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American Airlines delays flights to Paris, United still departing to France

Reuters.com reported…American Airlines Group, the world’s biggest carrier by passenger traffic, said on Friday it was delaying flights to Paris in response to the explosions and shooting attacks there, even though French airports remained open.

“Currently Charles de Gaulle International Airport is open, however, we are holding our remaining departures this evening to Paris until we have additional information,” American Airlines spokesman Joshua Freed said.

United Continental Holdings said its three scheduled flights would still depart for Paris on Friday evening from hubs in Chicago, Newark and Washington, D.C. “We’re operating our schedule as planned,” spokesman Charles Hobart said. Read Article

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FRANCE: STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED

State of emergency in France as “several dozen” are killed THEGUARDIAN.COM REPORTED…. The French president François Hollande says a state of emergency will be declared across France, adding that several dozen people have been killed in terrorist attacks around Paris. In a statement just delivered, the president of the republic said that its borders would […]

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PARIS FRANCE, APPEARS TO BE TERROR ATTACKS, APPEARS COORDINATED (VIDEO)

APPEARS TO BE TERROR ATTACKS – APPEARS TO BE COORDINATED At least six shootings took place in Paris and three explosions took place at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis late Friday, CNN affiliate BFMTV said. Two or three gunmen entered the Bataclan concert hall while opening fire on law enforcement, BFMTV reported. A source […]

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PARIS FRANCE: Shootings leave dead, wounded, explosion near stadium

nytimes.com reported…Shootings in central Paris on Friday night have left several people dead and wounded, French television reported, while an explosion near Paris at the country’s main sports stadium forced the hasty evacuation of President François Hollande. The explosion occurred during a France-Germany soccer match. The shooting broke out at a concert hall. Some reports […]

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Versailles, Fraince: Chinese Tourist Guide Robbed while intervening in robbery of other tourists

channelnewsasia.com reported VERSAILLES, France: A Chinese tourist guide was robbed of €25,000 (US$28,300) in cash and his new Rolex watch after he had prevented two of his group from being robbed themselves outside a hotel near Paris, police said Sunday (Sep 13). The Chinese tourists were getting off a coach when three men tried to […]

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France: Farmers block key bridges, roads to popular tourist destinations

independent.co.uk reported French farmers laid siege to popular tourist sites and blocked key bridges and north-south motorways for a third day to voice their anger at the prices of milk, beef and pork. Despite a €600m (£420m) package of aid and other measures announced by the government, sporadic actions may continue for several more days, […]

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Security Officials warn of more Jihadist attacks in France

rt.com reported that French security officials have warned more jihadist attacks are expected in the country as the level of terrorist threat has “reached a level without precedent.” Counter-terrorism officials described the threat as “permanent”. “Not one day goes by without an alert, the discovery of a network trying to send people to Syria or […]

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Paris France: Tourist from Israel arrested for flying drone over numerous attractions

alarabiya.net AFP reported an Israeli tourist who was arrested in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral while flying a drone above some of Paris’s main attractions, was slapped with a 400-euro ($500) fine on Thursday, after spending the night in jail. The 24-year-old tourist had launched the drone, equipped with a Go-Pro camera, above the […]

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Air France Cancels 60 % flights Sept 15 for one week because of planned strike

france24.com reported Air France will operate only 40 percent of its flights from Monday as pilots begin a one-week strike over company plans to cut costs to recapture market share from budget airlines, the airline said in a statement on Saturday. Speaking to France Inter radio earlier in the day, Chief Executive Frederic Gagey repeated […]

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France: Anti-Semitism contributing to migration of Jewish Frenchmen to New York

observer.com reported Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, reads Lady Liberty’s welcome. Every year since New York City’s founding, tens of thousands have crossed over the Atlantic to trade in their European chapeaux for American caps. This year, New York has increasingly become home to one particular population […]

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