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Drowned Syrian toddler's father wept over French cartoon

Drowned Syrian toddler's father wept over French cartoon
AFP | 01/17/2016 | News
ARBIL, IRAQ- The father of a drowned Syrian toddler wept when he saw a cartoon depicting his son as an adult involved in sexual harassment, and said Saturday that the family is "in shock." "When I saw the picture, I cried," Abdullah Kurdi told AFP by telephone, adding: "My family is still in...
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Charlie Hebdo marks anniversary edition with gun-wielding God

Charlie Hebdo marks anniversary edition with gun-wielding God
AFP | 01/04/2016 | News
PARIS, FRANCE- French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo will mark a year since an attack on its offices with a cover featuring a bearded man representing God with a Kalashnikov slung over his shoulder, accompanied by the text: "One year on: The assassin is still out there". One million copies of the...
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Charlie Hebdo to give 4.3 mln euros to attack victims

Charlie Hebdo to give 4.3 mln euros to attack victims
AFP | 05/19/2015 | News
PARIS, FRANCE- Charlie Hebdo said Monday 4.3 million euros in donations will go to the victims of a jihadist attack against the French satirical magazine, which has faced internal tensions over the use of the money. The provocative weekly was on the brink of bankruptcy when two Islamist brothers in...
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Post-attack Charlie Hebdo weekly circulation tops 7 million

Post-attack Charlie Hebdo weekly circulation tops 7 million
AFP | 01/24/2015 | News
PARIS, FRANCE- Circulation of the "survivors'" issue of Charlie Hebdo, published after a deadly attack on the French satirical weekly's Paris office, is set to top seven million, the distributor said Friday. A total of 6.3 million copies were for France alone, amid an outpouring of grief and anger...
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Almost half French oppose publishing Mohammed cartoons: poll

Almost half French oppose publishing Mohammed cartoons: poll
AFP | 01/19/2015 | News
PARIS, FRANCE- Almost half of French oppose publication of cartoons depicting Islam's Prophet Mohammed, according to a poll Sunday, as global debate deepened on the limits of free speech in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo killings. The Ifop poll found 42 percent believe Mohammed cartoons seen as...
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Five killed in anti-Charlie Hebdo riots in Niger

Five killed in anti-Charlie Hebdo riots in Niger
AFP | 01/18/2015 | Politics
NIAMEY, NIGER- Five people were killed in violent riots in Niger's capital Saturday over the depiction of the Prophet Mohammed on the cover of France's Charlie Hebdo weekly, with angry crowds setting fire to churches. The protesters torched at least eight houses of worship in Niamey. Bars, hotels...
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Kuwaitis protest against Charlie Hebdo cartoon

Kuwaitis protest against Charlie Hebdo cartoon
AFP | 01/16/2015 | Politics
KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT- Dozens of Kuwaiti Islamists on Thursday rallied outside the French embassy in a protest against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo for publishing a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed. Protesters carried banners in Arabic, French and English condemning the magazine which was...
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Charlie Hebdo flies off shelves as Al-Qaeda claims attack

Charlie Hebdo flies off shelves as Al-Qaeda claims attack
Eric Randolph | 01/15/2015 | Politics
PARIS, FRANCE, Eric Randolph- Charlie Hebdo made a defiant return on Wednesday with a new issue that sold out across France in record time, as Al-Qaeda posted a video claiming last week's deadly attack on its cartoonists. The satirical weekly once again featured the Prophet Mohammed on its cover --...
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Charlie Hebdo survivors produce defiant edition a week after attack

Charlie Hebdo survivors produce defiant edition a week after attack
Fran Blandy | 01/14/2015 | News
PARIS, FRANCE, Fran Blandy- The surviving staff of Charlie Hebdo will publish a defiant issue with a Prophet Mohammed cartoon on the cover Wednesday, a week after jihadist gunmen killed 12 people at the satirical weekly's Paris office. France's Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Tuesday declared a "war...
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