrongdoing to journalists will think twice if they believe the police have placed the press under surveillance.

The first force to be exposed secretly using anti-terror laws to spy on journalists was London's Met. 

The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act was passed to protect national security and stop terrorists. 

The London police used it to spy on Sun political editor Tom Newton Dunn, not to prevent a terrorist outrage, but instead to find his police sources during the Andrew Mitchell "plebgate" affair. 

Police were able to view his private mobile phone records without his knowledge because of a piece of legislation that had been justified originally only to protect national security.

Since then the UK Press Gazette has revealed the same law is being used by other police forces to spy on more journalists.

Home Secretary Theresa May has listened to all the outrage and drawn up legislation that will effectively legalise the right of police to continue spying on journalists.

The proposal rides roughshod over the decades-old principle that it is in the public interest for journalists' sources to be protected. 

Journalist surveillance need only be approved by a senior police officer, not a judge. 

The National Union of Journalists has warned that Theresa May's proposal "denies journalists an opportunity to defend the confidentiality of their sources, and information that deserves to be in the public domain won't see the light of day as a consequence".

The freedom of ordinary citizens and the press to expose and reveal wrongdoing by government and others is a cherished liberty. 

In America it is enshrined in the constitution. 

Secret police surveillance of the press for minor crimes is common in less free societies. 

In Britain it has already begun.

In the light of all that, the Prime Minister's pledge that new anti-terror laws will not interfere with civil liberties and freedoms rings hollow.

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UK And US Announce Joint Anti-Terror Plans

David Cameron and Barack Obama have announced joint plans to fight "the poisonous ideology" of Islamist extremists.

Speaking after two days of talks at the White House, the leaders said they are setting up a new group to exchange information and expertise to tackle the terrorist threat.

"We face a poisonous and fanatical ideology that wants to pervert one of the world's major religions, Islam, and create conflict, terror and death. With our allies, we will confront it wherever it appears," Mr Cameron said at a news conference with Mr Obama.

"We know what we are up against. And we know how we will win."

The announcement comes amid fears about the spread of terrorism after last week's Paris attacks that left 17 people dead and the arrest of more than two dozen people in anti-terror raids in Belgium, Germany and France.

Mr Obama said the attacks in France "underscored again how terrorist groups like al Qaeda and ISIL (Islamic State) are actively trying to inspire and support people within our own countries to engage in terrorism."

"We both recognise that intelligence and military force alone is not going to solve this problem so we are also going to keep working together on strategies to counter violent extremism that radicalises, recruits and mobilises people, especially young people, to engage in terrorism," the President said.

Mr Obama also suggested that European countries needed to make sure their Muslim populations were better "assimilated".

"The US has one big advantage in this whole process ... our Muslim populations, they feel themselves to be Americans," he said.

"And there is, you know, this incredible process of immigration and assimilation that is part of our tradition - that is probably our greatest strength."

Mr Cameron had arrived in Washington with a request for the President to help persuade American technology companies to give governments more access to encrypted communications that terrorists may use to plot attacks. 

"As technology develops, as the world moves on, we should try to avoid the safe havens that could otherwise be created for terrorists to talk to each other," Mr Cameron said at the news conference.

"We're not asking for back doors" to access electronic communications, Mr Cameron said.

"We believe in very clear front doors through legal processes that should help to keep our country safe."

The Prime Minister's policy proposals have caused concern on both sides of the Atlantic about the prospect of security efforts encroaching on privacy.

Mr Obama did not take a position on Mr Cameron's proposal, but said it was important to be able to keep tabs on terrorists' use of the internet and social media.

"When we have the ability to track that, in a way that is legal, conforms with due process, rule of law and oversight, then that's a capability we have to preserve," Mr Obama said.

The two leaders also agreed to stage cyber "war games" and establish a joint "cyber cell" to boost both countries' resistance to hack attacks.

And there was also time for them to once again express their admiration for one another.

The President paid tribute to Mr Cameron as a "great friend" and "outstanding partner", while Mr Cameron said the President was a "good friend" who shared the "same values".


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Images Are 'Shocking' Proof Of Boko Haram Attacks

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 15 Januari 2015 | 10.03

Images Are 'Shocking' Proof Of Boko Haram Attacks

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Satellite images of the "catastrophic" attacks on two towns in Nigeria by Boko Haram militants have been released by Amnesty International.

The campaign group says the pictures, taken on 2 and 7 January, provide "indisputable and shocking evidence" of the scale of the assaults on Baga and neighbouring Doron Baga.

It believes hundreds of people were killed and that over 3,700 structures were either damaged or destroyed in the attacks.

Other nearby towns and villages in north-eastern Borno state were also targeted by the Islamists between 3 and 7 January.

"These detailed images show devastation of catastrophic proportions in two towns, one of which was almost wiped off the map in the space of four days," said Daniel Eyre, Nigeria researcher for Amnesty.

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  1. Gallery: Boko Haram Attack Nigerian Town

    Satellite images released by Amnesty International today provide indisputable and shocking evidence of the scale of last week's attack on the towns of Baga and Doron Baga by Boko Haram militants

Image of Baga taken on 7 January which shows many thatch roof structures have been razed. The dark colour represents burned areas, while the red indicates healthy vegetation

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  • Satellite image of dense housing in Doro Baga taken on 7 Jan 2015, following an attack by Boko Haram

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  • This image show over 620 structures damaged or destroyed predominantly located in the southern portion of Baga

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  • Shows an example of the densely packed structures and tree cover in Doro Baga before the village was razed by Boko Haram

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  • "Of all Boko Haram assaults analysed by Amnesty International, this is the largest and most destructive yet. It represents a deliberate attack on civilians whose homes, clinics and schools are now burnt out ruins."

    Approximately 620 structures were damaged or destroyed by fire in Baga, a densely-populated town less than two square kilometres in size.

    In Doron Baga, which is also known as Doro Gowon and is around four square kilometres, over 3,100 structures were either damaged or burnt.

    Many of the wooden fishing boats along the shoreline, visible in the images taken on the 2 January, are no longer present in the 7 January photos.

    This tallies with eye witnesses' testimony that many terrified residents fled to safety in boats across Lake Chad. 

    A man in his fifties told Amnesty: "I saw maybe around 100 killed at that time in Baga. I ran to the bush. As we were running, they were shooting and killing."

    Other witnesses described how Boko Haram drove into the bush rounding up women, children and the elderly.

    A woman who was detained for four days said: "(They) took around 300 women and kept us in a school in Baga. They released the older women, mothers and most of the children after four days but are still keeping the younger women."

    Boko Haram fighters have repeatedly targeted communities for their perceived collaboration with Nigeria's security forces.

    Towns that formed state-sponsored militia groups known as the Civilian Joint Task Force (Civilian JTF) have suffered particularly brutal attacks.

    Since 2009 Amnesty says thousands of people have been killed, hundreds abducted and hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes by Boko Haram.

    It is calling on Nigeria's security forces to do more to protect civilians and for the group's "war crimes and crimes against humanity" to be "duly investigated".

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    • Images Are 'Shocking' Proof Of Boko Haram Attacks

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    Satellite images of the "catastrophic" attacks on two towns in Nigeria by Boko Haram militants have been released by Amnesty International.

    The campaign group says the pictures, taken on 2 and 7 January, provide "indisputable and shocking evidence" of the scale of the assaults on Baga and neighbouring Doron Baga.

    It believes hundreds of people were killed and that over 3,700 structures were either damaged or destroyed in the attacks.

    Other nearby towns and villages in north-eastern Borno state were also targeted by the Islamists between 3 and 7 January.

    "These detailed images show devastation of catastrophic proportions in two towns, one of which was almost wiped off the map in the space of four days," said Daniel Eyre, Nigeria researcher for Amnesty.

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    1. Gallery: Boko Haram Attack Nigerian Town

      Satellite images released by Amnesty International today provide indisputable and shocking evidence of the scale of last week's attack on the towns of Baga and Doron Baga by Boko Haram militants

    Image of Baga taken on 7 January which shows many thatch roof structures have been razed. The dark colour represents burned areas, while the red indicates healthy vegetation

    ]]>

  • Satellite image of dense housing in Doro Baga taken on 7 Jan 2015, following an attack by Boko Haram

    ]]>

  • This image show over 620 structures damaged or destroyed predominantly located in the southern portion of Baga

    ]]>

  • Shows an example of the densely packed structures and tree cover in Doro Baga before the village was razed by Boko Haram

    ]]>

  • "Of all Boko Haram assaults analysed by Amnesty International, this is the largest and most destructive yet. It represents a deliberate attack on civilians whose homes, clinics and schools are now burnt out ruins."

    Approximately 620 structures were damaged or destroyed by fire in Baga, a densely-populated town less than two square kilometres in size.

    In Doron Baga, which is also known as Doro Gowon and is around four square kilometres, over 3,100 structures were either damaged or burnt.

    Many of the wooden fishing boats along the shoreline, visible in the images taken on the 2 January, are no longer present in the 7 January photos.

    This tallies with eye witnesses' testimony that many terrified residents fled to safety in boats across Lake Chad. 

    A man in his fifties told Amnesty: "I saw maybe around 100 killed at that time in Baga. I ran to the bush. As we were running, they were shooting and killing."

    Other witnesses described how Boko Haram drove into the bush rounding up women, children and the elderly.

    A woman who was detained for four days said: "(They) took around 300 women and kept us in a school in Baga. They released the older women, mothers and most of the children after four days but are still keeping the younger women."

    Boko Haram fighters have repeatedly targeted communities for their perceived collaboration with Nigeria's security forces.

    Towns that formed state-sponsored militia groups known as the Civilian Joint Task Force (Civilian JTF) have suffered particularly brutal attacks.

    Since 2009 Amnesty says thousands of people have been killed, hundreds abducted and hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes by Boko Haram.

    It is calling on Nigeria's security forces to do more to protect civilians and for the group's "war crimes and crimes against humanity" to be "duly investigated".

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    Children 'Trafficked' Around UK By Drug Dealers

    By Afua Hirsch, Social Affairs Editor

    Inner-city children as young as 12 are being sent around the country to sell drugs in a phenomenon that is increasingly being recognised as a form of human trafficking.

    Speaking exclusively to Sky News, the Home Secretary has spoken of her concern about the practise, known as "running county lines", in which criminal gangs are deliberately exploiting the most vulnerable children to deal class A drugs.

    One former gang member told Sky News he made thousands of pounds by sending up to 10 young people a year into a small town where they were sometimes subject to violent attacks and arrest by the police.

    "You tend to more ... latch on to someone who can be manipulated, someone who's more controlled, who you can control them more better," said Paco*.

    "These kind of individuals, they got their own underlying issues that maybe you don't know about. They got family problems, broken homes, no father, no mother, no money in the house.

    "So he wants to be accepted – he thinks, yeah, let me shop drugs for the big guys and I'll be into the gang."

    "But that big guy is gonna take advantage of you," Paco added. "I probably went through like 10 workers at least. 'Cos some of them mess up.

    "Some of them get arrested. Some just can't handle the pressure. You gotta sack them. Some ... you just go through them like water," Paco added.

    The problem is increasingly attracting the attention of the authorities.

    Last year the Met Police in conjunction with forces from Kent and Hampshire conducted a series of dawn raids leading to a number of arrests and prosecutions against gang members believed to have been trafficking children to sell Class A drugs.

    Home Secretary Theresa May said: "In the past, people have looked at it in terms of human trafficking and assumed it was international trafficking across borders - sexual and labour exploitation.

    "But I think what has surprised people is that this is a business that is undertaken by organised criminals in the UK itself.

    "There are people - adults and younger people - being moved from different parts of the UK to elsewhere in the UK; into exploitation, into effectively modern slavery.

    "It's not just about the trafficking element, the exploitation that is taking place."

    One lawyer said she had worked with children as young as 13 who were being exploited by drug dealers after being failed by the local authorities who were supposed to be looking after them.

    Deepti Patel, a lawyer from Kids Company, said: "When you have a child that is 13 years old and the only way they are able to look after themselves is by selling drugs on behalf of someone much more sophisticated criminally you have to think about the social failures of protecting those children.

    "We had a group of really young children who were sleeping on beaches.

    "They were known to the local authority. They had suffered extreme trauma in their homes. They were in care homes and they were absconding."

    "It's very similar to the kinds of kids we are seeing in Rochdale and Oxford."

    Groups who work with children said they hoped the recognition of "running county lines" as a form of trafficking would lead to victims being protected rather than criminalised themselves.

    One victim told Sky News he had worked for gangs as a young person hundreds of miles away from home in fear of both arrest and violence at the hands of addicts.

    "I sold Class A, crack heroin. Crackheads can be quite violent sometimes," said Chris*.

    "They are kinda being exploited because they don't really have a choice," Chris said. "If they want things to run smoother for them in their community then it's better that they go and do this 'cos it might give them some immunity."

    *Some names have been changed to protect the identities of those involved.


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    New Footage Of Charlie Hebdo Gun Attack

    Written By Unknown on Rabu, 14 Januari 2015 | 10.03

    New Footage Of Charlie Hebdo Gun Attack

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    New video has emerged of the Paris gunmen on the streets of the city after carrying out their attack on Charlie Hebdo last week.

    The footage shows the two masked figures calmly returning to their getaway vehicle after murdering staff at the satirical magazine.

    The pair reload their weapons, before one shouts: "We have avenged the Prophet Mohammed, we have killed Charlie Hebdo."

    It then shows the gunmen firing on a police car as they made their escape.

    The vehicle, lights flashing, is forced to reverse at speed as the killers get out of their own car, aim their weapons and open fire.

    The fundamentalist brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi killed 12 people in last Wednesday's deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo, including two policemen.

    One of the officers was shot at point-blank range as he lay wounded on the ground.

    Their accomplice, Amedy Coulibaly, gunned down a police officer before killing four people in a Jewish supermarket in the French capital.

    All three died in shoot-outs with police on Friday.

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    1. Gallery: Funerals For Paris Attacks Victims

      Police officers carry the coffins draped in the French flag of the three police officers killed in the recent terror attacks in Paris, at the city's police headquarters

    The coffin of French police officer Ahmed Merabet, 40, is carried by colleagues

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  • The coffins of the three officers killed are placed in the courtyard of the police headquarters

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  • French President Francois Hollande holds a medal in front of the coffin of late police officer Clarissa Jean-Philippe

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  • Mr Hollande (L) and Malek Merabet (C), the brother of late police officer Ahmed Merabet, shake hands at the ceremony

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  • In the wake of the atrocities, France's Prime Minister has announced he would seek tighter surveillance of convicted extremists, amid reports the weapons used to kill 17 people came from outside the country.

    Manuel Valls said "serious and very high risks remain" and warned the French not to let down their guard.

    Christophe Crepin, a French police union representative, said several people were being sought in connection with the "substantial" financing of the attacks.

    The funding and logistics involved indicated an organised network, he said.

    French police say as many as six members of the terror cell behind the attacks may still be at large

    The Bulgarian authorities said they had arrested a French citizen, Fritz-Joly Joachin, believed to have links to one of the Kouachi brothers.

    Meanwhile, funerals have taken place in Paris and Jerusalem for some of the 17 killed in the terror attacks, including the three murdered police officers.

    And the magazine targeted by the terrorists is preparing for its biggest ever print run of its special 'survivor's edition'.

    Three million copies will be printed of the latest issue, which will have a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed on its front cover.

    Charlie Hebdo staff said they wanted to show they would not "cede" to extremists trying to silence them.

    The head of Europol has warned up to 5,000 EU nationals pose a potential terrorist threat to Europe after travelling overseas to countries like Syria.

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    • New Footage Of Charlie Hebdo Gun Attack

    We use cookies to give you the best experience. If you do nothing we'll assume that it's ok.

    New video has emerged of the Paris gunmen on the streets of the city after carrying out their attack on Charlie Hebdo last week.

    The footage shows the two masked figures calmly returning to their getaway vehicle after murdering staff at the satirical magazine.

    The pair reload their weapons, before one shouts: "We have avenged the Prophet Mohammed, we have killed Charlie Hebdo."

    It then shows the gunmen firing on a police car as they made their escape.

    The vehicle, lights flashing, is forced to reverse at speed as the killers get out of their own car, aim their weapons and open fire.

    The fundamentalist brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi killed 12 people in last Wednesday's deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo, including two policemen.

    One of the officers was shot at point-blank range as he lay wounded on the ground.

    Their accomplice, Amedy Coulibaly, gunned down a police officer before killing four people in a Jewish supermarket in the French capital.

    All three died in shoot-outs with police on Friday.

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    1. Gallery: Funerals For Paris Attacks Victims

      Police officers carry the coffins draped in the French flag of the three police officers killed in the recent terror attacks in Paris, at the city's police headquarters

    The coffin of French police officer Ahmed Merabet, 40, is carried by colleagues

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  • The coffins of the three officers killed are placed in the courtyard of the police headquarters

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  • French President Francois Hollande holds a medal in front of the coffin of late police officer Clarissa Jean-Philippe

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  • Mr Hollande (L) and Malek Merabet (C), the brother of late police officer Ahmed Merabet, shake hands at the ceremony

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  • In the wake of the atrocities, France's Prime Minister has announced he would seek tighter surveillance of convicted extremists, amid reports the weapons used to kill 17 people came from outside the country.

    Manuel Valls said "serious and very high risks remain" and warned the French not to let down their guard.

    Christophe Crepin, a French police union representative, said several people were being sought in connection with the "substantial" financing of the attacks.

    The funding and logistics involved indicated an organised network, he said.

    French police say as many as six members of the terror cell behind the attacks may still be at large

    The Bulgarian authorities said they had arrested a French citizen, Fritz-Joly Joachin, believed to have links to one of the Kouachi brothers.

    Meanwhile, funerals have taken place in Paris and Jerusalem for some of the 17 killed in the terror attacks, including the three murdered police officers.

    And the magazine targeted by the terrorists is preparing for its biggest ever print run of its special 'survivor's edition'.

    Three million copies will be printed of the latest issue, which will have a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed on its front cover.

    Charlie Hebdo staff said they wanted to show they would not "cede" to extremists trying to silence them.

    The head of Europol has warned up to 5,000 EU nationals pose a potential terrorist threat to Europe after travelling overseas to countries like Syria.

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    Mother's Grief As Nations Mourn Attack Victims

    Mother's Grief As Nations Mourn Attack Victims

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    A tribute is being held for three police officers who died in the Paris terror attacks last week.

    French President François Hollande comforted the mother of policewoman Clarissa Jean-Philippe, who was killed during three days of violence in the French capital.

    Hollande led the ceremony in the courtyard of the Prefecture de Police, Paris' police headquarters, where he vowed that France would "never yield" to terror in an emotional tribute to the officers.

    The president laid the Legion d'honneur medal, the country's highest decoration, on coffins draped in the French flag as the families of the victims looked on.

    "Our great and beautiful France will never break, will never yield, never bend" in the face of the Islamist threat that is "still there, inside and outside" the country, said Hollande.

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    1. Gallery: Funerals For Paris Attacks Victims

      Police officers carry the coffins draped in the French flag of the three police officers killed in the recent terror attacks in Paris, at the city's police headquarters

    The coffin of French police officer Ahmed Merabet, 40, is carried by colleagues

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  • The coffins of the three officers killed are placed in the courtyard of the police headquarters

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  • French President Francois Hollande holds a medal in front of the coffin of late police officer Clarissa Jean-Philippe

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  • Mr Hollande (L) and Malek Merabet (C), the brother of late police officer Ahmed Merabet, shake hands at the ceremony

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  • Two policemen, Franck Brinsolaro, 49 and Muslim officer Ahmed Merabet, 40, were killed during a terror attack on the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which left 12 dead.

    The funeral took place in Paris on Tuesday of Ahmed Merabet.

    Meanwhile, In Israel, thousands of mourners gathered at a cemetery for the funeral of Yoav Hattab, 22, Philippe Braham, 45, Yohan Cohen, 23, and Francois-Michel Saada, 64, who were killed during a siege at a kosher supermarket in Paris. 

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told mourners that world leaders were "starting to understand that this terror committed by extremist Islam represents a clear and present threat to peace in the world in which we live." 

    They are among 17 people who were killed in multiple terror attacks carried out last week by Islamic fighters claiming allegiance to al Qaeda and the Islamic State jihadist groups.

    The supermarket killer, Amedy Coulibaly, and the Charlie Hebdo gunmen, Said and Cherif Kouachi, were killed in quick succession in two police raids on Friday.

    France is mobilising 10,000 troops to boost security after the deadly attacks.

    Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said troops would be in place from Tuesday evening in sensitive areas.

    Meanwhile, the hunt continues for what the French prime minister called a "probably accomplice" to the three days of bloodshed in the capital.

    Manuel Valls said the search is urgent because "the threat is still present" after the attacks.

    French police said the weapons used by the terror cell that terrorised Paris came from outside the country and that authorities were tracing the source of the financing.

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    • Mother's Grief As Nations Mourn Attack Victims

    We use cookies to give you the best experience. If you do nothing we'll assume that it's ok.

    A tribute is being held for three police officers who died in the Paris terror attacks last week.

    French President François Hollande comforted the mother of policewoman Clarissa Jean-Philippe, who was killed during three days of violence in the French capital.

    Hollande led the ceremony in the courtyard of the Prefecture de Police, Paris' police headquarters, where he vowed that France would "never yield" to terror in an emotional tribute to the officers.

    The president laid the Legion d'honneur medal, the country's highest decoration, on coffins draped in the French flag as the families of the victims looked on.

    "Our great and beautiful France will never break, will never yield, never bend" in the face of the Islamist threat that is "still there, inside and outside" the country, said Hollande.

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    1. Gallery: Funerals For Paris Attacks Victims

      Police officers carry the coffins draped in the French flag of the three police officers killed in the recent terror attacks in Paris, at the city's police headquarters

    The coffin of French police officer Ahmed Merabet, 40, is carried by colleagues

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  • The coffins of the three officers killed are placed in the courtyard of the police headquarters

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  • French President Francois Hollande holds a medal in front of the coffin of late police officer Clarissa Jean-Philippe

    ]]>

  • Mr Hollande (L) and Malek Merabet (C), the brother of late police officer Ahmed Merabet, shake hands at the ceremony

    ]]>

  • Two policemen, Franck Brinsolaro, 49 and Muslim officer Ahmed Merabet, 40, were killed during a terror attack on the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which left 12 dead.

    The funeral took place in Paris on Tuesday of Ahmed Merabet.

    Meanwhile, In Israel, thousands of mourners gathered at a cemetery for the funeral of Yoav Hattab, 22, Philippe Braham, 45, Yohan Cohen, 23, and Francois-Michel Saada, 64, who were killed during a siege at a kosher supermarket in Paris. 

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told mourners that world leaders were "starting to understand that this terror committed by extremist Islam represents a clear and present threat to peace in the world in which we live." 

    They are among 17 people who were killed in multiple terror attacks carried out last week by Islamic fighters claiming allegiance to al Qaeda and the Islamic State jihadist groups.

    The supermarket killer, Amedy Coulibaly, and the Charlie Hebdo gunmen, Said and Cherif Kouachi, were killed in quick succession in two police raids on Friday.

    France is mobilising 10,000 troops to boost security after the deadly attacks.

    Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said troops would be in place from Tuesday evening in sensitive areas.

    Meanwhile, the hunt continues for what the French prime minister called a "probably accomplice" to the three days of bloodshed in the capital.

    Manuel Valls said the search is urgent because "the threat is still present" after the attacks.

    French police said the weapons used by the terror cell that terrorised Paris came from outside the country and that authorities were tracing the source of the financing.

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    Thousands Around World Show Unity With Paris

    Written By Unknown on Senin, 12 Januari 2015 | 10.03

    Thousands Around World Show Unity With Paris

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    Thousands of people in the UK and around the world joined in solidarity with the French people as they marched or gathered in unity against the Paris attacks.

    More than a thousand people gathered in London's Trafalgar Square on Sunday to honour the victims of Islamist attacks in Paris, with many raising pencils to the sky.

    The colours of the French flag - the Tricolore - were displayed on several landmarks in the capital including the National Gallery, Tower Bridge and the London Eye.

    London Mayor Boris Johnson described the gatherings in London and around the world as "stunning" and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said there was a "striking dignity" about people coming together spontaneously to "show their quiet disgust at what happened".

    French Ambassador to London Sylvie Bermann told Sky News that the events of Sunday were "very important".

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      London's Tower Bridge is illuminated by the red, white and blue of the French Tricolore in solidarity with the capital of the UK's nearest neighbour state

    People in many countries around the world have taken part in demonstrations of unity with the French people after the attacks in Paris. A large number of people gathered in Madrid

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  • The French Ambassador to Cyprus joined crowds at Eleftheria Square in central Nicosia, Cyprus

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  • A woman holds the national flag of France as people gather in Trafalgar Square, London

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  • People hold placards reading in French "I am Charlie" and in English "Not Afraid" during a public show of solidarity at Plaza del Sol in Madrid

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  • She said: "The message is fight against terrorism, to defend our voices, to defend our freedoms of opinion and expression. Everybody wanted to participate and everybody is concerned."

    Hundreds more marched through the centres of Glasgow and Dublin and around 1,000 held a minute's silence in Sheffield.

    Many of those marching around the world displayed the French phrase that has become the symbol of the fight to preserve freedom of expression in the wake of the attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine - Je suis Charlie (I am Charlie).

    Others unveiled banners that supported the police and Jewish and Islamic people, with many keen to say that being Muslim does not mean being a terrorist.

    Some 20,000 people marched through the Belgian capital Brussels on Sunday in one of the biggest marches outside France.

    Around 12,000 rallied in the Austrian capital Vienna, 18,000 gathered in front of the Brandenburg Gate in the German capital Berlin and 2,000 people rallied outside the French embassy in Luxembourg.

    While in Madrid's Plaza de Sol, hundreds descended on the streets with red, white and blue French flags, and singing the French national anthem.

    Many of those in Madrid were Muslims, determined to spell out that Islam was a religion of peace and that being a Muslim and being a terrorist was not the same.

    One of the marches around the world was in the Palestinian city of Ramallah, where children carried signs saying "I am Charlie" in Arabic and condemning the attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine.

    Hundreds of people rallied in downtown Sydney's Martin Place, a plaza where a man wielding a shotgun took 18 people hostage in a cafe while displaying an Islamic flag.

    Hundreds of mostly French-speaking New Yorkers braved below-freezing temperatures and held pens aloft at a rally in Washington Square Park.

    Journalists in Cairo held a silent protest outside the headquarters of the Egyptian Syndicate of Journalists holding up pens.

    It came as an Egyptian court sentenced a student to three years in jail for announcing on Facebook that he is an atheist and for being found guilty of the offence of insulting Islam.

    Among other cities where demonstrations took place were Moscow, Jerusalem, Beirut in Lebanon, Thessalonika in Greece, Arbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, Ankara in Turkey, Nicosia in Cyprus, Tokyo in Japan and Ulan Bator in Mongolia.

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    • Thousands Around World Show Unity With Paris

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    Thousands of people in the UK and around the world joined in solidarity with the French people as they marched or gathered in unity against the Paris attacks.

    More than a thousand people gathered in London's Trafalgar Square on Sunday to honour the victims of Islamist attacks in Paris, with many raising pencils to the sky.

    The colours of the French flag - the Tricolore - were displayed on several landmarks in the capital including the National Gallery, Tower Bridge and the London Eye.

    London Mayor Boris Johnson described the gatherings in London and around the world as "stunning" and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said there was a "striking dignity" about people coming together spontaneously to "show their quiet disgust at what happened".

    French Ambassador to London Sylvie Bermann told Sky News that the events of Sunday were "very important".

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    1. Gallery: France Attacks: Marches Worldwide

      London's Tower Bridge is illuminated by the red, white and blue of the French Tricolore in solidarity with the capital of the UK's nearest neighbour state

    People in many countries around the world have taken part in demonstrations of unity with the French people after the attacks in Paris. A large number of people gathered in Madrid

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  • The French Ambassador to Cyprus joined crowds at Eleftheria Square in central Nicosia, Cyprus

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  • A woman holds the national flag of France as people gather in Trafalgar Square, London

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  • People hold placards reading in French "I am Charlie" and in English "Not Afraid" during a public show of solidarity at Plaza del Sol in Madrid

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  • She said: "The message is fight against terrorism, to defend our voices, to defend our freedoms of opinion and expression. Everybody wanted to participate and everybody is concerned."

    Hundreds more marched through the centres of Glasgow and Dublin and around 1,000 held a minute's silence in Sheffield.

    Many of those marching around the world displayed the French phrase that has become the symbol of the fight to preserve freedom of expression in the wake of the attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine - Je suis Charlie (I am Charlie).

    Others unveiled banners that supported the police and Jewish and Islamic people, with many keen to say that being Muslim does not mean being a terrorist.

    Some 20,000 people marched through the Belgian capital Brussels on Sunday in one of the biggest marches outside France.

    Around 12,000 rallied in the Austrian capital Vienna, 18,000 gathered in front of the Brandenburg Gate in the German capital Berlin and 2,000 people rallied outside the French embassy in Luxembourg.

    While in Madrid's Plaza de Sol, hundreds descended on the streets with red, white and blue French flags, and singing the French national anthem.

    Many of those in Madrid were Muslims, determined to spell out that Islam was a religion of peace and that being a Muslim and being a terrorist was not the same.

    One of the marches around the world was in the Palestinian city of Ramallah, where children carried signs saying "I am Charlie" in Arabic and condemning the attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine.

    Hundreds of people rallied in downtown Sydney's Martin Place, a plaza where a man wielding a shotgun took 18 people hostage in a cafe while displaying an Islamic flag.

    Hundreds of mostly French-speaking New Yorkers braved below-freezing temperatures and held pens aloft at a rally in Washington Square Park.

    Journalists in Cairo held a silent protest outside the headquarters of the Egyptian Syndicate of Journalists holding up pens.

    It came as an Egyptian court sentenced a student to three years in jail for announcing on Facebook that he is an atheist and for being found guilty of the offence of insulting Islam.

    Among other cities where demonstrations took place were Moscow, Jerusalem, Beirut in Lebanon, Thessalonika in Greece, Arbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, Ankara in Turkey, Nicosia in Cyprus, Tokyo in Japan and Ulan Bator in Mongolia.

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    March Against Terror Is France's 'Biggest Demo'

    More than a million people have marched through Paris in a show of defiance and unity in the wake of three days of terror that left 17 people dead.

    Officials say the rally was the largest demonstration in French history.

    In total, more than three million people took part in anti-extremism rallies across France on Sunday.

    The capital was on high alert as the crowd made its way from the historic Place de la Republique to Place de la Nation.

    The families of those who died in the shootings, many of them weeping and embracing, led the march alongside heads of state and royalty.

    World leaders linked hands as they set off on the 1.9 mile route.

    Among those at the front of the crowd were French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron.

    Before they set off, a minute of silence was observed for those who died in the attacks.

    Many of those marching are carrying the French national flag and tributes to the victims of the attacks on a satirical magazine, a Jewish supermarket and police.

    Occasional bursts of applause and chants of "Charlie! Charlie!" in memory of the journalists gunned down at Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday could be heard from the crowds.

    Small groups sang the La Marseillaise, the French national anthem.

    Giant letters attached to a statue in the Place de la Republique spelt out the word "Pourquoi?" (Why?).

    Some of the marchers were in tears as they gathered on a cold but bright day.

    More than 5,500 police and military personnel were deployed, including 2,200 who guarded the route of the march.

    Some 2,000 police officers and 1,350 soldiers were stationed at other locations around the city, including at places of worship, media outlets and public buildings.

    A total of 150 plain clothes detectives mingled among the crowd and a security perimeter was enforced, with roads and some metro stations closed.

    Nearly 10,000 people took to the streets of Dammartin-en-Goele, the small town where the manhunt for the brothers behind the Charlie Hebdo attack came to a bloody end.

    In Saint-Etienne in the southeast, some 60,000 people, more than a third of the population, joined a march from the railway station to the town hall. 

    The scenes were repeated everywhere from Perpignan in the Pyrenees of the south to Blois in the Loire valley. 

    Ahead of the Paris rally, French President Francois Hollande said: "Today, Paris is the capital of the world.

    "Our entire country will rise up toward something better."

    Brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi, who were behind the attack on Charlie Hebdo, and their associate Amedy Coulibaly, who shot dead a policewoman and then killed four people at the kosher supermarket, were killed by police on Friday.

    Authorities are hunting Coulibaly's "armed and dangerous" partner Hayat Boumeddiene.

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      London's Tower Bridge is illuminated by the red, white and blue of the French Tricolore in solidarity with the capital of the UK's nearest neighbour state

    People in many countries around the world have taken part in demonstrations of unity with the French people after the attacks in Paris. A large number of people gathered in Madrid

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