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French Politician Arrested For Tweet Celebrating Policeman's Death
A left-wing French politician has been arrested over a tweet apparently celebrating the death of a policeman who was hailed a hero after he took the place of a hostage and was killed by a jihadist gunman.
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Wife Of Orlando Mass Murderer Denies Advance Knowledge Of Attack
The wife of the gunman who shot 49 people to death at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, knew he had been watching jihadist videos but was unaware he planned to commit mass murder, she said in a New York Times interview published on Tuesday.
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French Train Attacker 'Went to Syria', was Known to Police
A suspected jihadist gunman overpowered by passengers on a packed Amsterdam-Paris train had visited Syria and was known to intelligence services in several European countries, officials said Saturday.
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Francois Hollande Offers 'Heartfelt Thanks' to Barack Obama Over US Train Heroes
French President Francois Hollande on Saturday offered his "heartfelt thanks" to his US counterpart Barack Obama for the "exemplary conduct" shown by three US citizens who overpowered a suspected jihadist gunman on a packed Amsterdam-Paris train, the Elysee said.
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Tunisia Extends State of Emergency By 2 Months
A state of emergency imposed in Tunisia after a jihadist gunman killed 38 foreign tourists in June is to be extended for two months, the president's office said today.
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Most Seaside Massacre Victims in Tunisia Were British Tourists
Thousands of scared foreign holidaymakers were being flown from Tunisia today after an Islamist gunman killed 38 people, most of them British tourists, at a beach resort.
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Tunisia Cannot Face Jihadists Alone, Says President Beji Caid Essebsi
Tunisia cannot stand up to the jihadist threat alone, President Beji Caid Essebsi said earlier today after a gunman killed 28 people at a tourist resort, calling for a unified global strategy.
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FBI Probed Texas Gunman 'Over Jihadist Sympathies'
One of the men shot dead by police when he and an accomplice attempted to storm an event hosted by an anti-Muslim group in Texas was sentenced to three years' probation in 2011 for lying to US federal agents investigating his alleged jihadist sympathies, it emerged Monday.
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Jewish Supermarket in Paris Attacked By Jihadist Re-Opens
The Jewish supermarket in Paris attacked by a jihadist gunman linked to the shootings at Charlie Hebdo magazine in January re-opened today.
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Suspect in Deadly Mali Nightclub Attack Killed
Malian special forces on Friday killed a suspect in last week's deadly jihadist attack on a nightclub in the capital, later identified as the flatmate of the heavily-armed gunman who stormed the venue.
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French Politician Arrested For Tweet Celebrating Policeman's Death
A left-wing French politician has been arrested over a tweet apparently celebrating the death of a policeman who was hailed a hero after he took the place of a hostage and was killed by a jihadist gunman.
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Wife Of Orlando Mass Murderer Denies Advance Knowledge Of Attack
The wife of the gunman who shot 49 people to death at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, knew he had been watching jihadist videos but was unaware he planned to commit mass murder, she said in a New York Times interview published on Tuesday.
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French Train Attacker 'Went to Syria', was Known to Police
A suspected jihadist gunman overpowered by passengers on a packed Amsterdam-Paris train had visited Syria and was known to intelligence services in several European countries, officials said Saturday.
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Francois Hollande Offers 'Heartfelt Thanks' to Barack Obama Over US Train Heroes
French President Francois Hollande on Saturday offered his "heartfelt thanks" to his US counterpart Barack Obama for the "exemplary conduct" shown by three US citizens who overpowered a suspected jihadist gunman on a packed Amsterdam-Paris train, the Elysee said.
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Tunisia Extends State of Emergency By 2 Months
A state of emergency imposed in Tunisia after a jihadist gunman killed 38 foreign tourists in June is to be extended for two months, the president's office said today.
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Most Seaside Massacre Victims in Tunisia Were British Tourists
Thousands of scared foreign holidaymakers were being flown from Tunisia today after an Islamist gunman killed 38 people, most of them British tourists, at a beach resort.
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Tunisia Cannot Face Jihadists Alone, Says President Beji Caid Essebsi
Tunisia cannot stand up to the jihadist threat alone, President Beji Caid Essebsi said earlier today after a gunman killed 28 people at a tourist resort, calling for a unified global strategy.
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FBI Probed Texas Gunman 'Over Jihadist Sympathies'
One of the men shot dead by police when he and an accomplice attempted to storm an event hosted by an anti-Muslim group in Texas was sentenced to three years' probation in 2011 for lying to US federal agents investigating his alleged jihadist sympathies, it emerged Monday.
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Jewish Supermarket in Paris Attacked By Jihadist Re-Opens
The Jewish supermarket in Paris attacked by a jihadist gunman linked to the shootings at Charlie Hebdo magazine in January re-opened today.
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Suspect in Deadly Mali Nightclub Attack Killed
Malian special forces on Friday killed a suspect in last week's deadly jihadist attack on a nightclub in the capital, later identified as the flatmate of the heavily-armed gunman who stormed the venue.
