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Maclean’s reports from Paris amid police standoff with Charlie Hebdo massacre...

Maclean’s political editor Paul Wells speaks with Breakfast Television live from Paris amidst a police standoff with the two men suspected in the Charlie Hebdo massacre.

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Blaney to represent Canada at Sunday unity rally in Paris

Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney will represent Canada at a unity rally in Paris on Sunday, a show of solidarity in the wake of the terror attacks which rocked France this week. British Prime...

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Maclean’s at the Paris unity rally

Maclean’s political editor Paul Wells is in Paris and shares his images of the massive unity rally that took place Sunday.

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France to deploy 10,000 troops on home soil in the wake of terror attacks

France will deploy 10,000 military troops on Tuesday to protect vulnerable locations across the country in the wake of last week’s terror attacks. French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced...

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Charlie Hebdo to publish another cover featuring the Prophet Muhammad

The surviving members of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo will publish three million copies of their latest issue on Wednesday, a week after 12 people were killed in a deadly attack at...

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French, Israelis honour victims of last week’s terror attacks

French President François Hollande posthumously gave the Legion d’Honneur to the officers killed in the attacks. CityNews reporter Roger Petersen has more video from the Charlie Hebdo attack.

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Yemen’s top al-Qaida leader claims responsibility for Charlie Hebdo attack

Yemen’s top al-Qaida leader is claiming responsibility for last week’s deadly attack at a satirical magazine in Paris. The claim came in a video posting by Nasr al-Ansi, a top commander of al-Qaida in...

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France wants Canada to try again for UN Security Council after 2010 loss: envoy

Canada should try again for at a seat on the United Nations Security Council despite its historic loss in 2010, because it is a “global player,” says the French ambassador to Canada. Envoy Philippe...

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Masked gunmen open fire on police in Marseille

There are reports that gang violence is behind the latest shooting in France after hooded gunmen open fire on police in Marseille on Monday. Reports from Reuters and ITV say that the gunmen were armed...

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Survivors unlikely after jet carrying 150 people crashes in French Alps

A Germanwings Airbus A320 plane crashed Tuesday in the foothills of the Alps in southeastern France with at least 150 people on board, according to Germanwings managing director Oliver Wagner. French...

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Charlie Hebdo to publish another cover featuring the Prophet Muhammad

The surviving members of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo will publish three million copies of their latest issue on Wednesday, a week after 12 people were killed in a deadly attack at...

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French, Israelis honour victims of last week’s terror attacks

French President François Hollande posthumously gave the Legion d’Honneur to the officers killed in the attacks. CityNews reporter Roger Petersen has more video from the Charlie Hebdo attack.

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Yemen’s top al-Qaida leader claims responsibility for Charlie Hebdo attack

Yemen’s top al-Qaida leader is claiming responsibility for last week’s deadly attack at a satirical magazine in Paris. The claim came in a video posting by Nasr al-Ansi, a top commander of al-Qaida in...

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France wants Canada to try again for UN Security Council after 2010 loss: envoy

Canada should try again for at a seat on the United Nations Security Council despite its historic loss in 2010, because it is a “global player,” says the French ambassador to Canada. Envoy Philippe...

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Masked gunmen open fire on police in Marseille

There are reports that gang violence is behind the latest shooting in France after hooded gunmen open fire on police in Marseille on Monday. Reports from Reuters and ITV say that the gunmen were armed...

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Survivors unlikely after jet carrying 150 people crashes in French Alps

A Germanwings Airbus A320 plane crashed Tuesday in the foothills of the Alps in southeastern France with at least 150 people on board, according to Germanwings managing director Oliver Wagner. French...

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1 dead, 1 injured, as van rams bus stops in Marseille

A van rammed into two bus stops about five kilometres apart in the French port city of Marseille on Monday, killing one person and injuring another, police officials said. The driver of the van,...

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Paris cops accused of raping Toronto woman will face trial

A Canadian woman who says she was raped by two Paris police officers inside the force’s headquarters three years ago is relieved that the case will go to trial, her lawyer said Friday. A French appeal...

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3 injured in France when car rams into group of students

A French prosecutor says a car that rammed into a group of students in the city of Blagnac was driven by a man known to have “psychiatric” problems. Toulouse prosecutor Pierre-Yves Couilleau told...

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Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly supermarket shooting in France

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the shooting and hostage-taking in southern France, saying the attack was carried by one of its “soldiers.” The IS-linked Aamaq news agency quoted...

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