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Sunday, December 27, 2015
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Eleanor Beardsley
In November, after coordinated terrorist attacks killed 130 people in Paris, informal memorials began to grow on the streets of France's capitol city. Outside the sites of the attack, mourners left flowers, cards, candles, poems, signs.
Six weeks later, people are still paying their respects. And their tributes may live ...
Friday, December 25, 2015
By
Eleanor Beardsley
This Christmas, after the recent terrorist attacks, Parisians pass by soldiers as they go to church. Amid huge security, they're starting to return to theaters and concerts, but tourism is down.
Thursday, December 24, 2015
By
Eleanor Beardsley
Heavily armed soldiers on street corners, security checks to get into department stores, fewer people eating out or going to the theater. Is this the new normal for Paris?
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
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Eleanor Beardsley
After her son was killed in a 2012 Islamist attack, Latifa Ibn Ziaten vowed to prevent radicalization among her fellow Muslims. "I'm going to save others so they won't suffer like me," she says.
Thursday, December 17, 2015
By
Eleanor Beardsley
Two men are being questioned in Austria as part of the investigation into last month's terrorist attacks in Paris. The two are suspected of entering Europe on fake Syrian passports.
Sunday, December 13, 2015
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Eleanor Beardsley
Exit polls for the regional elections in France on Sunday show the far-right National Front party has not succeeded in taking control of some of the major regions of the country.
Friday, December 11, 2015
By
Eleanor Beardsley
As France heads into important regional elections on Sunday, the far right party is on the threshold of gaining power in one or more regions of France for the first time in history.
Friday, December 11, 2015
By
Eleanor Beardsley
French voters go to the polls on Sunday. After a first round of voting, the far-right National Front party is in the lead. The young niece of the party's founder is the face of a new generation.
Saturday, December 05, 2015
By
Eleanor Beardsley
With nations struggling to agree on how to reduce greenhouse emissions, many cities have stepped in to fill the gap. Some 1,000 mayors from around the world pledged new measures in Paris this week.
Friday, December 04, 2015
By
Eleanor Beardsley
Most of the low-lying coastal countries suffering the consequences of climate change are poor. The Netherlands breaks that mold, and offers advice from its centuries of flood control to other nations.
Monday, November 30, 2015
By
Eleanor Beardsley
The United Nations climate summit opened Monday with more than 130 world leaders expected to attend. Its a huge security challenge for a city still recovering from the November 13th terror attacks.
Saturday, November 28, 2015
By
Eleanor Beardsley
The funerals for the 130 victims of this month's Paris terrorist attacks have been held, and France mourned its victims in a national ceremony held at Paris' historic Les Invalides military hospital on Friday.
President Francois Hollande called them martyrs who had been killed because they were living the French ...
Friday, November 27, 2015
By
Eleanor Beardsley
As France held a national ceremony Friday in homage to the victims of this month's terrorist attacks, President François Hollande called on his compatriots to display the French flag in their homes.
For many Americans, it's something they would instinctively do after such a national trauma. But the French have ...
Friday, November 27, 2015
By
Eleanor Beardsley
France is paying homage to those who died in the terrorist attacks in a ceremony at a highly symbolic spot in central Paris. Politics has been put aside as the country unites to honor the lives lost.
Thursday, November 26, 2015
By
Eleanor Beardsley
Julien Pearce, a survivor of the attacks at the Bataclan Concert Hall in Paris, tells the story of the shootings, how he survived and his struggle to put his life back together.
Thursday, November 26, 2015
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Eleanor Beardsley /
Corey Flintoff
French President Francois Hollande meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday. The visit is part of Hollande's efforts to create a more effective global coalition to fight ISIS.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
By
Eleanor Beardsley
French investigators are checking an explosive belt found in a trash bin in Paris to see if it is linked to the November 13 attacks. The city is still tense, with a bomb scare closing part of the metro on Tuesday.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
By
Eleanor Beardsley
France is still on high alert after the terrorist attacks earlier this month. An explosive belt suspected of belonging to the suspected eighth attacker was found in a trash can Monday night in Paris.
Saturday, November 21, 2015
By
Eleanor Beardsley
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Thursday, November 19, 2015
By
Eleanor Beardsley
There's not much rejoicing in Paris about the death of the man said to have coordinated Friday's attacks in the city. Many people feel it's a small victory, but also that more attacks are inevitable.