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Up to 1.6m are estimated to have taken to the streets of the French capital. More than 40 world leaders, including British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, EU President Donald Tusk, and Jordans King Abdullah II joined the beginning of the Paris march, linking arms in an act of solidarity. The marchers wanted to demonstrate unity after the attacks on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, police officers, and a kosher supermarket. The French government said the rally turnout was the highest on record. Rallies also took place outside of France, with thousands of people gathering in London, Washington, Montreal and Berlin. In Madrid, several hundred Muslims held banners saying Not in our name next to the train station where in 2004 Islamist bombings killed nearly 200 people. Source: BBC News Full article and video: goo.gl/pTzSyg
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 01:03:11 +0000

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