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A police officer stands in front of an apartment where the co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings airliner jet is supposed to have lived in Dusseldorf, Germany, on March 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)


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Security was ramped up around the Eiffel Tower in Paris as the capital was placed under the highest alert status on January 8, 2015. (AFP Photo/Bertrand Guay)


Opinion: France’s Uncertain Enemy

Opinion: France’s Uncertain Enemy

Almost three months after terrorist attacks shook Paris, France is still uncertain about what hit it and how to cope with what many see as a perennial threat. As is often the case in France, some analysts have tried to blame society—a convenient abstraction—for what...
Media ID: 55342016
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Anti-Houthi protesters shout slogans during a demonstration to show support to Yemen’s President Hadi in Taiz, Yemen, on February 28, 2015. (Reuters/Anees Mahyoub)


Opinion: Where are the Yemeni People?

Opinion: Where are the Yemeni People?

On Wednesday the Houthis and their ally, former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, put the final touches on all their previous efforts at killing any semblance of political legitimacy in the country. After their advance on Amran came the takeover of Sana’a; and...
Media ID: 55342599
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Yemen’s Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin (C) looks on before meeting ahead of the Arab League summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, on March 26, 2015. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)


Media ID: 55342592
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A Germanwings employee places flowers in commemoration of the victims of the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps, at Dusseldorf airport, Germany, on March 26, 2015. (EPA/Maja Hitij)