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| EU interior ministers to hold emergency meeting on Friday | | | Luxembourg, holder of the EU presidency, has called an emergency meeting of European interior ministers on Nov. 20 at France's request to discuss the European response to the attacks in Paris, it said in a statement. "Confronted with barbarism and terrorism, Europe stands united with France," the statement said. |
| Iran's Revolutionary Guards target popular messaging app in widening crackdown | | | By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Sam Wilkin DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have arrested administrators of more than 20 groups on the messaging app Telegram for spreading "immoral content", semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday, the latest detentions in a clampdown on freedom of expression. In recent weeks, Iran's powerful hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has rounded up a number of artists, journalists and U.S. citizens, citing fears of Western "infiltration". Telegram's Chief Executive Pavel Durov said last month that Iranian authorities had demanded he hand over "spying and censorship tools", and temporarily blocked the app when he refused. |
| Bavarian allies pressure Merkel to reverse refugee policy | |  By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) - Bavarian allies cranked up pressure on German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday to reverse her "open-door" refugee policy, saying the deadly attacks in Paris underlined the need for tougher measures to control the influx of migrants. The coordinated assault in the French capital, in which at least 129 people were killed, has fuelled a debate in Germany over Merkel's welcoming approach to refugees and on how to pin down better intelligence about people entering the country. The holder of a Syrian passport found near the body of one of the gunmen from Friday night's attacks passed through Greece in October, a Greek minister said, and another suspected attacker was thought to have entered Europe the same way.
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| Ukrainian soldier killed in violence in east | | | A Ukrainian serviceman was killed and eight were wounded in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday, as both sides reported renewed violence despite a ceasefire deal. The guns were mostly silent in September and October, but there has been an increase in ceasefire violations in recent weeks, with each side blaming the other. "The most difficult situation is still around Donetsk airport, where illegal groups cynically violated agreements, firing at Ukrainian positions using 120 calibre mortars," Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksander Motuzyanyk said in a daily televised briefing. |
| Bangladesh aims to rein in poverty to below 14 pct by 2021 | |  By Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh aims to cut its poverty rate to less than 14 percent by 2021 from 22.4 percent now, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Sunday, as the country sets it sights on becoming a middle-income nation. Hasina was speaking at the opening of a two-day meeting where Bangladesh will seek up to $12 billion in assistance from funding partners to develop its ramshackle infrastructure. "We set a target to reduce the rate of poverty below 14 percent by 2021, when we also expect to become a middle-income country," Hasina said, adding that Bangladesh had already reined in the figure to 22.4 percent, from 56.7 percent in 1991.
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| France names first attacker as carnage re-ignites refugee row | |  By Bate Felix and Crispian Balmer PARIS (Reuters) - French police questioned on Sunday relatives of one of the suicide attackers who brought carnage to Paris as a row over Europe's refugee crisis re-ignited, with conservatives demanding an end to "the days of uncontrolled immigration". Paris prosecutor Francois Molins told reporters that three jihadist cells staged co-ordinated hits on Friday night at bars, a concert hall and soccer stadium, killing 129 people and injuring 352, including 99 who were in a serious condition. Prosecutors have said the slaughter - claimed by Islamic State as revenge for French military action in Syria and Iraq - appeared to involve a multinational team with links to the Middle East, Belgium and possibly Germany as well as home-grown French roots.
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| From small French town to Syria: the journey of a Western jihadi | | | By Ahmed Aboulenein and Michael Georgy CAIRO (Reuters) - An online profile of one of the men in a video posted by Islamic State after mass shootings and suicide bombings in Paris shows how hard it is to predict where the next threat will emerge. Unlike the sons of Muslim immigrants wanting to reconnect with their identities, the blue-eyed man, who spoke from an undisclosed location in the online profile, said his family came from a small town in France. The profile of Abu Salman, the Frenchman's nom de guerre, is one of many slick videos aiming to recruit Westerners to Islamic State by trying to show that Western society's secularism fails to inspire young men like him. |
| France calls for EU security summit Friday | | | France called on Sunday for an emergency summit of European Union justice and internal affairs ministers to take place on Non. 20 aimed at speeding up and implementing security measures that are already under discussion. "Faced with atrocities and acts of terrorism that hit France on November 13 2015, our combat in the struggle against terrorism should, more than ever, be relentless and resolute," said Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve in a statement after the Islamist militant attacks that killed 129 people in Paris on Friday. |
| Holder of Syrian passport found in Paris attack was asylum seeker | |  By Ivana Sekularac and Igor Ilic BELGRADE/ZAGREB (Reuters) - The holder of a Syrian passport found near the body of one of the gunmen who died in Friday night's attacks in Paris was registered as a refugee in several European countries last month, authorities said. The man, identified by Serbian authorities only by his initials A.A., came into Europe through the Greek island of Leros, where he was processed on Oct. 3, Greek officials said on Saturday. Serbian authorities said on Sunday the same man had been registered at a border crossing from Macedonia into Serbia a few days later.
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| F1 drivers to wear black armbands for Paris victims | |  Drivers will wear black armbands as a tribute to the victims of the deadly Paris attacks when they are presented to Formula One fans before Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix. A flatbed truck carrying drivers around the track on the normally joyous parade lap will also be decorated with a French flag with a black ribbon, according to changes made by the sport's governing International Automobile Federation (FIA), Paris-based and led by Frenchman Jean Todt. Sunday is the United Nations' World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.
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| France's Sarkozy urges West, Russia tie-up vs Islamic State | |  Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy called on Sunday for the creation of a single international coalition to combat Islamic State in Syria following attacks in Paris that claimed 129 lives. Islamic State, also known as Daesh, claimed responsibility for the worst such attacks seen on French soil, carried out late on Friday at a concert, hall, stadium and restaurants. "We must draw on the consequences of the situation in Syria.
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| Israel says helping France with intelligence on Paris attack | |  By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday its spy services were helping France investigate the Paris gun and bomb attacks, and Israeli media suggested that intelligence being provided drew on surveillance of militant groups in Syria and Iraq. After Friday's rampage, which killed at least 129 people, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered full cooperation with French and other European authorities trying to identify the perpetrators and prevent further attacks.
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| Belgian connection: three held in Brussels over Paris attacks | |  By Robert-Jan Bartunek and Barbara Lewis BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian police arrested three people on Saturday in raids in a poor, immigrant quarter of Brussels as they pursued emerging links between the Paris attacks and an Islamist bastion in France's northern neighbour. Prime Minister Charles Michel said at least one of those held from the inner Brussels neighbourhood of Molenbeek was believed to have spent the previous evening in Paris, where two cars registered in Belgium were impounded close to scenes of some of the violence, including the Bataclan music hall. "Police operations will go on," Michel told RTL television after late-night police raids in Molenbeek, west of the city centre, which is home to many Muslims, notably families originally from Morocco and Turkey.
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| G20 leaders agree to step up border control, air security - draft statement | |  The leaders of the world's 20 most powerful countries have agreed to step up border controls and aviation security in the wake of the Paris attacks that killed 129 people, according to a draft statement seen by Reuters on Sunday. The heads of the Group of 20 (G20) largest economies, meeting in Turkey, condemned the attacks claimed by Islamic State as "heinous" and said they remained united in fighting terrorism, according to the draft document.
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| We'll reform in time for Rio Olympics - Russia | |  By Jack Stubbs MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has set out a three-month road map to clean up its act, with the nation's Olympic Committee spearheading efforts to ensure a doping scandal does not prevent honest athletes from competing at the 2016 Olympics. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) voted overwhelmingly on Friday to suspend the Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) following allegations of widespread and state-sponsored doping. The allegations, made by a special commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), have caused the country's biggest sporting scandal in several decades and could cost it a place at next year's Olympics in Rio.
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| G20 leaders agree to cooperate on migration as a global problem - draft | |  Leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies (G20) will agree on Monday that migration is a global problem that must be addressed in a coordinated way, in a diplomatic coup for Europe and Turkey, a draft communique showed on Sunday. The leaders will also agree that all countries should help manage the migrant crisis, which is expected to bring a million people from the Middle East and Africa to Europe this year alone, through accepting refugees and humanitarian aid. Europe and Turkey, the most heavily hit by the crisis, had been pushing for the G20 to recognise the issue as a global problem and help to deal with it financially, despite opposition from China, India and Russia.
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| Global markets brace for short-term hit after Paris attacks | |  By Christopher McCall and Hideyuki Sano SYDNEY/TOKYO (Reuters) - Global stocks are set for a short-term sell-off on Monday after Islamist militants launched coordinated attacks across Paris that killed 129 people, but analysts said a prolonged economic impact or market reaction was unlikely. President Francois Hollande has declared a state of emergency, ordering police and troops into the streets, and set three days of official mourning after the attacks he called an "act of war" by Islamic State. "History will tell us that if the economic impact is limited - and I think it will be - that markets will quickly recover and go on to focus on other things," Oliver, who is also head of strategy at the A$156 billion ($111 billion) wealth management firm.
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| France in shock after Islamist attacks kill 129 | |  By Ingrid Melander and Marine Pennetier PARIS (Reuters) - French prosecutors said on Saturday that three coordinated teams of gunmen and suicide bombers carried out a wave of attacks across Paris that killed 129 people in what President Francois Hollande called an "act of war" by Islamic State. Hollande declared a state of emergency, ordering police and troops into the streets, and set three days of official mourning as a stunned nation sought to comprehend the simultaneous assault on restaurants, a concert hall and the national soccer stadium on a busy Friday evening. As a cross-border investigation gathered pace, prosecutors said the slaughter - claimed by Islamic State as revenge for French military action in Syria and Iraq - appeared to involve a multinational team with links to the Middle East, Belgium and possibly Germany as well as home-grown French roots.
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| World shows solidarity, tightens security after Paris attacks | |  By Guy Faulconbridge and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - World leaders responded to deadly attacks in Paris with defiant pledges of solidarity and Europe tightened security after Islamic State said it was behind an assault by gunmen and bombers that left at least 129 dead in the French capital. From Barack Obama to Vladimir Putin and across Europe and the Middle East, leaders expressed their condolences to French President Francois Hollande who said the attacks amounted to an act of war against France.
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| Fight against Islamic State dominates as world leaders meet in Turkey | | | By Matt Spetalnick and Lidia Kelly BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders arrived in Turkey on Sunday for a summit that has taken on new urgency after attacks in Paris pushed the fight against Islamic State militants to the top of the agenda. Obama, who called the attacks "an outrageous attempt to terrorize civilians" on the eve of his departure, faces the question of how the West should respond now Islamic State poses a clear threat far beyond its strongholds in Syria and Iraq. Washington already expects France to retaliate by taking on a larger role in the U.S.-led coalition's bombing campaign against Islamic State. |
| After Paris attacks, pressure builds for big military response to Islamic State | |  By Phil Stewart, Warren Strobel and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Paris terror attacks are likely to galvanize a stronger global military response to Islamic State, after a U.S.-led air war that has lasted more than a year has failed to contain a group now proving itself to be a growing worldwide threat. The United States, long accused of taking an incremental approach to the struggle, is under growing political pressure at home and abroad to do more and it is expected to examine ways to intensify the campaign, including through expanded air power. U.S. ...
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| Iraq says it shared information that France, U.S., Iran were targets | |  Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has said his country's intelligence services shared information they had which indicated that France, the United States and Iran were among countries being targeted for attack. "Information has been obtained from Iraqi intelligence sources that the countries to be targeted soon, before it occurred, are Europe in general, specifically France, as well as America and Iran," Jaafari said from the sidelines of talks in Vienna on ending the war in Syria on Saturday.
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| U.N. chief says world has "rare moment" to end violence in Syria | |  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday he welcomed the renewed sense of urgency to find a solution to the civil war in Syria after the Paris attacks, adding the world had a "rare moment" of diplomatic opportunity to end the violence. Russia, the United States and powers from Europe and the Middle East outlined a plan on Saturday for a political process in Syria leading to elections within two years, a day after gunmen and suicide bombers from Islamic State went on a rampage through Paris, killing at least 127 people. At a news conference during the Group of 20 (G20) meeting of world leaders in Turkey, Ban described the attacks as 'barbaric', saying no country or city was immune from the threat of terrorism and the world needed a robust response.
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| Obama says stands with France in hunting down those behind Paris attack | |  By Matt Spetalnick and Dasha Afanasieva BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama described the killings in Paris claimed by Islamic State as an attack on the civilised world and said on Sunday the United States would work with France to hunt down those responsible. "As we I'm sure each said to (French) President Hollande and the French people, we stand in solidarity with them in hunting down the perpetrators of this crime and bringing them to justice," Obama told a joint news conference with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan ahead of a G20 leaders summit. Obama also condemned a double suicide bombing linked to Islamic State in the Turkish capital Ankara last month, after a meeting with Erdogan at which the two leaders discussed the conflict in Syria, efforts to tighten Turkey's borders, and the refugee crisis affecting Turkey and Europe.
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| Turkey's Erdogan: Paris attacks show terrorism threat is collective | |  Recent attacks in Paris, Ankara and elsewhere show the world is facing a collective security threat and world leaders meeting in Turkey will send a strong message on the fight against terrorism, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. In a joint news conference with U.S. President Barack Obama ahead of the Group of 20 (G20) leaders summit, Erdogan also said the two leaders had discussed the fight against Islamic State in Syria. This terrorist action is not only against the people of France but against all humanity," Erdogan said.
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| France names first attacker, vows to destroy IS | |  * French attacker known for Islamist radicalisation * Prime minister says France will destroy Islamic State * Victims begin to be named, many of them young
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| Assailant in Paris attacks identified, relatives questioned | |  French police have identified one of the assailants in the coordinated attacks in Paris as Ismael Omar Mostefai, a 29-year- old French national, and seven of his relatives are being questioned, sources and French media said on Sunday. Authorities had a dossier on Mostefai that marked him as a potential Islamist militant. Mostefai was one of the gunmen who blew himself up in a Paris concert hall where most of the 129 deaths from the attacks late on Friday took place.
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| Paris attacks could change NATO priorities - Russian deputy minister | |  Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the attacks by gunmen and suicide bombers across Paris could change priorities in Washington and other NATO capitals. "The world is changing, and this shock, the shake-up that took place in Paris will probably ... change a little bit the scale of priorities of our colleagues in Washington in other NATO capitals," he said when asked whether the attack would bring the U.S. and Russia closer together.
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| Israel gives France intelligence on Paris attackers - media | |  Israel's spy services are helping France investigate the Paris gun and bomb attacks, Israeli media said, with one radio station suggesting the assistance drew on surveillance of militant groups in Syria and Iraq. Israel had no advance warning of Friday's rampage that killed at least 129 people, but within hours of it happening gave France information about some of the Islamic State militants who claimed to have carried it out, the top-rated television station Channel Two said, quoting an unnamed senior Israeli official. Without providing details, Channel Two said Israeli intelligence saw a "clear operational link" between the attack in the French capital, Thursday's Beirut suicide bombings and the Oct. 31 downing of a Russian airliner in the Egyptian Sinai.
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| South Korea vows no tolerance after violent protest in Seoul | |  By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - The South Korean government vowed on Sunday to crack down on any more violent protests, a day after dozens were arrested during a rally against labour reforms, the largest street protest of President Park Geun-hye's term. "The government was fully prepared to guarantee a lawful and peaceful rally, but some people came prepared with illegal equipment such as steel pipes and conducted a violent protest," Justice Minister Kim Hyun-woong told a news conference. "These activities were a grave challenge to law and order and public authority, and they will not be tolerated." The police arrested 51 people and are questioning them on various charges including illegal protest, assaulting police officers and destroying public equipment.
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