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France to deploy soldiers after spate of attacks:

France is to step up police and military patrols in areas frequented by the public following recent attacks, Prime Minister Manuel Valls has said. Ref. Source 1

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'Terror attack' at French satirical magazine leaves 11 dead

A shooting at French satirical magazine "Charlie Hebdo" Left at least 11 people dead in a Paris suburb, police said Wednesday. French President Francois Hollande called the shooting a terrorist attack and said that several other terror attacks have been thwarted "In recent weeks." France raised its anti-terror alert to the highest level. Ref. USAToday

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Thursday will be a national day of mourning for those killed in the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris, French President Francois Hollande said in a national address today.

The two gunmen believed to be responsible for the attack, which left 12 dead, were on the loose, French authorities said.

Around France and the rest of Europe, thousands turned out for rallies Wednesday evening, expressing solidarity with the satirical magazine and the nation of France. The crowds pledged defiance to those behind the bloodshed. Ref. CNN

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Charlie Hebdo attack: Suspects 'rob service station':

The manager of the service station that was robbed on the RN2 road, in the Aisne region, at about 10:30 (09:30 GMT) said the attackers fit the description of the two men, and were heavily armed with Kalashnikovs and rocket-propelled grenade launchers. Ref. Source 2

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U.S. Officials say they've been told by French intelligence that one of the Paris attack suspects trained with al Qaeda in Yemen.

A U.S. Official says that the United States was given information from the French intelligence agency that Said Kouachi traveled to Yemen as late as 2011 on behalf of the al Qaeda affiliate there. Once in Yemen, he received a variety of weapons training from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the official said. It is also possible Kouachi was trained in bomb making, a common jihadist training in Yemen.

Two other U.S. Officials confirmed that information about the Yemen travel was passed to the United States from the French intelligence agency. Ref. CNN

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French official: Phone contact made with terror suspects holding hostage northeast of Paris

Development comes as two brothers suspected of killing 12 people in an attack on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday are cornered inside a printing house and have apparently taken a hostage, French officials said Friday. Ref. USAToday

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The lone remaining suspect wanted in a terrorism rampage in France -- Hayat Boumeddiene -- is thought no longer to be in the country, according to a French source close to the nation's security services.

Boumeddiene is believed to have left for Turkey "Of course to reach Syria" At the beginning of the year, around January 1 or 2, the source said.

If this is true, it would mean Boumeddiene was not in France at the time of Thursday's fatal shooting of a policewoman or Friday's grocery store siege in eastern Paris as originally reported.

Authorities offered no immediate explanation for the discrepancy but have said she is wanted in connection with a terrorist attack. Ref. CNN

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Paris gunman pledged allegiance to Islamic State in video

A video showing slain Paris gunman Amedy Coulibaly pledging allegiance to the Islamic State has emerged online, according to multiple media reports Sunday. Coulibaly killed a policewoman in Paris on Thursday and four hostages in a siege at a kosher supermarket on Friday, before being killed by police. It came after 12 people were massacred at the offices of satirical newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" By two brothers on Wednesday. The brothers were killed after being cornered by officers at a printing house northeast of Paris on Friday. Al-Qaeda's branch in Yemen has said it directed the "Charlie Hebdo" Attack. Ref. USAToday