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Catherine Monroy

@CathMonroy

Catherine Monroy was a correspondent for Le Monde in Prague, and for Le Figaro, in Budapest. She blogs at http://www.catherinemonroy.com

French soldiers patrol in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris as the capital was placed under the highest alert status after heavily armed gunmen stormed French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and shot dead at least 12 people in the deadliest attack in F
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Paris attacks: My country’s worst nightmare has come true

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