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EU Interior ministers to hold Crisis Talks Friday after Paris Attacks

European Union interior ministers will hold crisis talks in Brussels on Friday to tackle security issues raised by the deadly Paris jihadist attacks, announced Luxembourg, which currently holds the EU presidency.

"Confronted with barbarism and terrorism, Europe stands united with France," said Etienne Schneider, Luxembourg's internal security minister.

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Islamic World Body Urges Joint Action against Terrorism

The world's top Islamic body urged joint action against terrorism on Sunday, condemning "in the strictest terms" the Paris gun and bomb attacks that killed at least 129 people.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) secretary general Iyad Madani said the international community should "engage in a concerted joint action to combat the scourge of terrorism which has become the arch enemy of humanity at large".

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PM: Up to 30 Bodies of Paris Victims Yet to be Identified

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Sunday that 103 bodies had been identified from Friday's attacks in Paris, with 20 to 30 more still awaiting identification.

"They will be (identified) in the coming hours," said Valls outside the Ecole Militaire where a center has been set up for the victims' families. 

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UK Deploys Special Forces after Paris Attacks

Special forces have been deployed to back British police after Paris attacks that killed 129 people, British newspapers reported on Sunday, as part of a wider boost in security measures.

Interior minister Theresa May did not deny the reports, telling the BBC that "arrangements" had been made to give the police military support where necessary.

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4 Protesters Detained as G-20 Leaders Begin to Meet

Police have detained four protesters who wanted to walk to the venue of the G-20 summit to deliver a letter to world leaders.

The state-run Anadolu Agency says police in the Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya on Sunday blocked the four protesters — belonging to left-wing groups opposed to the G-20 — from marching toward the secluded seaside resort of Belek, where the leaders are meeting.

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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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