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What to Expect in 2015

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  • After Charlie Hebdo attack in France, backlash against Muslims feared
    After Charlie Hebdo attack in France, backlash against Muslims feared

    Gun and grenade attacks outside at least two French mosques heightened fear Thursday of an anti-Muslim backlash after a military-style assault on a newspaper that satirizes Islam.

  • Restraints on speech a complex issue
    Restraints on speech a complex issue

    Just after 2 a.m., the man with the cold smile strode into the gallows, manacled at the wrists. He shouted at the witnesses, at the interpreter, at his executioner. He sneered. His face disappeared under a hood and a door swung open beneath his feet.

  • Parisians hold vigil at Place de la Republique for 12 who were slain
    Parisians hold vigil at Place de la Republique for 12 who were slain

    For the second night in a row, thousands of people descended on Place de la Republique in Paris on Thursday in a firm show of solidarity against the slayings of 12 people.

  • Charlie Hebdo attack suspects remain on the run
    Charlie Hebdo attack suspects remain on the run

    France mourned its dead Thursday amid a national sense of alarm as law enforcement authorities using a massive dragnet searched for two brothers suspected in the massacre of a dozen people at a Paris magazine.

  • Tension mounts in Paris as police officer dies in shooting
    Tension mounts in Paris as police officer dies in shooting

    An assailant opened fire on a police officer on the southern edge of Paris early Thursday, killing her and injuring a nearby street sweeper before fleeing, officials and a witness said. France's interior minister cautioned against jumping to conclusions a day after the deadly assault on a...

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