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WORLD
Jan 12, 2015
Veteran Algerian militant hails Paris killings
Veteran Algerian militant and former al-Qaida fighter Mokhtar Belmokhtar praised a deadly assault on a French satirical newspaper and urged Muslims in the West to carry out similar attacks, a monitoring service said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 12, 2015
Both brothers behind Paris attack had weapons training in Yemen: sources
Both brothers who carried out the attack against satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo travelled to Yemen via Oman in 2011 and had weapons training in the deserts of Marib, an al-Qaida stronghold, two senior Yemeni sources said on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 11, 2015
Netanyahu tells French Jews a welcome awaits them in Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coupled a show of solidarity with France on Sunday with a reminder to shaken French Jews that Israel is keen to welcome them as immigrants.
WORLD
Jan 11, 2015
From T-shirts to aprons, 'Je suis Charlie' sells online
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Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 10, 2015
French police kill Charlie Hebdo massacre suspects; four hostages die in separate 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 stormed their hideout, while a second siege ended with the deaths of four hostages.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2015
Abe pays respects to victims at French Embassy
Expressing solidarity with the people of France, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday signed a book of condolences at the French Embassy's residency building in Tokyo as police near Paris hunted the gunmen behind a massacre at Charlie Hebdo magazine.
EDITORIALS
Jan 9, 2015
'Je suis Charlie'
The world has united in defiance of the terrorist attempt to silence a French magazine. It must remain equally vigilant against over-reaction to the killings.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 9, 2015
Charlie Hebdo's cartoons aren't the issues
Those news outlets that chose not to publish Charlie Hebdo's cartoons — after 12 people were killed — might have done so out of principle rather than fear, but if so, their news judgment was off.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 9, 2015
We are all Charlie, too late
The hope must be that the assassinations of cartoonists and journalists at the weekly Charlie Hebdo will waken political and media leaders to understand that press freedoms have been badly eroded worldwide.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 9, 2015
Avoid trap of pitting Islamism against nativism
Many people fear dreadful political reactions to the brutal attack on the headquarters of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
WORLD
Jan 9, 2015
Paris attack highlights broader attempt to silence media
The attack on journalists in Paris is not an isolated incident but part of a broader attempt to muzzle the press. At least 158 reporters and photographers have been killed while doing their jobs since 2011, the worst three-year period on record.
WORLD
Jan 9, 2015
Paris attack reminds Arab cartoonists of dangers at home
After Egyptian cartoonist Andeel took to social media to condemn the slaughter of colleagues in Paris, he received expressions of sympathy — often not for the victims but for the suspected Islamist gunmen.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 9, 2015
One suspect sought in Paris terrorist attack trained in Yemen: sources
One of two brothers suspected of carrying out the deadly shooting at a French satirical weekly on Wednesday visited Yemen in 2011 to train with al-Qaida-affiliated militants, U.S. and European sources close to the investigation said Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 9, 2015
'Small fry' who went rogue: How Paris attack suspect turned killer
When French anti-terror prosecutor Jean-Louis Bruguiere first clapped eyes on Cherif Kouachi 10 years ago, his first impression was that he was a "small fry."
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 9, 2015
Panic grips France's Muslim community as mosques suffer reprisals
French Muslims are braced for a backlash after terrorists shouting Islamist slogans killed 12 people Wednesday in Paris.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 9, 2015
French police converge on small town after Paris suspects spotted
French counterterrorism police converged on an area northeast of Paris on Thursday after two brothers suspected of being behind an attack on a satirical newspaper were spotted at a gas station in the region.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 9, 2015
Another police officer shot dead on edge of Paris
AP
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2015
#JeSuisCharlie — messages of solidarity following tragedy in Paris
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2015
World leaders condemn attack on Paris magazine; Obama vows to help find killers
World leaders expressed outrage over the attack on a French magazine office in Paris that killed at least 12 people, with several countries calling emergency meetings of anti-terrorism officials to review security.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 7, 2015
Attack on satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo leaves at least 12 dead
Hooded gunmen stormed the Paris offices of a weekly satirical magazine renowned for lampooning radical Islam, killing at least 12 people, including two police officers, in the worst militant attack on French soil in recent decades.

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