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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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Paris panic

Panic ensued on Sunday night as police abruptly cleared hundreds of mourners from the famed Place de la Republique square, where police said

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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

France

Parisians gather in Place de la République despite the state of emergency

Officials may have urged Parisians to stay home and off the streets yet defiant crowds still gathered in Place de la République, just as they had

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Thousands in Paris attend memorial service for Friday's terror victims

The bell of Notre Dame tolled as around 3.000 people attended a special memorial service for the victims of Friday evening’s terror attacks. Among

France

Tributes from around the world for Paris victims

Tributes have poured in from all four corners of the planet in the wake of the Paris attacks. In Berlin, the rain didn’t stop mourners from gathering

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

Turkey

G20: have Obama and Putin found common ground?

Global leaders stood in silence ahead of their first formal session at the G20 to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in Paris. It was a sombre

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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.

Sport

Sporting world mourns victims of Paris attacks

The victims of the Paris attacks have been honoured at sporting events across the globe over the weekend. Sportsmen and women along with spectators

France

Paris: the faces behind the headlines

Impromptu shrines are springing up across Paris. Candles and flowers have been left at the places where scores of people were killed and injured last

Belgium

A Belgian connection - again - as terror strikes Europe

The theory of a Belgian connection with the Paris attacks is gaining ground. Seven people have now been detained in Belgium in connection with the

USA

White House race jolted by jihadist slaughter in Paris

The terrorist attacks in France have already had an impact on the race for the White House, with presidential hopefuls condemning the violence

France

Paris attacks prompt artists to pick up their pencils

Much has been written already about the consequences and implications of last Friday’s attacks in Paris. However, some of the most insightful comment

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Global homage

People from Russia, China and South Korea pay their respects to those who died in Friday night’s Paris attacks.

France

Belgium: two people detained on terror charges over Paris attacks

Two people have been detained in Belgium on terrorism charges related to Friday’s attacks in Paris, Belgian prosecutors said on Monday. The pair are

World News

Europe's Schengen zone at risk after Paris attacks

In the wake of the attacks on Paris, Britain’s prime minister David Cameron has sent a message of solidarity to the people of France. Cameron called

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World pays tribute to victims of Paris attacks

People around the world showed their sorrow and solidarity with France on Saturday in the wake of the Paris attacks. In Rio de Janeiro the iconic

Turkey

High security alert for G20 summit in Turkey

The weekend’s events in Paris have overshadowed the G20 summit due to start on Sunday in the Turkish coastal resort of Antalya . Most world leaders