FRANCE CHARLIE HEBDO

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Paris, France - 6 January 2016

1. Wide of kiosk in Belleville area of Paris

2. Various of people buying newspapers

3. Pan of Charlie Hebdo magazine name on top of new front page

4. SOUNDBITE (French), Francoise Dufour, Paris resident:

"To me it (the front page) is in Charlie's tone. It is Charlie Hebdo so we should not expect them to become kind of angelical because their team has been reduced by a tenth the way we know (mass shooting). All this year they never stopped having front pages in the same style as this one. We also have to realize that Islam is not the main target (of Charlie Hebdo), they are really critique every single religion. Every extremism. So they are in their role and are denouncing things that are not working well."

5. Pan from kiosk to Paris street

6. Wide of food market

7. Various of shoppers in food market

8. SOUNDBITE (French), Ali Ghanem, Paris resident:

"To me it's extremely scandalous. I am not an fundamentalist or whatever in that kind, I am a Muslim that's it. I think that those people (Charlie Hebdo) are having fun using their time to make fun of Muslim people. They know that Muslims are real believers, very sensitive when it comes to their Prophet, and they keep knocking his back when it is turned. And I never saw in any newspaper Muslims making fun of the Pope."

9. Wide of food market

10. Close of people

11. Close of food

12. Mid of people shopping

13. SOUNDBITE (French), Chabi Houssem, Paris resident:

"I really don't understand why people are taking this (front page) as a provocation. It's a message for everybody. They are artists they have their rights to express themselves so we have to accept that. That's it. I saw the front page and to me it's not a provocation to Muslims, or Christians, it's a message for everybody. For all humanity."

14. Mid of people in the market

15. SOUNDBITE (French), Chabi Houssem, Paris resident:

"No they should never stop. They have to continue. We should never stop (doing those kind of front pages), because if we stop we give the right to sick people (terrorist), to continue what they are doing. So we should never stop."

16. Mid of a man with vegetable stand

17. SOUNDBITE (French), Chabi Houssem, Paris resident:

"After all the attacks that happened here. They (French people), know that Muslims here in France are not the same that those with Daesh (Arabic acronym for Islamic State group). People have to make the distinction and here frankly, I'm working with French people, my colleagues are French and I have no trouble with them. Really no problem."

18. Close of olives

19. Mid of people in food market

20. Wide of food market

LEADIN:

Ahead of the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, the newspaper has published its latest edition.

It has elicited a mixed response from Paris residents as the artists refuse to shy away from last year's atrocities.

STORYLINE:

Parisiennes buy-up their daily papers.

Today the usual batch has been joined by the latest copy of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

The 32 page magazine marks the first anniversary of the 7 January 2015 attack on the paper's staff by Islamic militants.

As ever its front page is provocative - a depiction of God wielding a Kalashnikov.

Inside features obscene and offensive cartoons, the publication's surviving artists and columnists vaunting their freedom to lampoon everyone from Muslim fundamentalists to children, politicians and Catholic priests.

Surviving staff have declared the paper alive and well, but the headline announces 'The murderer is still at large'.

The headline has divided Parisiennes.

Paris resident Francoise Dufour says it is designed to offend, but that is simply Charlie's 'tone'.

"To me it (the front page) is in Charlie's tone. It is Charlie Hebdo so we should not expect them to become kind of angelical because their team has been reduced by a tenth the way we know (mass shooting)."

"All this year they never stopped having front pages in the same style as this one. We also have to realize that Islam is not the main target (of Charlie Hebdo), they are really critique every single religion. Every extremism. So they are in their role and are denouncing things that are not working well."

But for Ali Ghanem, it is deliberately provocative.

"To me it's extremely scandalous. I am not an fundamentalist or whatever in that kind, I am a Muslim that's it. I think that those people (Charlie Hebdo) are having fun using their time to make fun of Muslim people."

"They know that Muslims are real believers, very sensitive when it comes to their Prophet, and they keep knocking his back when it is turned. And I never saw in any newspaper Muslims making fun of the Pope."

Paris resident Chabi Houssem on the other hand believes the artists are not singling out any faith or religious group.

"I really don't understand why people are taking this (front page) as a provocation."

"It's a message for everybody," he says.

"They are artists they have their rights to express themselves so we have to accept that. That's it. I saw the front page and to me it's not a provocation to Muslims, or Christians, it's a message for everybody. For all humanity."

Charlie Hebdo's anniversary edition blames Islamic fundamentalists, organised religion, an irresolute government and intelligence failures for the 2015 violence in France.

President Francois Hollande honoured the 17 victims of the January Paris attacks on Charlie Hebdo, a kosher market and police.

Hollande unveiled a plaque near Charlie Hebdo's offices which read "To the memory of victims of the terrorist attack against freedom of expression."

"No they should never stop. They have to continue. We should never stop (doing those kind of front pages), because if we stop we give the right to sick people (terrorist), to continue what they are doing. So we should never stop." says Houssem.

He says he's been treated no differently since the attacks.

"After all the attacks that happened here. They (French people), know that Muslims here in France are not the same that those with Daesh. People have to make the distinction and here frankly, I'm working with French people, my colleagues are French and I have no trouble with them. Really no problem."

The country remains under a state of emergency after the 13 November attacks in Paris that killed 130 people, and extra security was on hand for Tuesday's commemorations.

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French President Francois Hollande unveiled a plaque on Tuesday to honor the victims of the attack at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, as France marked a year since Islamic extremists targeted the satirical magazine as well as a kosher market on January 7-9, killing 17 people.

He then laid a wreath and unveiled a plaque on Tuesday at the spot in Paris where a police officer was killed outside the offices Charlie Hebdo.

He was accompanied by Prime Minister Manuel Valls and the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo.

Hollande later unveiled a plaque and laid a wreath on Tuesday outside the kosher supermarket.

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French President Francois Hollande unveiled a plaque on Tuesday to honor the victims of the attack at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, as France marked a year since Islamic extremists targeted the satirical magazine as well as a kosher market on January 7-9, killing 17 people.

He then laid a wreath and unveiled a plaque on Tuesday at the spot in Paris where a police officer was killed outside the offices Charlie Hebdo.

He was accompanied by Prime Minister Manuel Valls and the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo.

Hollande later unveiled a plaque and laid a wreath on Tuesday outside the kosher supermarket.

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Paris - 5 January 2016

1. French President Francois Hollande and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo unveil plaque honoring people killed at satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo

2. French President Francois Hollande, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and French Prime Minister Manuel Valls unveiling a plaque and laying a wreath where police officer Ahmed Merabet was killed

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Paris - 5 January 2016

3. French President Francois Hollande, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and French Prime Minister Manuel Valls unveiling a plaque at the French kosher supermarket that was attacked in January 2015

Thousands of Muslims in Pakistan and Afghanistan staged protests against France on Sunday, denouncing the French weekly Charlie Hebdo for publishing controversial images of the Prophet Muhammad.

In the Pakistani city of Karachi, some protesters burned a photograph and an effigy of French President Francois Hollande.

Others marched towards toward the French Consulate, demanding punishment for those who published the caricatures of their Prophet.

Protesters chanted slogans and held banners reading "We are ready to give our lives for the respect of the Prophet Muhammad".

A similar protest was held in Lahore, where angry demonstrators chanted slogans against Charlie Hebdo.

The protest was organised by Jamaat-Ud-Dawa, a controversial Islamic group in Pakistan.

The United Nations considers Jamaat-Ud-Dawa to be a front group for Lashkar-e-Taiba, the militant organisation blamed in the Mumbai attacks of 2008, a charge which the group denies.

Protesters chanted slogans demanding the death of those who committed blasphemy against the Prophet.

In Afghanistan, angry Muslim students condemned the French weekly for publishing the cartoons and called for the French Embassy in Kabul to be shut down.

Muslims believe their faith forbids depictions of the Prophet in any way.

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Karachi, Pakistan - 18 January 2015

1. Various of protesters burning photo of French President Francois Hollande and effigy during protest near French Consulate

2. Close up of burning photo and effigy

3. Protesters chanting slogans against Hollande next to burning effigy and photo

4. Close up of placard reading (English) "I protest against disrespect of Our beloved Prophet Muhammad"

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Hafeez Uddin, General Secretary of PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party) Sindh:

"We strongly condemn those media persons and the government of France (and demand) to take action against them and we will agitate again and again and we hope government of France will take appropriate action against the culprits."

6. Wide of Jamaat-e-Islami party rally with supporters holding banner reading (Urdu) "We are ready to give our lives for the respect of the Prophet Muhammad" and chanting slogans demanding the stop of blasphemous acts

7. Protesters chanting slogans demanding death for blasphemers

8. Protesters holding banner reading (English) "We love Muhammad (PBUH - peace be upon him)."

9. Protesters marching on street and chanting slogans

Lahore, Pakistan - 18 January 2015

10. Various of Jamaat-ud-Dawa protesters raising hands and shouting, UPSOUND (Urdu) "We will die or kill to protect the sanctity of Prophethood."

11. Close up of placard reading (English) "Punish the Wretches of Charlie Hebdo"

12. Protesters raising hands and holding placard reading (English) "Ban Charlie Hebdo"

13. Close of protester shouting, UPSOUND (Urdu) "Those who commit blasphemy against Prophet are bound to death."

14. protesters raising hands and shouting, UPSOUND (Urdu): "We will kill the blasphemers"

15. Close of protesters raising hands

16. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, Head of Jamaat-Ud-Dawa:

"Thousands of people gathered over there (in France), and all said that 'this is not the work of a few cartoonists, we are all Charlie, we are all responsible of this'. They accepted responsibility. Therefore, by the Grace of Allah, we will first boycott the French goods and later on our movement will boycott other countries' goods, and you my brothers have to participate and support this."

17. Leaders on stage with banner in background reading (English/French) "This is not freedom of expression, it is open aggression against Islam."

Kabul, Afghanistan - 18 January 2015

17. Various of students chanting anti-France slogans and holding banners

18. Close of protester holding poster reading (Pashto) "Muhammad"

19. Protester chanting (Pashto) "Long live Islam, Death to France"

20. Reverse shot of protesters

21. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Naqibullah Khan, Protester:

"We, the students of the Islamic University of Nangarhar, strongly condemn the insult against our great Prophet. We, the students of the Islamic University of Nangarhar, want the French Embassy to be closed and the ambassador to be out of the country as soon as possible."

22. Wide of protesters chanting anti-France slogan, (Pashto) "Death to France"

Scores of people protested in Istanbul on Thursday against Cumhuriyet newspaper, which published a selection of cartoons from the latest issue of French satirical newspaper, Charlie Hebdo.

Protesters chanted "God is great," and called for those who published the caricatures of Prophet Mohammed to be punished.

Cumhuriyet newspaper, a secular Turkish daily, printed the four-page selection of cartoons and articles on Wednesday.

They included caricatures of Pope Francis and French President Francois Hollande - but left out cartoons likely to offend Muslims.

However, two Cumhuriyet columnists, Ceyda Karan and Hikmet Cetinkaya, used small, black-and-white images of the new Charlie Hebdo cover as their column headers.

The cover of the Paris-based publication featured a weeping Muhammad, Islam's revered prophet, holding a sign reading "I am Charlie" with the words "All is forgiven" above him.

Journalist Ahmet Ozkose, present at Thursday's protest, accused the pair of behaving "viciously and immorally" for including the small, black-and-white images.

Turkey was rare among Muslim-majority nations to have publications running Charlie Hebdo images.

But the decision has raised tensions in the officially secular country.

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Istanbul - 15 January 2015

1. Protesters chanting UPSOUND: (Arabic): "God is great!"

2. Protester holding banner reading: (Turkish) "May my mother and my father be a sacrifice to you, dear Messenger (the Prophet)"

3. Protesters chanting UPSOUND: (Turkish) "Ceyda (Karan), Hikmet (Cetinkaya) will be held to account"

4. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Ahmet Ozkose, journalist:

"Ceyda Karan and Hikmet Cetinkaya behaved viciously and immorally by publishing a caricature, which is claimed to be the Messenger, in their columns in Cumhuriyet newspaper."

5. Protesters chanting UPSOUND: (Turkish) "Attacks on the Messenger will be punished!"

6. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Sumeyya Ocal, protester:

"Our red line is the Prophet. Islam has an understanding of glorifying all the prophets of other religions. It was said that is was done under 'freedom of the press' or 'freedom of expression', but this is not good faith. It was done as an insult, and it has continued for years."

7. Protesters chanting UPSOUND: (Arabic): "God is great!"

8. Turkish flag and Islamist flags

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Dammartin-en-Goele - 29 September 2016

1. Various of French President Francois Hollande and printing plant owner Michel Catalano walking towards entrance of printing plant

2. Exterior of printing plant

3. Hollande and Catalano unveiling a plaque

4. Various inside the renovated printing house, employees working on printing machines

5. Michel Catalano talking to media

6. SOUNDBITE (French) Michel Catalano, owner of the printing plant who was held hostage by the Kouachi brothers suspected of the attack on Charlie Hebdo:

"I cannot forget (what happened) because even today when I look inside this building it's difficult. That's strange, people cannot understand. It's a constant struggle against myself, in fact it's a struggle I'm going through for the last 20 months to show that even when we have an important trauma - because it's still an important trauma. I say it all the time because it's important, there are difficult times but I know we can overcome that and it's the image I want to give. Because these are difficult times. That's why I'm very moved, because it's been very difficult. I was still here at 1am last night, decorating the building, because for me it was important it was nice. It was important (Catalono crying)."

7. Employees working inside plant

8. Hollande and Michel Catalano arriving on stage

9. SOUNDBITE (French) Michel Catalano, owner of the printing plant who was held hostage by the Kouachi brothers:

"The happenstance and the madness of two men made that, on January 9th 2015, I went from anonymity to the front page of the newspapers, from the status of businessman to the one of victim, victim of terrorism. I didn't wish to be under the spotlight of the news. I didn't want to become a hero. But when life changes dramatically, you have to face it and stand up on your feet."

10. Wide of stage with Hollande applauding

11. SOUNDBITE (French) Francois Hollande, French president:

"I wanted to come back here to show that there was a symbol, a symbol of barbarism where, several months ago, the assault against these terrorist by police forces took place. And also a symbol of what the human will is capable of."

12. Close up logo of printing company

13. SOUNDBITE (French) Francois Hollande, French president:

"One can see that terrorism is everywhere and that we must fight, fight with strength when necessary, I mean military strength. Fight also with the mind, with ideas, with culture, with arts to show what humankind is and that it must repel the hatred and intolerance. Here are all the messages you send here, from this printing house."

14. Wide of stage with audience applauding

15. Various of Hollande giving the Legion of Honor medals to Michel Catalano and Lilian Lepere (Catalano's employee who hid for 8 hours under a sink at the time)

16. Various of the three men on stage posing for photographers

STORYLINE

A printing plant north of Paris reopened for the first time since it was damaged during a deadly standoff between police and two brothers who gunned down cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo newspaper.

President Francois Hollande presided over Thursday's re-opening in a sign of the national significance of the drama that unfolded there in January 2015.

Hollande awarded the plant owner Michel Catalano and employee Lilian Lepere the Legion of Honor medal.

The 2015 attack was the first in a string of Islamic extremist attacks that have rocked France.

Cherif and Said Kouachi led police on a two-day manhunt after attacking Charlie Hebdo, then hid out in a printing plant in Dammartin-en-Goele.

Police surrounded the building and the brothers were killed in a shootout.

The attacks that week on Charlie Hebdo, police and a kosher market killed 17 people.

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Hundreds of people attended a candle-lit vigil on Sunday outside the Danish Embassy in Paris to honour and mourn the victims of the attacks that took place in Copenhagen over the weekend.

Memorial organiser Sacha Reingewirtz said Europe and the entire world should stand together to put an end to such attacks and to fight extremists who "are trying to threaten democracy."

France stood by its European neighbour in show of solidarity after the latest string of violence.

The suspected gunman killed by police after shooting attacks against a free speech event and outside a Copenhagen synagogue was 22 years old and had a background in criminal gangs, police said on Sunday.

The suspect was born in Denmark and his criminal record included violence and weapons offences, Copenhagen police said in a statement.

They didn't release his name.

Police believe the suspect carried out both shootings alone but were investigating whether he had received help from others.

Islamic radicals carried out a massacre at the Charlie Hebdo newsroom in Paris last month, followed by an attack on Jews at a kosher grocery store, taking the lives of 17 victims.

Meanwhile on Sunday hundreds of graves were vandalised at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France, in what the interior minister called an "odious act" against religious freedom and tolerance.

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Paris - 15 February 2015

1. People outside Danish embassy

2. Wide exterior of Danish embassy

3. Close of Danish flag

4. People outside Danish embassy

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Sacha Reingewirtz, President of UEJF (Union of Jewish students in France) and memorial organiser:

"Well, tonight again people were threatened and people were murdered only because they were jews or because they were supporting journalism. I think it's very important to stand up not only in France, not only in Denmark, not only in England and in all the countries were anti-semitism and terror has heightened. We should stand together in Europe and in all the world where jihadists are trying to threaten democracy."

6. People holding candles

7. Cutaway of Danish Ambassador in France Anne Dorte Riggelsen talking to people

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Anne Dorte Riggelsen, Danish Ambassador in France:

"I'm very moved, I am very touched, we had here many, many, many expressions of solidarity from the French people. We also had the French President (Francois Hollande) here with all his humanity, with all his simplicity. He said something which I know will touch many many Danes; 'France has been hit for the second time', meaning there's no difference between France and Denmark."

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9. Pan right of crowd outside embassy

10. Mid of banner reading (French): "Danes, Charlie, policemen and Jewish are all together."

11. Woman holding banner with name of the victim killed in front of a synagogue in Copenhagen

12. Patrick Pelloux (right), Charlie Hebdo columnist, talking

13. SOUNDBITE (French) Patrick Pelloux, Charlie Hebdo columnist:

"We hold hands with the Danish people. We are all Danish tonight. I hope the European police force can neutralise many terrorists because it is hateful to kill people in the streets, as they have killed children in Toulouse (referring to an attack in Toulouse in 2012) or Jews or Muslims. They kill everybody."

14. Various of people outside embassy, placing candles at memorial

15. Close of candles

French President Francois Hollande arrived on Thursday at the Police Headquarters in Paris to address the police and the military on the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks.

On 7 January 2015, two French-born brothers killed 11 people inside the building where Charlie Hebdo operated, as well as a Muslim policeman outside.

Over the next two days, an accomplice shot a policewoman to death, then stormed a kosher supermarket, killing four hostages.

All three gunmen died.

France remains under a state of emergency following extremist attacks in November last year.

French President Francois Hollande arrived on Thursday at the Police Headquarters in Paris to address the police and the military on the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks.

On 7 January 2015, two French-born brothers killed 11 people inside the building where Charlie Hebdo operated, as well as a Muslim policeman outside.

Over the next two days, an accomplice shot a policewoman to death, then stormed a kosher supermarket, killing four hostages.

All three gunmen died.

France remains under a state of emergency following extremist attacks in November last year.

Paris - 7 January 2016

1. French President Francois Hollande arriving to address the police and the military

2. Various of Hollande as the French anthem is played

3. Hollande expecting the police and military

4. Hollande laying a wreath

5. Wide of Hollande as French anthem is played

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Paris, France - 16 January 2015

1. French President Francois Hollande arriving to make speech, ambassadors and diplomats applauding

2. Pan of chandeliers on ceiling

3. SOUNDBITE (French) Francois Hollande, French President:

"No matter our opinions, no matter our disagreements, we have proved the unity of the international community to face a common enemy, which has a name, and that we have to name: terrorism. We are at war against it. It is not a war against a religion. It is a war against hatred. The attacks committed in Paris are an insult to Islam. And in the world, it is the Muslims - I keep on repeating it - who are the first victims of terrorism. Not, alas, the only ones."

4. Cutaway of photographer

5. SOUNDBITE (French) Francois Hollande, French President:

"But this strength, the strength of the French people, will be put into service in the fight against terrorism, which will be reinforced, in the respect of law. France is emerging from this ordeal with its determination intact to act at an international level. We are not conceding anything. We are not sensitive to any pressure, no matter where it comes from. We are not afraid."

6. Cutaway of photographer

7. SOUNDBITE (French) Francois Hollande, French President (on Iran's nuclear programme):

"France wants a final agreement - but not under any conditions - with a clear approach: Yes, that Iran can access civil nuclear energy; No, to its access to nuclear weapons. We won't compromise on that principle. We want an agreement but an agreement that leads to this result."

8. Cutaway of photographers

9. SOUNDBITE (French) Francois Hollande, French President (on the conflict in Ukraine):

"There will be a meeting in (the Kazakh capital) Astana but only if there are results. We have several goals. First the demarcation of the boundary line, the withdrawal of heavy weapons, modalities, to deliver humanitarian aid in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and then allowing elections in eastern Ukraine in accordance with Ukrainian law. These conditions are not unattainable and we must work on this. That is what I do, in great harmony, with the (German) Chancellor (Angela Merkel)."

10. Hollande leaving stage and greeting ambassadors and diplomats

STORYLINE

French President Francois Hollande said on Friday that France is "at war" against extremist groups.

Addressing ambassadors and diplomats in Paris, Hollande said: "It is not a war against a religion. It is a war against hatred."

French, German and Belgian police arrested more than two dozen suspects in a series of raids on Friday, as European authorities rushed to thwart more attacks by people with links to Islamic extremists in the Middle East.

Paris is at its highest terror alert level, and police evacuated the Gare de l'Est train station after a bomb threat on Friday morning.

Twenty people, including the three gunmen, were killed last week in attacks on a kosher supermarket, the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and police officers.

"The attacks committed in Paris are an insult to Islam," said Hollande.

"It is the Muslims - I keep on repeating it - who are the first victims of terrorism," he added.

Hollande also addressed Iran's nuclear programme and the ongoing clashes in eastern Ukraine.

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Over 300 protesters gathered in a narrow street front of the Tunisian embassy in Paris on Thursday to express their solidarity with the Tunisian people in the wake of a deadly attack carried out by gunmen on a museum in Tunis.

Demonstrators urged France to provide military assistance to Tunisia, to help the country combat the extremists, following the attack which claimed 23 lives.

French President Francois Hollande asked Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve to visit Tunisia on Friday to reinforce the security cooperation with the North African country.

The attack on Tunisia's national museum and the nearby parliament on Wednesday, for which the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility, tops years of radical violence that has rocked the country after the 2011 revolution that overthrew the country's long-ruling secular dictator.

The country's disparate radical elements appear to be increasingly drawn toward the banner of the Islamic State.

"Today I am shocked by what goes on in both of my countries for the people I love," Desiree Bellaiche, a Tunisian Jew who has been living in France for more than 50 years, said at the demonstration.

"I am Tunisian and Jewish and my partner is a Muslim. And we are the image of Tunisia, the image of tolerance, of solidarity of love between people without any distinction," she added.

Amongst French and Tunisians, a group of Kurds also joined the gathering to express their solidarity with Tunisia.

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Paris - 19 March 2015

1. Wide pan from Tunisian embassy to gathering in solidarity with Tunisia in the wake of the attack on the Bardo Museum by Islamic militants

2. Mid of people holding a large Tunisian flag shouting (French) "Solidarity with Tunis"

3. Mid of a man carrying a bouquet of flowers in front of the embassy

4. Close-up of a banner reading (French) "I am Tunisia"

5. SOUNDBITE (French) Mohamed Taba, French-Tunisian resident of France:

"In January it was Charlie Hebdo and today it is Bardo. It is a worldwide threat. We need help from France. Tunisians are asking for a genuine help from France. Terrorism is at our doors, nearby. We need military assistance on the ground. France needs to react."

6. Mid of a man waving a French and a Tunisian flag sewn together, protesters chanting

7. Close up of composition of the two flags

8. SOUNDBITE (French) Desiree Bellaiche, Tunisian Jew, resident of France:

"Today I am shocked by what goes on in both of my countries for the people I love. Terrorism started to explode all over the world. It attacks France and Tunisia and we absolutely need to eradicate it."

9. Mid of people waving Kurdish flags

10. SOUNDBITE (French) Desiree Bellaiche, demonstrator, Tunisian Jew, resident of France:

"I am Tunisian and Jewish and my partner is a Muslim. And we are the image of Tunisia, the image of tolerance, of solidarity, of love between people without any distinction."

11. Pan of people waving a long Tunisian flag

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that he wanted to "share a hug" with all French citizens, following the extremist attacks in the French capital last week.

"I really wanted to come here and share a hug with all of Paris and all of France. I wanted to express to you personally the sheer horror and revulsion that all Americans felt for the cowardly and despicable act, the assault on innocent lives and our fundamental values," Kerry said.

He made the comments alongside the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo.

Before addressing the media, the two observed a minute of silence in honour of the 17 victims of last week's attacks in Paris.

Earlier on Friday, Kerry met French President Francois Hollande and Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius before visiting the sites of the attacks, offering silent prayers and laying wreaths to honour the dead.

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Paris, France - 16 January 2016

1. US Secretary of State John Kerry walking into news conference

2. Kerry and Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, walking up to microphones; zoom out of minute of silence being observed in memory of victims of last week's attacks

3. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Kerry, US Secretary of State:

"It's a privilege for me to be here with you and I'm particularly honoured to be with members of the law enforcement community, those who were so directly engaged and affected by the events, and you honour us and you honour me and my country by being here today - and we thank you so much for that. On the day of the living nightmare that began at Charlie Hebdo, I had a chance to share a few thoughts with you from back home in Washington and today I just, I really wanted to come here and share a hug with all of Paris and all of France. I wanted to express to you personally the sheer horror and revulsion that all Americans felt for the cowardly and despicable act, the assault on innocent lives and our fundamental values."

4. Wide of Kerry and Hidalgo at microphones

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Leaders from across the Middle East have arrived at the French presidential palace in an extraordinary display of global unity.

They were greeted by President Francois Hollande, as tens of thousands of people crammed into Paris' Republique Square to honour the 17 victims of this week's attacks in the capital.

STORYLINE:

Jordan's King Abdullah II and Queen Rania arrive at the Elysee Palace in Paris.

They're greeted by French President Francois Hollande, ahead of a massive unity march in the city.

Hardened rivals such as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas have also travelled here.

This week's three days of terror began on Wednesday when a pair of masked gunmen stormed the newsroom of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people.

Later a separate gunman killed a policewoman on the outskirts of Paris and four hostages at a kosher grocery store.

AP Television

Paris, France - 11 January 2015

1. Zoom in on French President Francois Hollande greeting Jordanian King Abdullah II and Queen Rania as they arrive at the Elysee Palace

2. Zoom in on Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas arriving and being greeted by Hollande

3. Zoom in on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arriving and being greeted by Hollande

4. Cutaway of guards on steps

5. Zoom in on Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu arriving and being greeted by Hollande

6. Zoom in on unidentified guests arriving

France's government is extending special "anti-terrorism" measures at least until early summer, with tens of thousands of security forces protecting hundreds of religious, tourist and other sites since deadly attacks in January in the country.

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told journalists on Wednesday that the measures would be re-evaluated in early summer but could remain beyond that.

He said 7,000 troops will be permanently assigned to "counter terrorist" protection.

Le Drian said that French President Francois Hollande decided on Wednesday to extend the measures "as long as necessary."

He also mentioned the "legitimate worry" on the European security "as a neighbouring country, Ukraine, is going through a deep crisis."

"This crisis makes us fear what everybody has been trying to avoid since the end of Word War 1: the recurrence of a war in Europe," he added.

Some 10,000 soldiers are among the tens of thousands of security forces deployed since the January 7-9 attacks on a Paris kosher market and a satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.

Twenty people, including the three gunmen, were killed.

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Paris - 11 March 2015

1. Various of French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arriving in room, preparing to speak

2. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Defence Minister:

"After several defence councils, the President of the Republic (Francois Hollande) has decided to extend as long as necessary the measures of protection of the national territory the way it is currently set up. It will be the case until, at least, the beginning of the summer when it will be reassessed. Today, these 10,000 soldiers (deployed) enable our army to protect 682 sites in mainland France and overseas."

3. Pan of journalists, Le Drian at lectern

4. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Defence Minister:

"I add that we are facing other threats. I especially think about the legitimate worry that we can have on European security, as a neighbouring country, Ukraine, is going through a deep crisis. This crisis makes us fear what everybody has been trying to avoid since the end of Word War 1: the recurrence of a war in Europe. A war in Europe is what everybody must dread when borders are being challenged and when international law is trampled."

5. Le Drian at lectern

6. Cutaway of journalists

7. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Defence Minister:

"Africans and Europeans must work together to avoid the Sahel region becoming the core of terrorism. That is why our partners can today count on the logistical and intelligence support of the French army, determined to play a full role in this fight."

8. Wide of room

Members of France's Jewish community met with President Francois Hollande on Sunday, ahead of a massive unity rally in Paris which is expected to involved hundreds of thousands of people.

The rally on Sunday is a huge security challenge for a nation on alert for more violence, after 17 people and three gunmen were killed over three days of attacks on a satirical newspaper, a kosher supermarket and on police.

The President of the Council of Jewish Institutions in France Roger Cukierman called for "strong measures" as he arrived at the Elysee presidential palace for the meeting, saying the situation France has found itself in is a "war."

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls and Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve took part in the meeting.

Both Valls and Cazeneuve also attended a vigil outside the 'Hyper Cache' kosher supermarket on Saturday night, attended by thousands, in honour of the four hostages killed when gunman Amedy Coulibaly attacked the market on Friday.

Coulibaly took over the kosher supermarket, demanding freedom for the two brothers who carried out the massacre at the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.

At the time, the brothers were trapped in a printing house near Charles de Gaulle airport.

All three men were killed in nearly simultaneous raids by security forces.

Unity against extremism is the overriding message for Sunday's rally.

Among the expected attendees are the Israeli Prime Minister and the Palestinian President, the Ukrainian President and Russian Foreign Minister, the leaders of Britain, Germany, NATO, the Arab League and African nations.

And the French masses, from across the political and religious spectrum.

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Elysee Palace, Paris, France - 11 January 2015

1. Elysee Palace courtyard with flag at half-mast

2. Baron David de Rothschild arriving at Elysee Palace

3. Cutaway of French flags tied with a black ribbon

4. President of Central French Jewish Council Joel Mergui on doorstep

5. President of the Council of Jewish Institutions in France Roger Cukierman getting out of car

6. SOUNDBITE (French) Roger Cukierman, President of the Council of Jewish Institutions in France:

"We need strong measures because we are in a situation that is war."

7. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls arriving, shaking hands with Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and walking into palace

8. Cutaway of French flag at half mast

9. Cazeneuve leaving after meeting

10. French President Francois Hollande (right) on doorstep with Mergui and other representatives of French Jewish community

11. Hollande (right) shaking hands with Mergui

12. SOUNDBITE (French) Roger Cukierman, President of the Council of Jewish Institutions in France:

"We are very much resolute in continuing to live out our Jewish faith. We will continue to go to the synagogues, to kosher butchers, to kosher grocery shops. We will keep on living normally because we must not surrender to violence. And we will demonstrate, with the entire French nation, our solidarity during this afternoon's massive march that ought to bring together all of the French people."

13. Cutaway of flags

14. SOUNDBITE (French) Joel Mergui, President of Central French Jewish Council:

"Yesterday, by the Hyper Cacher supermarket, we heard fellow Jews tell the Prime Minister (Valls) and Interior Minister (Cazeneuve) with great emotion, that Jews are afraid. It is very painful for us representatives of the Jewish Community, to hear that in 2015, in France, in one of the world's greatest democracies, that Jews could be afraid."

15. Cutaway of flags

16. SOUNDBITE (French) Joel Mergui, President of Central French Jewish Council:

"It is also essential for us that we are able to feel, during today's massive demonstration for the Republic (of France), that in addition to 'I am Charlie', that all Jews have been chanting since the journalists were assassinated, that we also hear, in the same way, 'I am a policeman' and 'I am Jewish'."

17. Exterior of Elysee Palace with Cukierman and Mergui talking to each other

18. Close up flags tied with black ribbons

The French government urged the nation to remain vigilant on Saturday, after three days of bloodshed which began at the offices of satirical newspaper, Charlie Hebdo.

Speaking after an emergency security meeting called by French President Francois Hollande on Saturday morning, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve called for a "high level of mobilisation and vigilance" saying that "given the context, we are exposed to risks."

Cazeneuve said the government is deploying hundreds of troops in addition to thousands of police and other security forces and maintaining its Vigipirate alert system at the highest level in the Paris region.

The system refers to the French contingency plan which employs a system of alerts and security procedures when militant attacks have been committed or are believed to be imminent.

Thousands of security forces are deployed in and around the capital, guarding places of worship and tourist sites and trying to hunt down a suspected accomplice in a rampage by extremists linked to al-Qaida in Yemen that scarred the nation and left 20 dead.

Paris is also preparing for what's likely to be a huge demonstration on Sunday to show unity against extremists.

World leaders including Germany's Angela Merkel and Britain's David Cameron are among those expected to join.

AP TELEVISION

Paris - 10 January 2015

1. French President Francois Hollande talking with Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Prime Minister Manuel Valls on the steps of the Elysee Palace

2. Justice Minister Christiane Taubira getting into car

3. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve approaching media

4. SOUNDBITE (French) Bernard Cazeneuve, French Interior Minister:

"We want to maintain a high level of mobilisation and vigilance that was characteristic of the government's action for months."

5. Cazeneuve during news conference

6. SOUNDBITE (French) Bernard Cazeneuve, French Interior Minister:

"Given the context, we are exposed to risks. It is important that the Vigipirate plan, which has been reinforced recently in the Paris region and in other parts of the country, is continued into next week."

7. Cazeneuve leaving

8. French flag at half mast ++MUTE++

9. Wide of courtyard with journalists ++MUTE++

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US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that he wanted to "share a hug" with all French citizens, following the extremist attacks in the French capital last week.

"I really wanted to come here and share a hug with all of Paris and all of France. I wanted to express to you personally the sheer horror and revulsion that all Americans felt for the cowardly and despicable act, the assault on innocent lives and our fundamental values," Kerry said.

He made the comments alongside the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo.

Before addressing the media, the two observed a minute of silence in honour of the 17 victims of last week's attacks in Paris.

Earlier on Friday, Kerry met French President Francois Hollande and Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius before visiting the sites of the attacks, offering silent prayers and laying wreaths to honor the dead.

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Paris, France - 16 January 2016

++AUDIO QUALITY AS INCOMING++

1. Pull out of crowd, as moment on silence observed

2. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Kerry, US Secretary of State:

"It's a privilege for me to be here with you and I'm particularly honored to be with members of the law enforcement community, those who were so directly engaged and affected by the events, and you honour us and you honour me and my country by being here today - and we thank you so much for that. On the day of the living nightmare that began at Charlie Hebdo, I had a chance to share a few thoughts with you from back home in Washington and today I just, I really wanted to come here and share a hug with all of Paris and all of France. I wanted to express to you personally the sheer horror and revulsion that all Americans felt for the cowardly and despicable act, the assault on innocent lives and our fundamental values."

3. Wide shot of applause

Journalists in Peru held a panel discussion on Friday as a tribute to the victims of a deadly attack at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris earlier this year.

They debated the value of satire in politics and religion.

Nationally recognised Peruvian journalists, as well as the French ambassador to Peru, took part in the panel.

"Charlie Hebdo comes from a tradition of the left, which is anarchist, anti-clerical, trying to exercise what the cartoon is in its essence - a social mechanism for promoting equality among citizens," said Peruvian journalist Fernando Carvallo during the debate.

On 7 January, masked gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical publication, killing 12 people.

The attack on Charlie Hebdo offices has been France's deadliest in decades.

The French ambassador to Peru, Fabrice Mauries, said the magazine and the 'I am Charlie' slogan that emerged as a rallying cry to offer support to victims had "become a global symbol."

AP TELEVISION

Lima - 6 February 2015

1. Wide of audience listening to a panel discussion

2. Panellists discussing the meaning of Charlie Hebdo cartoons

3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Fernando Carvallo, Peruvian journalist:

"Charlie Hebdo comes from a tradition of the left, which is anarchist, anti-clerical, trying to exercise what the cartoon is in its essence - a social mechanism for promoting equality among citizens. Because we mock the powerful, because the powerful appeared there (in the magazine) in their worst angle."

4. Panel talking, with Charlie Hebdo cartoons projected on a screen behind them

5. A cartoon of Francois Hollande, President of Framce, reading (French) 'First official photo'

6. A cartoon of hand drawing lines between two parts of a broken pencil

7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Fabrice Mauries, French Ambassador to Peru:

"Charlie Hebdo and the famous slogan 'Je suis Charlie' (I am Charlie) have become a global symbol, (a tribute) that most likely the murdered members of the newspaper could have never imagined. Chances are that they wouldn't have liked the idea of becoming a source of unity and consensus, precisely because they never sought unity or consensus."

8. A cartoon of a walking coffin reading (French) "Franco is doing better. He's going to the cemetery on foot"

9. A cartoon showing Adolf Hitler reading (French) "Europe is led by banks"

10. A cartoon showing French actor Gerard Depardieu

11. Wide of panel discussion

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Dammartin-en-Goele - 29 September 2016

1. Various of French President Francois Hollande arriving at printing plant

2. Hollande unveiling plaque marking reopening of the plant, reading (French) "Mr Francois Hollande, President of the Republic, inaugurated on 29 September 2016 the new printing plant of the Groupe Michel Catalano, destroyed during an assault of armed forces on 9 January 2015"

STORYLINE

A printing plant north of Paris is reopening for the first time since it was damaged during a deadly standoff between police and two brothers who gunned down cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo newspaper.

French President Francois Hollande presided over Thursday's re-opening in a sign of the national significance of the drama that unfolded there in January 2015. It was the first of a string of Islamic extremist attacks that have rocked France.

Cherif and Said Kouachi led police on a two-day manhunt after attacking Charlie Hebdo, then hid out in a printing plant in Dammartin-en-Goele. Police surrounded the building and the brothers were killed in a shootout.

The attacks that week on Charlie Hebdo, police and a kosher market killed 17 people.

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Paris - 5 January 2016

1. French President Francois Hollande and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo arriving outside building where Charlie Hebdo magazine was based at time of attack

2. Hollande and Hidalgo unveil commemoration plaque

3. Close up of commemoration plaque

4. Hollande and Hidalgo lay wreath

5. Pan of politicians attending commemorations

6. Hollande approaching families of victims

7. Wide of commemoration at spot where police officer Ahmed Merabet was killed

8. Hollande and Hidalgo meeting family of killed policeman

9. Hollande and Hidalgo unveil commemoration plaque

10. Close of plaque

11. Hollande and Hidalgo lay wreath

12. Tilt up of inscription on pavement (French) "Je suis Ahmed" to commemoration plaque

STORYLINE:

French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday unveiled a plaque to honour the victims of the attack at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, as France marked a year since Islamic extremists targeted the satirical magazine, police officers and a kosher market, killing 17 people.

Families of victims joined Hollande, Prime Minister Manuel Valls and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, in unveiling the plaque near the building where Charlie Hebdo staff were holding an editorial meeting when two heavily armed brothers stormed in on 7 January, 2015, killing 11 people.

They then paid homage to police officer Ahmed Merabet, who was killed as he tried to chase down the fleeing gunmen.

Spraypainted on the road was a message of support for the Muslim officer, reading "Je suis Ahmed", or "I am Ahmed", in the red, white and blue of the French flag.

Later in the day, Hollande was to pay homage to four people killed at the kosher supermarket on 9 January.

The 17th victim, a police officer, was killed by one of the gunmen on 8 January.

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SHOTLIST:

Security scenes in Paris after violent attacks

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Paris - 13 November 2015

1. Various police blocking the road in Rue Alebart area, 10th district of Paris

Scene near Paris theatre where hostages held

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Paris - 13 November 2015

2. Various of police and ambulances near the Bataclan cafe attached to the Bataclan theatre

3. Various of police and rescue workers on the streets, some hiding behind vehicles

AP cover of scenes of shock at Stade de France

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Paris - 13 November 2015

4. Various of confused sports fans at Stade de France stadium being evacuated

Investigators at Paris theatre, bodies removed

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Paris - 14 November 2015

++NIGHT SHOTS++

5. Medical staff and investigators carrying away bodies on stretchers

Flags at half mast at Elysee Palace

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Paris - 14 November 2015

6. Flags at the Elysee presidential Palace flown at half-mast in honour of the victims killed in Friday night's attacks

Flowers left at scene of attack at Le Carillon

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Paris - 14 November 2015

7. People in front of Wide of Le Carillon restaurant, scene of one of the attacks

Candlelit vigil at Place de la Republique

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Paris - 15 November 2015

++NIGHT SHOTS++

8. Various of people placing candles around the monument in the Place de la Republique

9. Paris resident Chloe Guy hugging a friend

10. Various of vigil around the monument

Shots fired in police operation in Paris suburb

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St Denis, near Paris - 18 November 2015

++NIGHT SHOTS++

11. Various of armed police officers, AUDIO: Helicopters

Man in T-shirt led away from St Denis raid scene

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St Denis, near Paris - 18 November 2015

12. Man in white shirt (just visible on top right of screen behind police tent) being led away from site of police standoff, street filled with police and emergency teams

People being led from scene in St Denis

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St Denis, near Paris - 18 November 2015

13. People being evacuated from apartment building

Hollande: France is at war against IS terrorism

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Paris - 18 November 2015

14. Audience

15. SOUNDBITE: (French) Francois Hollande, French President: ++OVERLAID WITH VARIOUS OF ADDRESS++

"These actions confirm for us once more that we are at war. A war against a terrorist who has himself decided to declare war on us."

On third day of lockdown residents still scared

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Brussels - 23 November 2015

16. Various of soldiers patrolling Brussels street

Security in Brussels as terror suspects arrested

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Brussels - 29 December 2015

17. Soldier standing guard in Grand Place

18. Soldier on guard in Grand Place

Brandenburg Gate illuminated in French colours

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Berlin - 14 November 2015

++NIGHT SHOTS++

19. Brandenburg gate lit up in French national colours

STORYLINE:

On November 13th 2015 two police officials said that at least 26 people have been killed in shootings and explosions around Paris, in the deadliest violence in France in decades.

One of the police officials said 11 people were killed in a Paris restaurant in the 10th arrondissement and about 15 killed in the Bataclan theatre, where a hostage-taking is under way.

Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be publicly named according to police policy.

An official in Francois Hollande's office told The Associated Press that the French president is meeting with top security officials in the Interior Ministry.

The official gave no other details. The official was not authorized to be publicly named.

***

Confused football fans were being evacuated after two loud explosions were head during a game at the Stade de France stadium in Paris on November 13th.

A police union official said there were two suicide attacks and a bombing near the national stadium where France and Germany were playing a friendly match.

Several dozen people were killed in a series of unprecedented attacks around Paris, French President Francois Hollande said, announcing that he was closing the country's borders and declaring a state of emergency.

At least 35 people died in shootings and explosions at multiple sites, many of them in a popular concert hall where patrons were taken hostage, police and medical officials said.

The series of attacks gripped the city in fear and recalled the horrors of the Charlie Hebdo carnage in January 2015.

***

Medical staff and investigators continued to remove bodies from the Bataclan concert hall in eastern Paris early on November 14th, after attackers killed at least 100 people inside.

The attackers opened fire on a crowd waiting to hear American rock band Eagles of Death Metal perform.

One witness heard them yell "Allahu Akbar" - God is great in Arabic - as they started their killing spree and took hostages.

French police authorities said the assailants also wore explosive belts, which they detonated.

***

Flags were flown at half mast at the Elysee Palace on November 14th in honour of the victims of the attacks in Paris on November 13th.

***

At the corner of the rue Bichat and rue Alibert in Paris' trendy 10th arrondissement, floral tributes are being laid in memory of November 13th's shooting victims, amid bloodstains on the pavement.

Just opposite the sad scene, the blood bank of the St. Louis Hospital has a long line of Parisiens waiting patiently to do what they can to help.

Shortly after noon, municipal workers arrived, tasked with cleaning up the gruesome scene as best they can, without disturbing the scene of public mourning.

The whole neighbourhood is in shock.

Cinemas, post offices, museums and other attractions in the city are closed.

***

Parisians gathered in the city's Place de la Republique in the early hours of November 15th to commemorate the victims of the attacks that rocked the French capital on November 13th.

Candles were placed on the ground and on the central monument in memory of the fallen.

Many people underlined the importance of staying united, despite the distressing circumstances.

The vigil started on Saturday despite authorities banning all public demonstrations in the Paris area until Thursday.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the gun and bomb rampage that targeted a concert hall, as well as restaurants and a football stadium.

At least 129 people died, with hundreds more wounded.

Crowds gathered in the same location in January following the shooting at the offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine.

***

A large police operation is under way in the Paris suburb of Saint Denis and it's believed to be linked to the deadly attacks on the French capital, a police official said on November 18th.

***

French police on November 18th were removing a man in a white t-shirt from an apartment building in the Paris suburb of St Denis.

Earlier on November 18th, a woman wearing an explosive suicide vest blew herself as heavily armed police tried to storm the suburban Paris apartment where the suspected mastermind of last week's gun and bomb rampage was believed to be holed up, police said.

They said one man was also killed and five people arrested in the standoff, which began before dawn and continued more than five hours later. One person remained inside the apartment.

***

French police on November 18th were seen escorting away people from an apartment building in the Paris suburb of St Denis.

Officials say seven people have been arrested in a raid on an apartment building where suspects in November 13th's Paris attacks were holed up.

A senior police official and the Paris prosecutor's office say that the seven were arrested November 18th in the building in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis.

***

French President Francois Hollande told a meeting of mayors on November 18th that France was at "war against a terrorist who has himself decided to declare war on us."

***

Brussels is more accustomed to the toing and froing of European diplomats than to truckloads of soldiers patrolling the streets.

Its stores and markets should be bustling in the run-up to Christmas.

But three days of the highest terror alert and unprecedented measures that have closed down the city's subways, schools and main stores, has created a very different atmosphere as the Belgian capital tries to avoid attacks similar to the ones that caused devastating carnage in Paris.

"Of course we are scared, everyone is scared here. We are scared for our children, for ourselves, for our own lives. We are scared to take public transport," said Cathy Frederic, who works in Brussels.

On November 23rd, Prime Minister Charles Michel announced Brussels would remain at the highest alert level for a fourth consecutive day, but that schools and subways would reopen on Wednesday.

Michel said that decision was "a clear signal that we want to gradually return to normal life" and thanked the Belgian population for their understanding, noting that the country was facing an extremely difficult situation.

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Two people have been arrested in Belgium on suspicion of planning attacks in Brussels during the holidays, the federal prosecutor's office said November 29th.

The investigation revealed "the threat of serious attacks that would target several emblematic places in Brussels and be committed during the end-of-year holidays," the prosecutor's office said.

A source close to the investigation said Grand Place, the Belgian capital's main square, thronged this time of year with holiday shoppers and strollers, was one of the suspected targets.

The two suspects, who the source said were male, were arrested following searches in the Brussels area, the Liege region and Flemish Brabant, the prosecutor's office said.

It did not disclose their names or further information about them.

The prosecutor's office said no additional details would be made public, but that the probe was not connected to the November 13th attacks in Paris, in which numerous suspects, including presumed ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud and fugitive Salah Abdeslam, had connections to Belgium.

Police and army patrols were greatly beefed up in Brussels following the Paris attacks.

Security officials themselves have been ordered to take special precautions to ensure their own safety, said the Belgian government's Crisis Centre.

***

Brandenburg Gate in Berlin was bathed in the colours of the French flag on in a symbol of solidarity with France following the deadly attacks in Paris.

The Berlin landmark is situated just a few metres from the French embassy where crowds had gathered to lay tributes to the victims.

Monuments and buildings throughout the world were flooded with the colours of the French tricolour over the days and weeks after the Paris attacks

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility.

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Security scenes in Paris after violent attacks

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Paris - 13 November 2015

1. Various police blocking the road in Rue Alebart area, 10th district of Paris

Scene near Paris theatre where hostages held

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Paris - 13 November 2015

2. Various of police and ambulances near the Bataclan cafe attached to the Bataclan theatre

3. Various of police and rescue workers on the streets, some hiding behind vehicles

AP cover of scenes of shock at Stade de France

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Paris - 13 November 2015

4. Various of confused sports fans at Stade de France stadium being evacuated

Investigators at Paris theatre, bodies removed

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Paris - 14 November 2015

++NIGHT SHOTS++

5. Medical staff and investigators carrying away bodies on stretchers

Flags at half mast at Elysee Palace

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Paris - 14 November 2015

6. Flags at the Elysee presidential Palace flown at half-mast in honour of the victims killed in Friday night's attacks

Flowers left at scene of attack at Le Carillon

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Paris - 14 November 2015

7. People in front of Wide of Le Carillon restaurant, scene of one of the attacks

Candlelit vigil at Place de la Republique

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Paris - 15 November 2015

++NIGHT SHOTS++

8. Various of people placing candles around the monument in the Place de la Republique

9. Paris resident Chloe Guy hugging a friend

10. Various of vigil around the monument

Shots fired in police operation in Paris suburb

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St Denis, near Paris - 18 November 2015

++NIGHT SHOTS++

11. Various of armed police officers, AUDIO: Helicopters

Man in T-shirt led away from St Denis raid scene

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St Denis, near Paris - 18 November 2015

12. Man in white shirt (just visible on top right of screen behind police tent) being led away from site of police standoff, street filled with police and emergency teams

People being led from scene in St Denis

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St Denis, near Paris - 18 November 2015

13. People being evacuated from apartment building

Hollande: France is at war against IS terrorism

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Paris - 18 November 2015

14. Audience

15. SOUNDBITE: (French) Francois Hollande, French President: ++OVERLAID WITH VARIOUS OF ADDRESS++

"These actions confirm for us once more that we are at war. A war against a terrorist who has himself decided to declare war on us."

On third day of lockdown residents still scared

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Brussels - 23 November 2015

16. Various of soldiers patrolling Brussels street

Security in Brussels as terror suspects arrested

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Brussels - 29 December 2015

17. Soldier standing guard in Grand Place

18. Soldier on guard in Grand Place

Brandenburg Gate illuminated in French colours

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Berlin - 14 November 2015

++NIGHT SHOTS++

19. Brandenburg gate lit up in French national colours

STORYLINE:

On November 13th 2015 two police officials said that at least 26 people have been killed in shootings and explosions around Paris, in the deadliest violence in France in decades.

One of the police officials said 11 people were killed in a Paris restaurant in the 10th arrondissement and about 15 killed in the Bataclan theatre, where a hostage-taking is under way.

Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be publicly named according to police policy.

An official in Francois Hollande's office told The Associated Press that the French president is meeting with top security officials in the Interior Ministry.

The official gave no other details. The official was not authorized to be publicly named.

***

Confused football fans were being evacuated after two loud explosions were head during a game at the Stade de France stadium in Paris on November 13th.

A police union official said there were two suicide attacks and a bombing near the national stadium where France and Germany were playing a friendly match.

Several dozen people were killed in a series of unprecedented attacks around Paris, French President Francois Hollande said, announcing that he was closing the country's borders and declaring a state of emergency.

At least 35 people died in shootings and explosions at multiple sites, many of them in a popular concert hall where patrons were taken hostage, police and medical officials said.

The series of attacks gripped the city in fear and recalled the horrors of the Charlie Hebdo carnage in January 2015.

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Medical staff and investigators continued to remove bodies from the Bataclan concert hall in eastern Paris early on November 14th, after attackers killed at least 100 people inside.

The attackers opened fire on a crowd waiting to hear American rock band Eagles of Death Metal perform.

One witness heard them yell "Allahu Akbar" - God is great in Arabic - as they started their killing spree and took hostages.

French police authorities said the assailants also wore explosive belts, which they detonated.

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Flags were flown at half mast at the Elysee Palace on November 14th in honour of the victims of the attacks in Paris on November 13th.

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At the corner of the rue Bichat and rue Alibert in Paris' trendy 10th arrondissement, floral tributes are being laid in memory of November 13th's shooting victims, amid bloodstains on the pavement.

Just opposite the sad scene, the blood bank of the St. Louis Hospital has a long line of Parisiens waiting patiently to do what they can to help.

Shortly after noon, municipal workers arrived, tasked with cleaning up the gruesome scene as best they can, without disturbing the scene of public mourning.

The whole neighbourhood is in shock.

Cinemas, post offices, museums and other attractions in the city are closed.

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Parisians gathered in the city's Place de la Republique in the early hours of November 15th to commemorate the victims of the attacks that rocked the French capital on November 13th.

Candles were placed on the ground and on the central monument in memory of the fallen.

Many people underlined the importance of staying united, despite the distressing circumstances.

The vigil started on Saturday despite authorities banning all public demonstrations in the Paris area until Thursday.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the gun and bomb rampage that targeted a concert hall, as well as restaurants and a football stadium.

At least 129 people died, with hundreds more wounded.

Crowds gathered in the same location in January following the shooting at the offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine.

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A large police operation is under way in the Paris suburb of Saint Denis and it's believed to be linked to the deadly attacks on the French capital, a police official said on November 18th.

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French police on November 18th were removing a man in a white t-shirt from an apartment building in the Paris suburb of St Denis.

Earlier on November 18th, a woman wearing an explosive suicide vest blew herself as heavily armed police tried to storm the suburban Paris apartment where the suspected mastermind of last week's gun and bomb rampage was believed to be holed up, police said.

They said one man was also killed and five people arrested in the standoff, which began before dawn and continued more than five hours later. One person remained inside the apartment.

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French police on November 18th were seen escorting away people from an apartment building in the Paris suburb of St Denis.

Officials say seven people have been arrested in a raid on an apartment building where suspects in November 13th's Paris attacks were holed up.

A senior police official and the Paris prosecutor's office say that the seven were arrested November 18th in the building in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis.

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French President Francois Hollande told a meeting of mayors on November 18th that France was at "war against a terrorist who has himself decided to declare war on us."

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Brussels is more accustomed to the toing and froing of European diplomats than to truckloads of soldiers patrolling the streets.

Its stores and markets should be bustling in the run-up to Christmas.

But three days of the highest terror alert and unprecedented measures that have closed down the city's subways, schools and main stores, has created a very different atmosphere as the Belgian capital tries to avoid attacks similar to the ones that caused devastating carnage in Paris.

"Of course we are scared, everyone is scared here. We are scared for our children, for ourselves, for our own lives. We are scared to take public transport," said Cathy Frederic, who works in Brussels.

On November 23rd, Prime Minister Charles Michel announced Brussels would remain at the highest alert level for a fourth consecutive day, but that schools and subways would reopen on Wednesday.

Michel said that decision was "a clear signal that we want to gradually return to normal life" and thanked the Belgian population for their understanding, noting that the country was facing an extremely difficult situation.

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Two people have been arrested in Belgium on suspicion of planning attacks in Brussels during the holidays, the federal prosecutor's office said November 29th.

The investigation revealed "the threat of serious attacks that would target several emblematic places in Brussels and be committed during the end-of-year holidays," the prosecutor's office said.

A source close to the investigation said Grand Place, the Belgian capital's main square, thronged this time of year with holiday shoppers and strollers, was one of the suspected targets.

The two suspects, who the source said were male, were arrested following searches in the Brussels area, the Liege region and Flemish Brabant, the prosecutor's office said.

It did not disclose their names or further information about them.

The prosecutor's office said no additional details would be made public, but that the probe was not connected to the November 13th attacks in Paris, in which numerous suspects, including presumed ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud and fugitive Salah Abdeslam, had connections to Belgium.

Police and army patrols were greatly beefed up in Brussels following the Paris attacks.

Security officials themselves have been ordered to take special precautions to ensure their own safety, said the Belgian government's Crisis Centre.

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Brandenburg Gate in Berlin was bathed in the colours of the French flag on in a symbol of solidarity with France following the deadly attacks in Paris.

The Berlin landmark is situated just a few metres from the French embassy where crowds had gathered to lay tributes to the victims.

Monuments and buildings throughout the world were flooded with the colours of the French tricolour over the days and weeks after the Paris attacks

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility.

The French right wing leader Marine Le Pen called for a debate on the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in France on Friday, saying steps need to be taken to "ensure the security of the country and our people."

Speaking after a meeting with French President Francois Hollande, Le Pen went on to say that a change in French foreign policy was needed to sever ties with countries that "support and finance Islamic fundamentalism."

Hundreds of French security forces surrounded a printing house near Charles de Gaulle airport where two heavily armed brothers suspected of attacking a satirical newspaper had taken refuge on Friday.

Cherif and Said Kouachi are the chief suspects in an assault on the offices of Charlie Hebdo which left 12 people dead, including the chief editor and cartoonist who had been under armed guard following the publication of caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

A memorial ceremony for the victims of the attack is being planned for Sunday, to be held in Paris.

Le Pen, who has herself been the target of the satirical newspaper's front pages in the past, has not been formally invited to the memorial.

She said on Friday that she would not attend.

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Paris - 9 January 2015

1. Arrival of Marine Le Pen, the leader of far-right National Front party

2. Wide of Marine Le Pen coming to microphone

3. SOUNDBITE (French) Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Front party:

"The (French) President (Francois Hollande) assured me that a profound debate on the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in our country will take place and that all the political parties will be listened to, regarding the necessary steps that need to be taken to ensure the security of the country and our people."

4. French and EU flags tied with black ribbons

5. SOUNDBITE (French) Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Front party:

"I told the President about the need to change our foreign policy, more precisely our alliance with countries that support and finance Islamic fundamentalism."

6. Exterior of Elysee Palace (presidential palace)

7. SOUNDBITE (French) Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Front party:

"The President assured me that my security will be guaranteed, and I thank him for that, but I will not try to, through connections with the organisers of the demonstration (commemorating Charlie Hebdo victims on Sunday), to try to get to a demonstration where obviously the organisers don't want to see us. I am educated. I don't want to go where they don't want me."

8. Le Pen leaving