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French attacks suspect claimed innocence: Lawyer

Apr 02, 2012

A lawyer for Merah's Algerian father has said she has video proof that contradicts the police narrative that he pleaded guilty of the murders. #NewsTracker #Mohamed Merah #French shootings
EU immigration: French shooting further polarises European society

Mar 30, 2012

The attacks in France and Norway represent the most horrific extremes of two trends of intolerance troubling Europe: strengthening far-right sentiment and growing Islamic radicalisation. #Nicolas Sarkozy #ConnectTheDots #Mohamed Merah #Behring Breivik
Sarkozy: Don't blame immigration laws for attacks

Mar 26, 2012

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says the far-right's use of the recent killing spree to call for tougher immigration laws doesn't make any sense since the perpetrator was French. #Nicolas Sarkozy #France #TheySaidIt #Mohamed Merah #Immigration Laws in France

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Jerusalem Post
France detains suspect in Toulouse killings probe

2013-05-18 21:26:00

PARIS - French anti-terror judges ordered the detention on Saturday of a man on suspicions he aided an al-Qaida-inspired gunman prepare for a shooting spree last year, a judicial source said. Mohamed Merah killed four Jews and three soldiers in and aroun #Al-Qaeda
The Sun Daily Malaysia
`Chinese voters make wrong move in supporting opposition in GE13'

2013-05-11 10:02:00

PADANG RENGAS (May 11, 2013): Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said the Chinese voters made a wrong move in supporting the opposition in the 13th general election on the believe that the privileges enjoyed by the Malays and #Nazri Aziz (Law and Parliament Minister) #Selangor (Malaysia) #Barisan Nasional
The Malaysian Insider
Sharp rise in EU terror attacks and deaths in 2012, says Europol

2013-04-25 14:54:00

US soldiers stand guard beside a US Patriot missile system at a Turkish military base in Gaziantep February 5, 2013. — Reuters picPARIS, April 25 — The terrorism threat in Europe remains elevated, with a quarter more attacks in the European Union in 2012 #European Union #Al-Qaeda #Syria

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Sreesanth and IPL spot fixing: Why history makes it so hard to believe the police

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