Terror Police Search Forest In Hunt For Gunmen

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 09 Januari 2015 | 10.52

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Anti-terror police are searching dense woodland northeast of Paris after two gunmen suspected of killing 12 people in the Charlie Hebdo magazine attack were sighted.

Two men reportedly fitting the descriptions of brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi stole fuel and food from a petrol station near Villers-Cotterets, in the northern Aisne region, 43 miles (70km) from Paris, on Thursday morning.

Heavily-armed police have finished searching the village of Crepy-en-Valois, 10 miles (16km) from the petrol station.

They are now focusing on a stretch of countryside spanning from Soissons, through Abbaye de Longpont, right up to Villers-Cotteret.

Sky's Joey Jones, at the scene, said officers were going house-to-house "scrutinising each resident".

Witness Benoit Verdun told Sky News he believes the suspects are in a very large forest near Longpont, which he said is "bigger than Paris" - measuring some 13,000 hectares, or 50 square miles.

Crepy-en-Valois' mayor Bruno Fortier said he could not confirm reports the men were holed up in a house in the area.

"It's an incessant waltz of police cars and trucks," he told Reuters.

Jones said the picture is one of "utter confusion" and there are many rumours flying around.

Earlier the men, wearing balaclavas, were spotted travelling on the N2 road in the direction of Paris in a Renault Clio which had weapons on its back seat and its number plates covered.

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Gallery: First Picture Inside Charlie Hebdo Office

WARNING: GALLERY CONTAINS A GRAPHIC IMAGE FROM INSIDE CHARLIE HEBDO OFFICE. Charlie Hebdo magazine's headquarters in central Paris before the attack

The blood spattered scene inside the office showing the aftermath of the attack, with papers strewn across the rooms.

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A file photo of French cartoonist Charb, publishing director of the magazine, posing for photographs inside the office.

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French police stand guard outside the premises following the attack on Wednesday

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AFP said the pair had Kalashnikovs and what appeared to be a rocket-launcher.

RAID, the French anti-terrorist unit, and GIGN, a paramilitary special operations unit, have been deployed in the region.

But Jones said it would appear the suspects are "a step or two ahead" of authorities at the moment.

Officials said the French nationals, both in their 30s and the sons of Algerian-born parents, are linked to a Yemeni terror network.

The pair are on a US no-fly list, but American officials would not give further details, including whether they fought in the Middle East with extremist groups.

Islamic State radio praised the killers as "heroes" and said they had avenged the Prophet Mohammed.

On Wednesday night, police raided an apartment in the city of Reims in the search for the killers. Seven people were arrested.

Another suspect handed himself in to police after he was named on social media as 18-year-old Hamyd Mourad.

Sky sources say the teenager, who has been arrested, is the brother-in-law of the suspects.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said a total of nine people are now in custody and more than 90 witnesses have been interviewed.

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Gallery: Magazine Victims Identified

Muslim police officer Ahmed Merabet was killed outside Charlie Hebdo's offices. Video of the attack showed him lying on the ground and begging for mercy as he was shot in the head.

Bernard Maris was a journalist and shareholder in Charlie Hebdo

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Tensions remain high in the country after a female police officer was shot dead in southern Paris on Thursday morning.

A "criminal" blast was also reported at a kebab shop near a mosque in the eastern French town of Villefranche-sur-Saone. No one was injured.

Officials have not said if either incident is linked to the Paris terror attack.

French investigators found a dozen Molotov cocktails and two jihadist flags in the black Citroen getaway car abandoned shortly after Wednesday's massacre.

Tributes to the victims have been left near Charlie Hebdo's offices and a minute's silence was held in the French capital.

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Gallery: French Villages Filled With Terror Police

Police have swarmed the small village of Crepy-en-Valois

Two men matching the descriptions of brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi were reportedly spotted by a petrol station manager

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Meanwhile, one of the first people to arrive at the bloodbath gave an emotional account of what happened.

Patrick Pelloux, a columnist who is also trained as a doctor, said: "It was horrible. Many were already gone because they were shot down execution-style.

"We managed to save the others who this morning are doing well."

Next week's issue will be published despite the murders, he said, meaning his colleagues "have not died in vain".

Staff hope to print one million copies - instead of its usual run of 60,000.

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Gallery: Paris Attack Suspects' ID Cards

Cherif Kouachi and his brother Said are suspected of carrying out the attack at Charlie Hebdo's offices in Paris. This is Cherif's ID card

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Downing Street said security has been increased at UK ports following the terror attack.

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Written By Unknown on Kamis, 08 Januari 2015 | 10.52

Footage of France's deadliest terror attack for 40 years shows one of the gunmen shoot a policeman in the head at point-blank range.

Three black-clad, heavily-armed men are seen walking from their vehicle near Place de la Bastille in Paris, before a number of shots are fired.

The camera pans to the right to show a police officer lying on the pavement before rolling over to face his approaching attackers.

He is seen raising his hand, apparently pleading for his life.

According to Le Parisien, the officer was heard in one video clip to say: "Voulez-vous me tuer? (Do you want to kill me?)".

The gunman responded: "C'est bon chef."

One of the two men quickens pace as he reaches the injured officer and, without pausing, shoots him in the head.

In another video shot following the attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo's offices, gunshots ring out and onlookers run for cover on a rooftop just yards from the scene.

The pair of suspected terrorists are seen below opening fire.

As some on the rooftop run for cover, panicked voices are heard urging others to "get down".

"Did you see that?" a voice can be heard asking the person filming the scene.

More shots are fired before a witness on the rooftop tells another to "budge up".

The gunshots stop and the men are seen calmly returning to their black Citroen hatchback.

One of them picks up a shoe that had fallen out of the car and they drive off slowly.

Witness Benoit Bringer told French TV channel iTELE: "About a half an hour ago two black-hooded men entered the building with Kalashnikovs (rifles).

"A few minutes later we heard lots of shots."

One witness, who declined to give his name, described the attack as like "a movie".

"I saw them leaving and shooting. They were wearing masks. These guys were serious," he said.

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Gallery: Gunmen Attack Paris Magazine Office

Armed gunmen face police officers near the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris

An attack on the offices of the newspaper left twelve dead, including two police officers, according to sources close to the investigation

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Paris Gun Attack Suspect Surrenders, Reports

The youngest of three suspects in the Paris terror attack on a French satirical magazine has surrendered to police, according to reports.

French media claim Hamyd Mourad, 18, handed himself in to officers.

Meanwhile images have been released of brothers Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi, both in their 30s, who are suspected of being part of the attack that left 12 people dead.

Officials have said the suspects are linked to a Yemeni terror network.

On Wednesday night heavily armoured French police raided an apartment in the city of Reims, east of Paris, as they continued a massive manhunt to find the killers.

Thousands of officers have reportedly been deployed in the hunt for the men behind the attack on the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

It has previously been targeted over its portrayal of the Prophet Mohammed.

In Wednesday's attack, three masked gunmen stormed the offices and called out their victims by name before opening fire during a morning editorial meeting.

They were armed with Kalashnikov rifles and a rocket-propelled grenade.

They were let inside the Charlie Hebdo building by a female employee who was threatened at gunpoint along with her daughter and forced to punch in a security code to allow them inside.

The editor and a cartoonist for the newspaper, who went by the pen names Charb and Cabu, were among those killed.

Radio France chief executive Mathieu Gilet announced revealed that contributor Bernard Maris was also killed.

Two police officers were among the dead, including one assigned as Charb's bodyguard after he had received death threats and another who was shot in the head as he lay wounded on the ground outside the offices.

French President Francois Hollande has declared today a national day of mourning.

In a televised address on Wednesday he said: "We have to respond according to the crime, first of all by finding the authors of this infamy and we have to ensure that they are arrested, judged... and punished very severely.

Tens of thousands of people have staged silent protests in France and across the world in solidarity for the victims of the attack.

Social media users have used the hashtag #jesuischarlie to show solidarity for the victims of the shooting, with the Charlie Hebdo website also using the image as its masthead.

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Gallery: Magazine Cartoonists Identified

Bernard Maris was a journalist and shareholder in Charlie Hebdo

Bernard Velhav was a contributer to the magazine. Pic: Georges Seguin

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Stranded Migrants Leave Ship At Italian Port

Written By Unknown on Minggu, 04 Januari 2015 | 10.52

Stranded Migrants Leave Ship At Italian Port

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Hundreds of migrants stranded on a cargo ship which was abandoned by its crew have safely disembarked at an Italian port.

The Sierra Leone-flagged ship, the Ezadeen, reached the port of Corigliano Calabro after a delicate operation by the Italian navy to take control of the ageing vessel.

It was initially believed to be carrying as many as 450 people but after docking the Italian authorities revised the count to 232 men, 54 women and 74 children.

The migrants, most of who are believed to be fleeing the war in Syria, were provided with food and water and given medical help. All were said to be in good health.

The ship, which usually carries cattle, was abandoned by people traffickers as it headed towards the southern tip of Italy.

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Gallery: Stranded Migrants Leave 'Ghost Ship' In Italy

Migrants smile after disembarking from the ship

The Ezadeen cargo ship was stopped by Italian authorities after smugglers sent it speeding toward the coast in rough seas with nobody at the helm

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The Sierra Leone-flagged vessel was towed to the Italian port of Corigliano after coastguard officials were lowered onto the ship by helicopter to secure it.

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Around 450 migrants were on board the ship, which apparently set sail from Turkey

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The 197ft-long ship was rescued floating around 40 miles off Capo di Leuca

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In a dramatic rescue mission, six coastguard officers were lowered from a helicopter onto the deck of the ship to set up a tow for the 40 kilometres (25 miles) to the Italian coast.

Rescue pilot Francesco Pastore told Sky News: "The mission was very difficult due to the conditions."

It is the second ship of its kind to be abandoned at sea in several days.

Coastguard Commander Filippo Marini said one of the migrants on board was able to operate the ship's radio and pleaded for help saying: "We're without crew, we're heading toward the Italian coast and we have no one to steer."

Before losing power, the ship had been moving at a brisk seven knots and had been spotted by a coastguard plane 80 miles offshore shortly after nightfall on Thursday.

The coastguard asked for assistance from Icelandic patrol boat Tyr, which was in the area on a mission with Frontex, the European Union's border agency.

The Tyr was able to draw alongside the runaway ship, but initially the weather conditions made boarding impossible.

The drama came two days after Italian sailors intercepted an unmanned freighter carrying more than 700 mostly Syrian migrants that had been heading for the rocks in Italy's Puglia region.

The Moldovan-registered Blue Sky M cargo ship got to within five miles of a disaster before six navy officers were lowered on to the ship by helicopter and succeeded in bringing it under control.

The vessel's human cargo included 60 children and two pregnant women, one of whom gave birth on board, according to the Italian Red Cross.

Many of the migrants on the ship were treated for hypothermia and broken limbs.

More than 170,000 people have been rescued by Italy in the last 14 months and it is estimated that hundreds, possibly thousands, have perished trying to make the crossing.

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Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 03 Januari 2015 | 10.52

Two "large objects" have been spotted in the Java Sea, says the man leading the hunt for the AirAsia plane that crashed six days ago.

Fransiskus Bambang Soelistyo, chief of Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency, told reporters that the parts were found around 90ft (30m) underwater.

He said the agency was trying to get images of the objects using remotely operated underwater vehicles.

Flight QZ8501 disappeared from radar screens over the Java Sea while en route from Indonesia's second-biggest city Surabaya to Singapore with 162 people on board.

So far, the bodies of 30 victims have been recovered from the sea. No survivors have been found.

Some of the bodies were discovered still strapped into their aircraft seats, officials involved in the search said.

Among the victims recovered were two children, according to reports. Only four have been identified and their bodies returned to their families.

There are now 65 ships, 14 planes and 19 helicopters involved in the search and rescue mission.

The Singaporean defence minister Ng Eng Hen posted pictures of window panels recovered from the sea on his Facebook page on Friday morning.

He wrote: "RSS Supreme recovered a piece of an aircraft this morning, likely to be a window panel. They have informed the Indonesian search authorities and will be handing over the item."

Sonar equipment and metal detectors are being used to try to discover the black box, which will help investigators establish what caused the plane to smash into the sea.

Bad weather is known to have contributed to the disaster, which came half way through the short haul flight.

The pilot had asked air traffic control for permission to climb the Airbus A320 to a higher altitude to avoid storm clouds but heavy air traffic meant this request was denied.

The black box data recorder contains crucial information such as engine temperature, vertical and horizontal speed.

The search team is also hunting for the voice recorder, which will have captured conversations between the pilot and others in the cockpit.

Mr Soelistyo estimated the fuselage would be lying at a depth of between 80ft-100ft (25m and 30m)

The victims identified and returned to their families are Hayati Lutfiah Hamid, flight attendant Khairunisa Haidar Fauzi and passengers Kevin Alexander Soetjipto and Grayson Herbert Linaksita.

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Sony Hack: US Slaps New Sanctions On N Korea

By Sky News US Team

US President Barack Obama has authorised fresh sanctions against North Korea as the "first aspect of our response" to the Sony hack.

The measures target three North Korean entities, including a government intelligence agency and a North Korean arms dealer, the Obama administration said.

The US is also imposing sanctions on 10 individuals who work for those entities or the North Korean government.

President Obama said he had ordered the sanctions because of "the provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions and policies of the Government of North Korea, including its destructive, coercive cyber-related actions during November and December 2014".

In a letter informing congressional leaders of his executive order, he added the activities "constitute a continuing threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States".

"The order is not targeted at the people of North Korea, but rather is aimed at the Government of North Korea and its activities that threaten the United States and others," Mr Obama added.

The US has blamed North Korea for a devastating cyber attack on Sony Pictures that leaked a trove of embarrassing emails and other internal communications, as well as unreleased films.

Pyongyang denied involvement, but has excoriated a comedy by Sony about a CIA plot to kill North Korea's leader.

Sony Pictures initially called off release of the film, The Interview, citing threats of terror attacks against US cinemas.

Mr Obama criticised Sony's decision at the time, and the picture was released last month in movie theatres and online.

The White House declined to comment last week on whether the US was behind a nearly 10-hour shutdown of North Korean websites last week.

Washington already has tough sanctions in place against North Korea over its nuclear programme.

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Ferry Fire: 98 People Still Unaccounted For

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 01 Januari 2015 | 10.52

Ninety-eight people remain unaccounted for following the fire on a Greek ferry in the Adriatic Sea, an Italian official says.

At least 13 people died in the disaster, including two tugboat sailors trying to secure the ship.

It is not clear if the people unaccounted for ever boarded the Norman Atlantic ferry, if they were rescued or if they died in the fire or the sea.

It took two days to rescue around 400 people from the ship - but the exact number of survivors is still not known.

As the search for bodies continues, Italian authorities have expressed concern about the accuracy of the passenger manifest which has left them unclear about how many people were aboard.

Dramatic footage has also emerged of the view from the deck as the fire took hold on Sunday.

It shows thick smoke billowing up from the deck and bursts of flames as a helicopter hovers overhead.

Among the survivors are four Britons, including showjumper Nick Channing-Williams, who was with his Greek fiancee Regina Theofilli.

Mr Channing-Williams told Sky News he was woken at about 5am on Sunday by a fire alarm.

He said: "By the time we got out on deck the flames were huge. A lot of the cars were on fire. It was actually just very scary to be honest."

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Gallery: More Than 100 People Saved From Vessel Near Corfu

A firefighter carries a child from the "Spirit of Piraeus" cargo container ship as they arrive at Bari harbour, after the car ferry Norman Atlantic caught fire in waters off Greece

Passengers evacuated from the burning ferry Norman Atlantic arrive aboard the Singapore-flagged cargo container ship

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35 Killed In New Year's Stampede In China

Thirty-five people have been killed in a stampede at a New Year's event in Shanghai, city officials have said.

A statement from the Shanghai government confirmed another 43 people were injured in the chaos.

The stampede happened at the city's riverfront Bund area, which is usually jammed with spectators for major events, at 11.35pm (local time), according to the Xinhua news agency.

Photographs on Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter, show one person doing chest compressions on a shirtless individual, while other people lay on the ground nearby.

Another image shows the area ringed by police.

It was not immediately clear what triggered the stampede, but state media and a witness said the incident was caused when people tried picking up fake money thrown from a building.

A man who brought one of the injured to a local hospital for treatment said fake money had been thrown down from a bar above the street as part of a New Year's celebration.

People rushed to pick up the money, triggering the stampede, said the man, who declined to be identified.

Angry family members clashed with security guards at a hospital where some of the victims were taken.

Authorities had shown some concern about crowd control in the days leading up to New Year's Eve.

They had cancelled an annual 3D laser show on the Bund that last year attracted around 300,000 people.

The historic riverfront strip runs along an area of narrow streets surrounded by restored old buildings, shops and tourist attractions.

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Putin's Enemies: Justice Or Show Trials?

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 31 Desember 2014 | 10.52

Anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny is the latest Russian opposition figure to feature in a series of criminal cases condemned as political "show trials" by critics of President Vladimir Putin.

The accusations have particular resonance in Russia because of the politically-motivated trials carried out over decades by Soviet leaders, which saw millions of politicians and ordinary people executed or sent to prison camps or psychiatric wards on trumped up charges.

The Kremlin denies allegations that it uses the courts to persecute opponents.

:: Alexei Navalny

The 38-year-old lawyer and activist rose to prominence by exposing political corruption in his blog before becoming a prominent speaker at anti-Putin rallies. He coined the phrase "party of crooks and thieves" to describe United Russia, Mr Putin's party.

He and his brother Oleg were charged with defrauding several companies, including the Russian subsidiary of the French cosmetics company Yves Rocher.

Alexei Navalny was previously given a five-year suspended sentence in another embezzlement case, which his supporters also say was politically motivated.

:: Sergei Udaltsov

The leader of the Left Front political grouping, the 37-year-old has described himself as a "Soviet patriot". He and his wife Anastasia have been nicknamed "Russia's Revolutionary Couple".

After playing a prominent role in anti-Putin protests, Mr Udaltsov was charged over a demonstration held the day before Mr Putin's inauguration for his third term as president in May 2012.

He was jailed for four and a half years for organising the protest, which had turned violent.

:: Leonid Razvozzhaev

A Left Front colleague of Sergei Udaltsov, he faced the same charges but fled Russia and tried to seek political asylum in neighbouring Ukraine.

He claimed that while his application was being considered, he was kidnapped, taken back to Russia, tortured and forced to sign confessions which he subsequently disowned.

Russian authorities insisted that he had given himself up voluntarily.

He was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison.

:: Mikhail Kosenko

The political activist was convicted of using violence against police officers during the same Bolotnaya Square protests that Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhaev were jailed for organising.

Despite testimony that he was a peaceful demonstrator, Mr Kosenko was sentenced to indefinite psychiatric detention. He was released in July 2014.

Amnesty International said: "Kosenko's only 'crime' was publicly expressing his beliefs. This is reminiscent of the Soviet-era tactics when the authorities used psychiatric treatment to silence dissenting voices."

:: Sergei Magnitsky

One of the most unusual criminal trials in that the defendant, lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, died years before his trial had even started.

Magnitsky was instructed by American businessman William Browder to investigate a multi-million tax fraud against the Russian state which Mr Browder's businesses had become unwittingly involved in.

But when Magnitsky speculated that police officials were involved in the fraud, he was arrested and charged with having carried it out himself. He died in custody in 2009 after allegedly being denied medical treatment and brutally beaten.

In July 2012 he was convicted - three years after his death - of tax evasion.

Mr Browder said: "Today's verdict will go down in history as one of the most shameful moments for Russia since the days of Joseph Stalin."

He successfully campaigned for the United States to implement sanctions against Russian individuals linked to the case.

:: Greenpeace

In September 2013, 30 Greenpeace activists, including six Britons, were arrested for taking part in a protest at an Arctic oil installation.

They were initially charged with piracy, which could have carried a prison term of up to 15 years. The charge was downgraded to hooliganism, which still could have carried a seven-year term, before they were released after two months in detention.

At the time Mr Putin said their treatment should serve as a lesson to others and suggested unnamed foreign rivals could have been behind their actions.

:: Pussy Riot

The all-female punk group were jailed for two years for hooliganism for performing an anti-Putin song in Moscow's main cathedral in March 2012.

They were freed in an amnesty initiated by Mr Putin in December 2013 shortly before the Winter Olympics in the Russian city of Sochi.

:: Vladimir Yevtushenkov

One of Russia's richest men, the billionaire was placed under house arrest in September on suspicion of money-laundering over his purchase of a controlling stake in oil company Bashneft.

He was released from house arrest on 17 December and was praised in Mr Putin's annual press conference two days later.

However, Kremlin critics say the case is part of a bid by the Russian government to regain control of oil and gas assets sold off in the chaotic privatisations of the 1990s.

The arrest has led to comparisons with the case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

:: Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Mr Khodorkovsky was one of the original "oligarchs" - the tycoons who took advantage of the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s to make their fortunes, before using their clout to effectively rule Russia during the weak presidency of illness-plagued Boris Yeltsin.

In 2003 Mr Khodorkovsky was arrested on charges of fraud. He was jailed for nine years and his oil company Yukos broken up by the state. He and his business partner, Platon Lebedev, were put on trial again in 2010, this time for embezzlement, and were jailed for another four years. Mr Khodorkovsky was suddenly released in December 2013.

Both trials were seen as politically-motivated and a signal from Mr Putin to the rich and powerful to think twice before supporting opposition parties.

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