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Paris prosecutor Francois Molins gives details of sieges

The Paris prosecutor, Francois Molins has given more details of the two sieges and how they ended. In a press conference he outlined how the

France

Relief in Dammartin at outcome of France terror siege

Two brothers wanted for a bloody attack on the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo were killed on Friday when anti-terrorist police

France

France's deadly day of hostage-takers

Wednesday, at around 11:30 in Paris, number 10 rue Nicolas-Appert, two hooded men execute a wounded policeman on the ground. They have just murdered

USA

Man throws five-year-old daughter off bridge

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France

Hooded gunman storm the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo

Journalists, cartoonists and police officers are killed in what is thought to be the worst militant attack on French soil in decades

France

Charlie Hebdo, a satirical rag that has never shied away from controversy

France

France: mayor's refusal to give Roma baby burial plot sparks outrage

The decision by the mayor of Champlan, south of Paris to deny a Roma baby a burial plot has sparked outrage amongst Roma groups and local residents

Italy

Italian pop icon Pino Daniele dies

One of Italy’s best-loved singer-songwriters, Pino Daniele, has died aged 59. Steeped in his the sounds of his native Naples, Daniele burst onto the

Indonesia

Four more bodies recovered in search for AirAsia flight QZ8501

The solemn procession of coffins continues, search teams have recovered four more bodies from the Java Sea bringing the total found to 34, as the

Indonesia

Fifth large object located in search for AirAsia jet

Indonesian search and rescue teams hunting for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet say a fifth large object has been discovered on the seabed. The

India

India arrests five men suspected of gang rape of Japanese tourist

Five men have been arrested in India in connection with the kidnap and gang rape of a Japanese woman. The assaults took place over one month, before

USA

Seven-year old sole survivor of small plane crash in US

A seven-year-old girl has emerged as the only survivor of a plane crash which killed her family in the US state of Kentucky. The girl, who is yet to

USA

Suspected al Qaeda bomb planner dies days before trial in New York

A Libyan man accused of helping plan al Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Africa in the late 1990s has died of liver cancer in New York only days

Italy

Italian investigators in second inspection of burnt-out Norman Atlantic ferry

A prosecutor in Brindisi boarded the vessel on Saturday in another inspection of the ferry which caught fire in the Adriatic.

Indonesia

Indonesia claims breakthrough in AirAsia search after large objects found

Officials claim to have found what they have been looking for, in their search for the wreckage of AirAsia flight QZ8501.

Italy

Fatal Italian ferry fire probe begins as number killed remains unclear

Investigators hope to establish what went wrong and how many died in a fatal fire on a car ferry travelling from Patras in Greece to Ancona in Italy.

USA

Mario Cuomo, former three-time governor of New York, has died

One of the most revered figures in US democratic politics has died. Mario Cuomo, the former three-time governor of New York, was 82. His death came

Afghanistan

Afghan soldiers arrested after rockets kill wedding guests

Four Afghan soldiers have been arrested after army mortar rounds hit a wedding party – reportedly killing more than 20 civilians and wounding nearly

Lebanon

Former Lebanese prime minister Karami dies aged 80

The former two-time prime minister of Lebanon, Omar Karami, has died peacefully in hospital in Beirut aged 80. He initially served as PM for two

USA

Two-year-old boy kills mother with her own pistol in US Walmart store

Authorities in the US investigate the fatal shooting of a woman by her two-year-old son in a Walmart store