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No date set for Charlie Hebdo's next issue as team members who survived massacre take rest

PARIS – There will be no Charlie Hebdo at newsstands this week. The satirical French weekly decimated by a Jan. 7 newsroom massacre by two Muslim radical brothers printed about 7 million copies of its first post-attack issue. The website of the paper that has spoofed Islam’s prophet says the …

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Jamaican teen suspected of being would-be militant ordered to remain in police custody

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A Jamaican judge has ruled that a teenager suspected of hoping to join Islamic extremists must remain in police custody. Defense lawyer Zara Lewis filed an application seeking the 16-year-old boy’s release from police detention. But the magistrate ordered Thursday that he remain in custody until a …

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Islamic State group has 228,000 under siege in Syrian city, new UN report says

UNITED NATIONS – A new United Nations report says the Islamic State group has more than 225,000 Syrians under siege in a single city. The latest monthly report by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the last time the U.N. was able to reach the besieged western neighborhoods of Deir ez Zor …

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