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Juncker: No Need for Complete Rethink on Refugees after Paris Attack

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Sunday there was no need for a complete review of the bloc's refugee policy after the Paris attacks claimed by Islamic State jihadists.

"Those who organised, who perpetrated the attacks are the very same people who the refugees are fleeing and not the opposite. And so there is no need for an overall review of the European policy on refugees," Juncker said ahead of a summit of the Group of 20 top world economies in the Turkish Mediterranean resort of Antalya.

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Frenchman Charged in London Airport Firearm Scare

A Frenchman who triggered an evacuation of one of Britain's busiest airports on Saturday has been charged with possessing an air rifle and a knife, police said on Sunday.

Police said Jerome Chauris, unemployed and of no fixed address from Vendome, in central France, had been carrying the rifle and a lock knife -- a type of folding blade -- at London's Gatwick Airport.

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Iran Press Split on Paris Attacks, Hardliners Critical of France

Iran's press on Sunday largely condemned the jihadist attacks that killed 129 people in Paris and expressed sympathy for the victims, but conservative newspapers put the blame on France's policies in Syria.

In their first reactions to the events of late Friday, Iranian newspapers reflected the country's divisions between reformists and hardliners fiercely critical of the West.

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Islamic State Jihadist Blows himself Up, Injuring Four Police in Southern Turkey

A suspected Islamic State jihadist blew himself up in southeastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, during a police raid late Saturday, injuring four officers, one seriously, media reports said.

The militant activated explosives attached to his body when police raided an apartment building in the town of Gaziantep, the Dogan news agency said. 

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Clinton Urges War on Islamic State, not Muslims

White House hopeful Hillary Clinton called for global unity to crush the Islamic State group, as the carnage in Paris took center stage at Saturday's Democratic presidential debate.

The three candidates began their debate with a moment of silence for the victims in France, bringing Friday's horrific attacks an ocean away to the forefront of the 2016 race as they dominated the first half hour of the political showdown.

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Paris Air Travel Proceeds, but Some Cancel Future Visits

Even as airlines operated a normal schedule of flights into and out of Paris on Saturday, travelers with future plans to visit the French capital reconsidered their options after a series of terror attacks. Some quickly canceled their tickets, a worrisome sign for the travel and tourism industries.

Joe Nardozzi, a 31-year-old New York investment banker, and his wife won't be taking the wedding-anniversary trip they planned later this month.

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UK Muslims Seek Own Path in Countering Jihadism

Feeling unfairly targeted by the government's anti-radicalisation drive, Britain's Muslim community is rallying to find its own response to extremism and take a greater role in the fight against terrorism.

The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has planned a series of conferences around the country where community leaders, activists and others will speak out against jihadist ideology, but also government security measures they say alienates Muslims.

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Costa Rica in Urgent Appeal over Fate of 1,000 Cubans

Costa Rica issued an urgent call Saturday for fellow Central American countries to facilitate the flow of about 1,000 desperate Cubans trying to make it to the United States.

It came as Costa Rica said it would grant temporary visas to the Cubans as they head north after several days stranded there penniless and without visas, but it said Nicaragua would not let them in. 

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G20 Leaders Raise Alarm over 'Growing Flow of Foreign Terrorist Fighters'

World leaders raised the alarm over an escalating international movement of "foreign terrorist fighters" in a draft statement drawn up Sunday at a summit in Turkey after the Paris assaults claimed by Islamic State jihadists.

Heads of the Group of 20 top world economies said they would share intelligence, track border crossings and boost aviation security to prevent international travel by "terrorists", without identifying the Islamic State group or any other specific threat.

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Myanmar President 'Will Hand Power' to Suu Kyi after Poll Win

Myanmar's President Thein Sein on Sunday said historic polls won in a thumping landslide by Aung San Suu Kyi's party were the consequence of his government's reforms and vowed a smooth transition of power.

The former junta general, who shed his uniform to lead the country's quasi-civilian regime five years ago, said the November 8 polls were testament to the political and economic changes that have swept the former pariah state since the end of junta rule.

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