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VIP Plane Following Pope Blown Off Runway

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 17 Januari 2015 | 20.18

A plane carrying Filipino officials who were part of the Pope's visit to a typhoon-hit city has been blown off the runway minutes after the pontiff's jet left.

Television pictures showed the plane on grass to the side of the airstrip in Tacloban with its nose cone on the ground and ambulances rushing to the scene.

Other emergency services appeared to be spraying water on to the jet.

Nobody is thought to have been injured when the aircraft, carrying four senior cabinet members, was hit by strong winds while taxiing.

The Bombardier aircraft, with 19 passengers on board, was pushed out of control as it attempted to take off from Tacloban Airport.

Pope Francis had just cut short his visit to the Filipino city because of the approaching Tropical Storm Mekkhala and had just left on a separate flight.

He earlier celebrated mass with survivors of Typhoon Haiyan which devastated the area in November 2013.

There was further tragedy when a 27-year-old Catholic Relief service volunteer was killed by a falling speaker just after the mass.

She was helping take the speakers down when one hit her in the windy conditions.

Tens of thousands of people braved the elements to cheer as Pope Francis earlier walked off his plane in Tacloban in strong winds and heavy rain.

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Gallery: Tropical Storm Mekkhala Forces Francis To Leave Philippines City

The Pope was in Tacloban to celebrate mass with survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the area in November 2013

Tens of thousands of people braved the heavy rain to catch a glimpse of Francis

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Europol: Paris-Style Attack Cannot Be Ruled Out

The head of the EU's police agency Europol says there are no guarantees that another Paris-style terror attack can be prevented despite increased security measures.

Rob Wainwright told Sky News that it has become "extremely difficult" to deal with the threat posed by Islamist extremists.

It comes as David Cameron vowed to tackle what he called the "poisonous narrative of Islamist extremism that is turning too many young minds".

He was speaking following two days of talks with US President Barack Obama in Washington where they said a new group would be set up to exchange information and expertise to tackle the terror threat.

There are fears about the spread of terrorism after last week's Paris attacks that left 17 people dead and the arrest of more than two dozen people in anti-terror raids in Belgium, Germany and France.

Mr Wainwright admitted that stopping every potential attack was "very difficult" but vowed to "prevail" and said there was a determined action by police to disrupt cells.

He said: "Even in countries like France that have some of the most well-equipped counter-terrorist capabilities in the world, still it is possible for terrorist attacks to take place.

"This means that stopping everything is very difficult. Containing the threat fully is very difficult but I'm sure we will prevail in the same way as societies have prevailed against other forms of terrorism in the past."

The Prime Minister wants to be able to better track suspected terrorists without undermining civil liberties and admitted there was an inability to interrupt their communications.

He pushed for tougher requirements for internet firms to alert authorities to suspicious online exchanges, ban encrypted communications and store data.

A report last year into the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby concluded that Facebook failed to pass on information that could have prevented his death.

Mr Wainwright said the terror threat was "very serious" and a "large-scale problem" across many European countries and there could be thousands of suspects radicalised online and through their experiences in Syria and Iraq.

The PM said dealing with extremism meant combating the threat in those conflict zones but also "dealing with terrorism in our own midst".

He said he had some "important discussions [with Obama] about how we combat the poisonous narrative of Islamist extremism that is turning too many young minds towards this.

"And crucially how to make sure that we are still able legally to intercept the communications of terrorists and stop them before they create mayhem and murder.

"This is controversial. We have to get it right. There's always been an inability in extremism to interrupt the communications of terrorists and to stop them doing what they plan.

"I think it's important we maintain those capabilities in the future."

The Prime Minister's policy proposals have caused concern on both sides of the Atlantic about the prospect of security efforts encroaching on privacy.

The two leaders also agreed to stage cyber "war games" and establish a joint "cyber cell" to boost both countries' resistance to hack attacks.

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Rabbi Predicts Jewish Exodus From France

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By David Bowden, Senior News Correspondent

The rabbi of Paris's biggest synagogue has said thousands of Jews will flee France in the wake of last week's terror attacks.

Moshe Sebbag, from the vast and ornate Grand Synagogue in the French capital, says there is likely to be a mass flight to safety if the terror threat does not diminish.

He said: "Yes I think there will be a big exodus, it's a fact, you can't ignore it.

"Already this year its estimated 7,000 will leave for Israel, but after what's happened I know that everybody, or a lot of people are looking for a way out."

Sabine is one of them. She fears the Jews in France face a threat not seen since the days of the Nazis and the Second World War.

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Gallery: Inside Paris' Grand Synagogue

The Grand Synagogue was opened to the general public in 1875

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pays a visit to the synagogue. Pic: Alain Azria

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Known as La Victoire synagogue, it is the largest in France

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One of the benches inside the synagogue

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She has three sons, the youngest of which is seven years old.

She dreamt he was killed by a terrorist who snatched him at gunpoint and has told all of her boys not to have anything that marks them out as Jewish on show in public.

She said: "I went with my son to school (non denominational) and I said to him, if someone arrives to kill people don't say that you are Jewish, never."

Sabine is already researching the possibility of buying a home in Israel, in case she determines it's too dangerous to stay in France.

She has told her older sons not to consider any higher education courses in Europe, instead advising them to study in Canada, Australia or Israel.

Sabine is not a particularly observant Jew and does not live in a Jewish enclave in Paris, but she is very apprehensive about what the future holds.

She added: "As a Jew living in Paris I feel very, very frightened. I think they wanted that and they succeeded in that."

A week after four Jewish men were killed at a kosher supermarket, Jews were back in the shops stocking up on provisions for the Sabbath, once again, though this time with soldiers on the street.

How many more times will those same people buy their goods from a French delicatessen before they deem it too dangerous to live in France at all?

Meanwhile, Prime Minister David Cameron and President Barack Obama have joined forces to fight "the poisonous narrative" of Islamist extremists.

Speaking on his way back from a meeting in Washington with Mr Obama about the terror threat following the Paris attacks, Mr Cameron said: "You can have, tragically, people who have had all the advantages of integration, who have had all the economic opportunities our countries can offer, who still get seduced by this poisonous, radical death cult of a narrative."

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Written By Unknown on Jumat, 16 Januari 2015 | 20.18

Several French national media websites crashed following a series of hacking incidents in the wake of last week's terror attacks.

Le Parisien, L'Express, 20 Minutes, France Inter, Mediapart and Marianne were all hit by problems - with users seeing error messages when they tried to access the sites.

By 11am on Friday morning web host Oxalide said it had identified the source of the trouble but did not specify what it was.

Most of the sites were working normally by noon.

The company said it was not possible to say if it had fallen victim to a deliberate attack linked to the deadly attacks in Paris.

The problems came after it was revealed that up to 19,000 French websites had been hacked by pro-Islamic State computer experts in the week since the Charlie Hebdo attack on 7 January.

France's head of cyber-defence Rear Admiral Arnaud Coustilliere said the scope and severity of the attacks was "unprecedented".

French businesses, universities and town councils have seen their websites hacked to display pro-Islamist messages.

Many were left showing the message "The Islamic State Stay Inchallah. Free Palestine. Death To France. Death To Charlie," - an apparent reference to the deadly assault on the satirical weekly's offices.

Media organisations have not been alone in facing problems.

Furniture store Alinea, which is also hosted by Oxalide, saw its website crash at the same time.

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Terror Suspects Planned To Kill Cops In Street

The suspects killed in a Belgian anti-terror raid were poised to kill several police officers in the street - and had police uniforms at their hideout, authorities say.

AK-47s, knives, Kalashnikovs and explosives were found with uniforms and fake ID during raids on an apartment in eastern Belgium.

Two suspects were killed during a raid on the apartment in Verviers - one of 10 raids across the country.

The details emerged after hundreds of police across Europe raided properties targeting Islamist terrorists.

More than 25 people were held in Germany, France and Belgium amid fears of another terror attack following the Paris atrocities.

Meanwhile, in the UK, Britons queued outside bookshops to buy the first Charlie Hebdo magazine since the Paris shootings.

Demand is high for the new issue, which carries a front-cover cartoon of a crying Prophet Mohammed.

Some queued from midnight, with around 1,000 copies available at UK stores, including the French Bookshop, in South Kensington, London.

In Belgium, Jewish schools were closed for the day and security forces surrounded the police HQ in Brussels.

At a news conference on Friday morning, Belgian authorities said 13 people had been detained in Belgium and two in France following the raids.

Eric Van der Sypt, a Belgian federal magistrate, said the terrorists' goal was to kill police on the street or in their offices.

He said that some of the suspects had recently returned from Syria where they had been training and fighting with Islamic State.

In Germany, police said they had raided 11 properties linked to radical Islamists, shortly after the Belgian operation.

The German arrests, involving 250 police, followed months of investigation into five Turkish citizens, aged between 31 and 44.

The Turkish citizens are suspected of "preparing a serious act of violence against the state in Syria" and money laundering, police said.

In France, 10 people were arrested overnight in anti-terrorism raids in the region.

The raids targeted individuals linked to Amedy Coulibaly, who attacked a kosher supermarket in Paris, leaving four hostages dead.

Prosecutor's spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre says the arrests began overnight and continued in three towns on Friday morning.

Police in Paris also confirmed that a major city railway station - the Gare de L'Est - had been evacuated and closed in the morning because of a bomb threat.

Also in France, a series of funerals have been taking place for the cartoonists killed in the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris.

Among them was that of the magazine's editor-in-chief Stephane Charbonnier, in Pontoise, north-west of Paris.

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Gallery: Belgian Police Target Returning Jihadists

Forensic officers work in the rain on Rue de la Colline in Verviers, eastern Belgium

Belgian police shot dead two suspects in a huge operation against jihadists who had returned from Syria and planned an imminent attack

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Saudi Flogging Postponed On Medical Grounds

The flogging of writer Raif Badawi has been postponed on medical grounds, Amnesty International has said.

Mr Badawi, who was flogged 50 times in public a week ago by a Saudi Interior Ministry official, was due to face the same punishment every Friday until he had received 1,000 lashes, followed by 10 years in prison.

Amnesty International said in a statement that the prison doctor concluded that the wounds Mr Badawi had received from his previous beating had not yet healed properly and that he would not be able to withstand another round of lashes at that time.

Following news of the postponement, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa Programme said: "Not only does this postponement on health grounds expose the utter brutality of this punishment, it underlines its outrageous inhumanity.

"The notion that Raif Badawi must be allowed to heal so that he can suffer this cruel punishment again and again is macabre and outrageous" Said Boumedouha said.

Saudi Arabia has come under increased pressure from Western countries over its weekly flogging of Mr Badawi for "insulting Islam", particularly since the Paris attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine, which was condemned by Riyadh.

The UN human rights chief this week urged the Saudi king to pardon Mr Badawi and review the "cruel" penalty of flogging.

"Flogging is, in my view, at the very least, a form of cruel and inhuman punishment," UN commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said in a statement.

The United States, Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders all denounced the flogging as a horrific form of punishment, saying Mr Badawi was exercising his right to freedom of expression.

His wife Ensaf Haidar, who sought asylum in Canada with their three children after Mr Badawi was jailed in June 2012, has also pleaded for his release

The co-founder of the now-banned Saudi Liberal Network, was found guilty in a Saudi court of insulting Islam.

In the past year Saudi authorities have been criticised by international rights groups for jailing several prominent activists on charges ranging from setting up an illegal organisation to damaging the reputation of the country.

However, the country is reluctant to be seen to yield to western pressure with large numbers of conservative Saudis defending the punishment on social media, and accusing the authorities of being weak in the face of insults to Islam in the West - particularly the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in publications like Charlie Hebdo.

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Kerry 'Felt Bad' Not Attending Paris Rally

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By Sky News US Team

US Secretary of State John Kerry has paid his respects to the victims of last week's terrorist attacks in Paris.

Mr Kerry's visit aimed at expressing America's solidarity with the French people amid lingering criticism of the Obama administration's failure to send a high-level official to Paris for Sunday's unity march.

The rally attracted some 40 world leaders and more than a million demonstrators.

Mr Kerry told his French counterpart that he "felt bad" not being in Paris as he saw millions of people demonstrating.

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Gallery: Kerry Pays Tribute To Paris Victims

John Kerry lays a wreath with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in memory of the victims of last week's terror attack on a kosher supermarket

The Secretary of State's visit aimed at reasserting America's solidarity

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Mr Kerry and Mr Fabius at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, the satirical magazine where 12 people were killed

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Mr Kerry told Mr Fabius "he felt bad not being here" as millions demonstrated for free speech and in memory of the victims, Mr Fabius said

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Mr Kerry said: "Our hearts are with you"

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"This has touched him," French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said.

"He saw the millions demonstrating, he told me that he felt bad not being here."

The White House said in a rare admission that it should have sent a higher-level official to the unity rally, which was attended by the US ambassador to France.

Mr Kerry was greeted by French President Francois Hollande upon arriving in Paris on Friday morning.

"I think you know that you have the full and heartfelt condolences of the American people and I know you know that we share the pain and the horror of everything that you went through," said Mr Kerry, who speaks fluent French.

"Our hearts are with you," added Mr Kerry, who had said he was coming "to share a big hug with Paris" - and he and the French president hugged each other.

Mr Hollande said the French people "were the victims of an exceptional terrorist attack. We must, therefore, together find the necessary response".

Last week's terrorist atrocities in France led to the deaths of 17 people, including 12 at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine. A policewoman was killed in Paris and four more people were shot dead in an attack on a kosher supermarket.

The three gunmen were killed in shoot-out with police.

Mr Kerry laid wreaths at the sites of the attacks.

He went to the Hyper Cacher kosher market, where his tribute was the latest addition to a long stretch of flowers and candles that have been placed alongside police barriers that surround the shop.

Then Mr Kerry laid another wreath at the memorial to those killed at Charlie Hebdo, where gunmen said they were avenging the publication of cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammed.

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Boko Haram Attacks: Images Are 'Shocking' Proof

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Satellite images of the "catastrophic" attacks on two towns in Nigeria by Boko Haram militants have been released by Amnesty International.

The campaign group says the pictures, taken on 2 and 7 January, provide "indisputable and shocking evidence" of the scale of the assaults on Baga and neighbouring Doron Baga.

It believes hundreds of people were killed and that over 3,700 structures were either damaged or destroyed in the attacks.

Other nearby towns and villages in northeastern Borno state were also targeted by the Islamists between 3 and 7 January.

"These detailed images show devastation of catastrophic proportions in two towns, one of which was almost wiped off the map in the space of four days," said Daniel Eyre, Nigeria researcher for Amnesty.

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Gallery: Boko Haram Attack Nigerian Town

Satellite images released by Amnesty International is said to provide indisputable and shocking evidence of the scale of last week's attack on the towns of Baga and Doron Baga by Boko Haram militants

Baga photographed on 7 January, showing many thatch roof structures have been razed. The dark colour represents burned areas, while the red indicates healthy vegetation

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This image shows more than 620 structures damaged or destroyed, predominantly located in the southern portion of Baga

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Doron Baga photographed by satellite on 2 January, before the village was razed by Boko Haram. It shows densly packed structures and tree cover

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The same village photographed on 7 January

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"Of all Boko Haram assaults analysed by Amnesty International, this is the largest and most destructive yet. It represents a deliberate attack on civilians whose homes, clinics and schools are now burnt-out ruins."

Approximately 620 structures were damaged or destroyed by fire in Baga, a densely populated town less than two square kilometres in size.

In Doron Baga, which is also known as Doro Gowon and is around four square kilometres, over 3,100 structures were either damaged or burnt.

Many of the wooden fishing boats along the shoreline, visible in the images taken on the 2 January, are no longer present in the 7 January photos.

This tallies with witnesses' testimony that many terrified residents fled to safety in boats across Lake Chad.

A man in his fifties told Amnesty: "I saw maybe around 100 killed at that time in Baga. I ran to the bush. As we were running, they were shooting and killing."

Other witnesses described how Boko Haram drove into the bush rounding up women, children and the elderly.

A woman who was detained for four days said: "(They) took around 300 women and kept us in a school in Baga. They released the older women, mothers and most of the children after four days but are still keeping the younger women."

Boko Haram fighters have repeatedly targeted communities for their perceived collaboration with Nigeria's security forces.

Towns that formed state-sponsored militia groups known as the Civilian Joint Task Force (Civilian JTF) have suffered particularly brutal attacks.

Since 2009 Amnesty says thousands of people have been killed, hundreds abducted and hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes by Boko Haram.

It is calling on Nigeria's security forces to do more to protect civilians and for the group's "war crimes and crimes against humanity" to be "duly investigated".

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