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CCTV footage made available 12 January 2015 believed to show Hayat Boumeddiene, who is allegedly connected to the Paris terror attacks at French satirical newspaper “Charlie Hebdo” at during passport control at Sabiha Gokcen airport in Istanbul, Turkey. (EPA/HABERTURK NEWSPAPER TURKEY OUT)


Media ID: 55340278
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A screengrab taken from an AFP TV video shows a general view of members of the French police special forces launching the assault at a kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris, on January 9, 2015 where at least two people were shot dead on January 9 during a hostage-taking drama at a Jewish supermarket in eastern Paris, and five people were being held, official sources told AFP. (AFP)


Opinion: Massacres cannot be excused

Opinion: Massacres cannot be excused

Was the reaction among the majority in the Arab and Muslim world to the massacre that occurred at the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo one of condemnation, or would it be more aptly characterized as one of justification, or even approval? Maybe this...
Media ID: 55322411
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The head of Lebanon’s militant Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah gives a speech during a massive Shiite Muslim commemoration in southern Beirut on November 14, 2013. (AFP)