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Paris set for major Olympic restrictions

What will life be like for Parisians when the Olympics begin in July? The top official in charge of security says that residents should brace for QR codes and major security restrictions in parts of the capital. The Paris Games are set to take place across the City of Light, often in temporary venues erected

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Eiffel Tower pieces make up Paris Olympics’ medals

An Olympic medal inlaid with a piece of the Eiffel Tower. How’s that for a monumental prize? A hexagonal, polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic landmark is being embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal that will be hung around athletes’ necks at the July 26-Aug. 11 Paris Games and Paralympics that

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2015 Paris attacker transferred from Belgium to France

Salah Abdeslam is the only surviving member of the Islamic State cell that killed 130 people in the French capital in November 2015. Salah Abdeslam, sentenced to life in jail over the 2015 Paris jihadist attacks, was removed from his Belgian prison cell on Wednesday and transferred back to to France. Abdeslam is the only

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Knife attacker wounds three at major Paris train station

Three people were injured Saturday in a knife attack at Paris’s Gare de Lyon railway station, a major travel hub, police said, adding that a suspect with psychiatric problems had been arrested. The man, a Malian national living in Italy, went on a stabbing spree at 7:35 a.m. at the station, which operates domestic trains

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Paris train station attack leaves 3 injured

Three people were injured Saturday by a man armed with a knife and hammer inside a bustling French train station, with police ruling out terrorism and suggesting the suspect may have mental health issues. The attack occurred in the Gare de Lyon rail station in Paris at around 7:35 a.m. where one person suffered serious

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Three wounded in Paris knife attack at train station

Armed with a knife and a hammer, a man wounded three people on Saturday in an early morning attack at the bustling Gare de Lyon train station in Paris. The man was carrying residency papers from Italy and medicines suggesting he was undergoing treatment, was quickly taken into police custody following the attack at 7:35am

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