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Monday Morning Routines Resume In Paris After Friday Night Attacks

6:16am November 16, 2015

France observes 3 days of official mourning for the victims of Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris. The archbishop of Paris celebrated a mass Sunday with victims' families at Notre Dame cathedral.

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ISIS Gains A Foothold In Afghanistan

6:00am November 16, 2015

Afghan journalist Najibullah Quraishi talks about his journey into ISIS-held territory for his Frontline documentary: ISIS in Afghanistan.

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A City In Mourning, Parisians Go Back To Work

5:08am November 16, 2015

People are resuming normal activities after Friday night's terrorist attacks at six targets in Paris. The investigative trail leads to Belgium, where 3 suspects, who are brothers, were living.

Bullet holes are seen in the windows of the cafe 'Bonne Biere' as people stand outside to mourn the victims in Paris, on Sunday, following a series of coordinated terrorist attacks that left 129 people dead and many more wounded.

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Attacks Raise Concern Over Islamic State's New Model Of Terror

9:41pm November 15, 2015

by Dina Temple-Raston

The terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday could be an early harbinger of a new, more professional kind of terrorist attack leveled against the West.

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Bells Toll In Paris' Notre Dame, As The City Mourns Its Dead

9:29pm November 15, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

As France grieves the victims of Friday's terror attacks, police are still searching for a suspect who is believed to have survived.

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A guard tower stands at the perimeter of Camp Delta in the Guantanamo Bay detention center on March 30, 2010. On Sunday, the Pentagon announced five Yemeni detainees had been transferred to the United Arab Emirates.

U.S. Transfers 5 Guantanamo Detainees To The United Arab Emirates

9:02pm November 15, 2015

by Camila Domonoske

Four of the detainees had been cleared for transfer since January 2010; the other was approved last year, the Pentagon said Sunday night. The transfer leaves 107 detainees at Guantanamo.

Former CIA Chief On ISIS: 'We Have To Go After Them In Their Homeland'

7:57pm November 15, 2015

As French airstrikes hit Islamic State militants Sunday, former CIA Director James Woolsey argues why the U.S. and its allies need to take more forceful action against ISIS.

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French law enforcement officers guard the entrance of the Great Mosque of Paris on Saturday.

After The Attacks, Activist Reminds: French Muslims Have Been Hurt, Too

7:45pm November 15, 2015

by NPR Staff

Social activist Rokhaya Diallo says that French Muslims shouldn't be expected to answer for the violence in Paris because of their religion — and that they have felt the pain of the attacks, as well.

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