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French MPs sing La Marseillaise in response to Paris attack

President Francois Hollande said that France’s constitution needed to be amended to better deal with crisis situations as he addressed both houses of

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Parisians united in defiance and grief

After the most deadly attack on European soil since the 2004 Madrid bombings, Parisians were united in their defiance and grief on a third national

France

EU's Schulz expresses solidarity with Hollande at Versailles

President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz, who was present at Versailles to hear French President Francois Hollande’s special address to

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Security operations to continue across France

Security operations are to continue across France as the country comes to terms with last Friday’s attacks in Paris. Police swooped on 168 locations

France

Hollande vows to place security ahead of austerity

French President Francois Hollande says he is determined to destroy ISIL, the extremist group that has admitted killing scores of people in attacks

World

Spies must change tactics to face new 'hybrid war'

President Francois Hollande says France is at war. In swift response to the deadly events in Paris the country has already launched massive

World

"There has been too much tolerance for too long"

Terror attacks on Charlie Hebdo, the Jewish Museum in Brussels, Madrid commuter trains, and now the latest in Paris all have links to one Brussels

France

French show solidarity by attending memorial services

Security surrounding the memorial services was tight after the events of Friday night, but that did not stop thousands of people turning out to join

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Muslims in France pray for peace

Muslims throughout France have been showing solidarity with their fellow citizens. There are around five million followers of Islam in the country

France

Hollande fights to keep France together, destroy 'factory of terrorists'

France’s Socialist president has invoked a national political truce, for unity, while the government combats jihadist terrorism in the wake of the

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Who were the people behind the Paris bomb attacks?

Here is what we know about the Paris attackers and suspects, so far. Key suspects still at large Salah Abdeslam Age: 26 Nationality: French (lived

France

Europe falls silent for France

France, much of Europe and further afield fell silent for a minute at midday Central European Time on Monday in memory of the victims of the Paris

Economy

France fears economic impact of Paris terror attacks

Beyond the appalling human cost – quite naturally the focus of everyone’s attention – France is bracing itself for the economic impact of the Paris

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Hollywood in solidarity with the 'film loving French'

The film industry used the occasion of the Governors Awards to reflect on Friday’s slayings in the French capital. Director Spike Lee “This thing is

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Madonna pays tribute to the victims of the Paris massacre

Madonna paid tribute to the victims of the Paris massacre during a concert in Stockholm. . @Madonna pays emotional tribute to victims of

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Questions asked over Syrian passport found by body of a Paris suicide bomber

The reported discovery of a Syrian passport near the body of a suicide bomber outside the Stade de France on Friday seems to have raised more

France

Guns, God and grievances: Belgium's Islamist 'airbase'

France

Paris: what is the story behind the Syrian passport?

The reported discovery of a Syrian passport near the body of a suicide bomber outside the Stade de France on Friday seems to have raised more

France

French Islamic community fears backlash following Paris attacks

Barbes is a Parisian neighbourhood with a high percentage of Muslim residents. As in other parts of the French capital, the streets were quiet

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Imagine... street musician honour Paris dead

Street musician Davide Martello plays John Lennon’s Imagine near the Bataclan hall, scene of a massacre in Paris on Friday.