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Pizzeria Owner's Son Takes Employees Hostage Near Paris
A knife-wielding man on Saturday took several employees hostage in his father's restaurant on the outskirts of Paris as a large police force surrounded the establishment.
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Paris Hostage Situation Over As Police Arrest Gunman
A gunman who took two people hostage in central Paris on Tuesday has been arrested and his victims freed "safe and sound", police in the French capital said.
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Survivor Details Harrowing Last Moments of Paris Hostage Siege
Quivering hostages, burning money and the moans of the wounded: harrowing new eyewitness details from the stand-off at the deadliest scene of the Paris terror attacks emerged Tuesday.
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Gunmen Holed Up in Primark Store Near Paris, 18 Evacuated
Gunmen were holed up inside a Primark store near Paris today with about 10 people inside after what appears to be an attempt to rob the shop, police said, adding that special forces had been dispatched to the scene.
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Paris Post Office Hostage-Taker Surrenders: Police
A man who holed up in a post office in a suburb northwest of Paris with two hostages on Friday surrendered and has been arrested, a police source said.
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Paris Post Office Gunman Arrested, Hostages Freed, Say Police
The hostage situation at a post office near Paris has come to an end, and the gunman has been arrested, news agency Agence France Presse quoted the police as saying.
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Wannabe Hero Killed in Paris Hostage Drama, Survivor Recalls
A woman who survived the attack on a Jewish supermarket in Paris recalled on Monday the horror of the four-hour ordeal in which she saw a fellow hostage shot dead by jihadist Amedy Coulibaly.
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Paris Hostages Survived Hidden in Fridges and Beneath Sinks
From the father who hid his toddler inside a supermarket refrigerator to the employee who texted tactical information to police from beneath a sink, authorities praised the quick instincts of survivors in the hostage incidents that gripped France Friday.
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Paris Gunman 'Asked Friends to Attack Police Stations'
The gunman who was shot dead by Paris police after taking hostages at a Jewish supermarket Friday phoned friends from the scene, urging them to stage further attacks, a security source said.
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Paris Gunman 'Likely' Killed Hostages at Start of Siege: Prosecutor
The four people killed Friday at a Jewish supermarket in Paris were "likely" killed by the gunman at the start of the hostage-taking, the prosecutor leading the investigation said.
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US Issues Global Travel Warning After Recent Terror Attacks
The United States has issued a global travel warning after recent terror attacks in France, Australia and Canada.
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Al-Qaeda Member in Yemen Says Group Directed Paris Attack
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula directed the attack against the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris "as revenge for the honor" of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, a member of the group told The Associated Press on Friday.
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Supermarket Gunman Told French TV He 'Coordinated' with Charlie Hebdo Killers
Amedy Coulibaly, a gunman killed by police on Friday after seizing a Jewish supermarket in Paris, told BFMTV station he had "co-ordinated" with the Charlie Hebdo killers and was a member of the Islamic State group.
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French Forces Kill Charlie Hebdo Attack Suspects, Hostages Die in Second Siege
Two brothers suspected of a bloody attack on the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo were killed when police stormed their hideout on Friday, while a second siege ended with the deaths of four hostages.
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Four Hostages Dead in Paris Supermarket Crisis: Police Officials
Police officials say at least five people were killed, including the hostage-taker at a kosher grocery in Paris.
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Pizzeria Owner's Son Takes Employees Hostage Near Paris
A knife-wielding man on Saturday took several employees hostage in his father's restaurant on the outskirts of Paris as a large police force surrounded the establishment.
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Paris Hostage Situation Over As Police Arrest Gunman
A gunman who took two people hostage in central Paris on Tuesday has been arrested and his victims freed "safe and sound", police in the French capital said.
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Survivor Details Harrowing Last Moments of Paris Hostage Siege
Quivering hostages, burning money and the moans of the wounded: harrowing new eyewitness details from the stand-off at the deadliest scene of the Paris terror attacks emerged Tuesday.
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Gunmen Holed Up in Primark Store Near Paris, 18 Evacuated
Gunmen were holed up inside a Primark store near Paris today with about 10 people inside after what appears to be an attempt to rob the shop, police said, adding that special forces had been dispatched to the scene.
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Paris Post Office Hostage-Taker Surrenders: Police
A man who holed up in a post office in a suburb northwest of Paris with two hostages on Friday surrendered and has been arrested, a police source said.
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Paris Post Office Gunman Arrested, Hostages Freed, Say Police
The hostage situation at a post office near Paris has come to an end, and the gunman has been arrested, news agency Agence France Presse quoted the police as saying.
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Wannabe Hero Killed in Paris Hostage Drama, Survivor Recalls
A woman who survived the attack on a Jewish supermarket in Paris recalled on Monday the horror of the four-hour ordeal in which she saw a fellow hostage shot dead by jihadist Amedy Coulibaly.
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Paris Hostages Survived Hidden in Fridges and Beneath Sinks
From the father who hid his toddler inside a supermarket refrigerator to the employee who texted tactical information to police from beneath a sink, authorities praised the quick instincts of survivors in the hostage incidents that gripped France Friday.
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Paris Gunman 'Asked Friends to Attack Police Stations'
The gunman who was shot dead by Paris police after taking hostages at a Jewish supermarket Friday phoned friends from the scene, urging them to stage further attacks, a security source said.
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Paris Gunman 'Likely' Killed Hostages at Start of Siege: Prosecutor
The four people killed Friday at a Jewish supermarket in Paris were "likely" killed by the gunman at the start of the hostage-taking, the prosecutor leading the investigation said.
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US Issues Global Travel Warning After Recent Terror Attacks
The United States has issued a global travel warning after recent terror attacks in France, Australia and Canada.
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Al-Qaeda Member in Yemen Says Group Directed Paris Attack
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula directed the attack against the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris "as revenge for the honor" of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, a member of the group told The Associated Press on Friday.
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Supermarket Gunman Told French TV He 'Coordinated' with Charlie Hebdo Killers
Amedy Coulibaly, a gunman killed by police on Friday after seizing a Jewish supermarket in Paris, told BFMTV station he had "co-ordinated" with the Charlie Hebdo killers and was a member of the Islamic State group.
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French Forces Kill Charlie Hebdo Attack Suspects, Hostages Die in Second Siege
Two brothers suspected of a bloody attack on the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo were killed when police stormed their hideout on Friday, while a second siege ended with the deaths of four hostages.
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Four Hostages Dead in Paris Supermarket Crisis: Police Officials
Police officials say at least five people were killed, including the hostage-taker at a kosher grocery in Paris.
