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January 21, 2015

France Unveils Sweeping New Counterterrorism Plan 
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France has announced a wave of "exceptional measures" to combat
terrorism in the wake of the attacks earlier this month on Charlie Hebdo
magazine and a kosher supermarket. Prime Minister Manuel Valls said the
government will spend the equivalent of $490 million over three years
and hire more than 2,600 new staff. The plan includes a major increase
in surveillance, including a measure easing the use of phone taps. The
news comes as France has detained four people charged with aiding
supermarket shooter Amedy Coulibaly.

 

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