Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 17 Januari 2015 | 18.25
At least four people have died in Niger in violent protests over the Charlie Hebdo's publication of a new cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed.
Forty five people were also injured in the clashes in the second city of Zinder, with demonstrators ransacking three churches and setting fire to the French cultural centre.
Tear gas was fired during further protests in Niger on Saturday.
In Karachi, Pakistan, people were injured when protesters clashed with police outside the French consulate.
The protests in Zinder, southern Niger
Protesters in Senegal and Mauritania torched French flags, and Qatar and Bahrain warned that the cartoon could fuel hatred.
Thousands of people around the world have been taking to the streets to vent anger at the French satirical magazine's front-cover cartoon, which features the Prophet holding a Je Suis Charlie sign under the headline "All Is Forgiven".
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In Pakistan, police fired water cannon and tear gas into the air as they clashed with protesters from the Jamaat-e-Islami religious party.
The nationwide rallies followed comments by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who led parliament in condemning the cartoons in Charlie Hebdo, whose Paris offices were attacked last week, leaving 12 people dead.
A statement from one faction of the Pakistani Taliban has issued a statement lauding the Islamist Kouachi brothers who carried out the massacre, saying: "They freed the Earth from the existence of filthy blasphemers."
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Insulting the Prophet carries the death penalty under Pakistan's blasphemy laws, with 14 people currently on death row.
In Jordan's capital Amman, around 2,500 protesters set off from Al Husseini mosque under tight security, holding banners that read "insulting the Prophet is global terrorism".
In Algiers, there were clashes as up to 3,000 marchers chanted: "We are all Mohammed."
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Around 100 protesters rallied in Istanbul in response to a call by a group calling itself the Fraternal Platform of the Prophet's Companions, with some holding pictures of the Kouachis.
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Gallery: Faces Of French Terror Victims
Charlie Hebdo editor Stephane Charbonnier, 47, had received death threats in the past and was living under police protection. Known as Charb, He and his nine colleagues, along with the two policemen were killed at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris
Bernard Maris, 68, was an economist and contributor to Charlie Hebdo. He also held shares in the magazine
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Video:Rabbi: Jewish Exodus In Paris
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."
Video:'I'm Worried About My Children'
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.
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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?
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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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Rabbi Predicts Jewish Exodus From France
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Video:Rabbi: Jewish Exodus In Paris
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."
Video:'I'm Worried About My Children'
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.
Video:Soldiers Guard Paris Jewish Schools
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?
Video:London Muslims Sent Death Threats
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."
David Cameron has 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.
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.
Mr Obama described Mr Cameron as a 'great friend' and 'outstanding partner'
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.
Video:'A Very Serious Threat'
Meanwhile, the director of Europol, Rob Wainwright, admitted to Sky News 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 it was a "very serious threat" and "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".
Video:Cameron And Obama On Terror Threat
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.
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"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.
Mr Obama said it was important to be able to keep tabs on terrorists' use of the internet and social media.
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"When we have the ability to track that, in a way that is legal, conforms with due process, rule of law and oversight, then that's a capability we have to preserve," Mr Obama said.
The announcement of a new group to counter extremism comes amid 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 Obama said the attacks in France "underscored again how terrorist groups like al Qaeda and ISIL (Islamic State) are actively trying to inspire and support people within our own countries to engage in terrorism".
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He also suggested European countries needed to make sure their Muslim populations were better "assimilated".
The two leaders also agreed to stage cyber "war games" and establish a joint "cyber cell" to boost both countries' resistance to hack attacks.
Written By Unknown on Kamis, 15 Januari 2015 | 18.25
Boko Haram Attacks: Images Are 'Shocking' Proof
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Satellite images of devastated Doron Baga. Red represents vegetation
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.
Residents who escaped the attack on Baga
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.
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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."
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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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Boko Haram Attacks: Images Are 'Shocking' Proof
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Satellite images of devastated Doron Baga. Red represents vegetation
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.
Residents who escaped the attack on Baga
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.
Video:1 Nov: Schoolgirls 'Married Off'
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."
Video:27 Oct: Abducted Girls Speak Out
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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A Paris policewoman has been hurt after a motorist drove at her outside the President's residence, according to reports.
According to newspaper reports the car had been driving the wrong way along a one-way system and left the 37-year with wrist, knee and back injuries.
Le Parisien newspaper said four suspects ran away from the car.
Two have been arrested on Rue d'Anjou and two are still on the run. French media are reporting that the driver was breathalysed and found to be over the legal alcohol limit.
Police sources said the incident appeared to be unconnected to last week's attacks in the city, which left 20 people dead.
It came ahead of more funerals for employees of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, who were killed by brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi.
Private family funerals for cartoonists Georges Wolinski, 80, and Bernard "Tignous" Verlhac, 57, were due to take place after they were shot dead by the pair.
The funeral for Franck Brinsolaro, one of the policemen killed, will take place in Sainte-Croix de Bernay, while Elsa Cayat, the only woman killed in the attacks, will be buried in Montparnasse.
Millions in France have been rallying in support of free speech after the attacks, although French prosecutors have launched more than 50 cases against people deemed to be condoning or threatening terrorist acts.
They include one against controversial comedian Dieudonne, who was arrested Wednesday over a remark suggesting he sympathised with one of the Paris attackers.
A 21-year-old in Toulouse was also sent to prison for 10 months on Monday under France's ultra-fast-track court system, for expressing support for the jihadists.
French President Francois Hollande declared Charlie Hebdo was "alive and will live on" after its new edition sold out in record time.
The Afghan Taliban condemned the publication in France of further cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, and lauded last week's attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices.
A English statement from the group said they "strongly condemn this repugnant and inhumane action and consider its perpetrators, those who allowed it and its supporters (to be) the enemies of humanity".
It added that the Kouachi brothers were "bringing the perpetrators of the obscene act to justice".
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Video:Fire Engulfs Council Offices
Hundreds of firefighters have been tackling three major blazes in South Oxfordshire, as police arrested a man on suspicion of arson.
The 47-year-old is being held in connection with the fires, including one that has devastated the South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Council offices.
Twenty seven fire crews were sent to separate infernos at a thatched home, a funeral parlour and the council offices - all reported within less than 10 minutes of each other, just after 3am.
The fires took hold at three separate sites
A witness described seeing a burned out car in the foyer of the council headquarters.
Howard Chadwick Funeral Service and the council offices are next to each other in the village of Crowmarsh Gifford and the funeral director suggested the blazes had been started deliberately.
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Gallery: South Oxfordshire District Council Fire
Fire crews have been tackling three major fires in South Oxfordshire, including one at the district council offices
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said at the peak of the incidents a total of a 27 fire crews were tackling the blazes, which all occurred "within a very short timeframe" in the early hours of this morning. Pic: @NegusIan
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Neil Cox, 73, told the Oxford Mail: "I live right next to the funeral home and at about 3.15am I heard a noise so I came out and saw a car drive away quickly, down into the council building.
"The offices of the funeral home were on fire, so I phoned the owner, Howard, called the fire service and we tried putting it out with fire extinguishers.
"My understanding is they broke the window in the front door, popped the cap off a gas canister and threw a match in there."
Mr Cox's son and co-owner of the funeral home, Alistair Cox, said: "I think it's a case of mistaken identity, they probably thought the home was a gatehouse to the council. I've got no idea why they set fire to the council building."
Another co-owner, Sandra Chadwick, told the Oxford Mail no funerals had been cancelled as a result of the fires and that none of the deceased bodies at the site had been damaged.
Thames Valley Police said in a statement that it was "believed that a vehicle collided with the" council offices before the fire started there.
"This is being investigated as a criminal act and is not thought linked to any terrorist activity," the force said.
"There are cordons in place at all three scenes and residents and motorists are asked to avoid the area.
"Nobody is reported injured as a result of these fires, however following the fires the structures of the buildings are being examined.
"At this stage the police investigation is focusing on all three fires being linked and are believed suspicious.
"A 47-year-old local man has been arrested on suspicion of arson and is currently in custody."
David Etheridge, chief fire officer for Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, said: "We are in the process of dealing with three major fires in South Oxfordshire, which occurred within a very short timeframe.
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"These are ongoing incidents and our firefighters are working hard to get the fires under control.
"At this stage I am unable to state what the causes of the fires were - this matter is currently in the hands of Thames Valley Police, with whom we are working in conjunction."
Karl Mitchell-Shead, who filmed footage of the council office fire, told Sky News: "The roof has collapsed in places and the half is truly alight.
"I got there pretty early in the operation. Police weren't really there. You can't get anywhere near it now.
"The funeral parlour – is the last house to the main entrance to the council site. The thatched house is about a mile away."
The latest images show a charred shell on the site of the council offices.
Journalist Marcus Chippendale told Sky News: "There are still some flames coming from the building.
"There are going to be a lot of people this morning with concerns about how the council is going to deal with the issues they have. There are still quite a large number of fire service vehicles here.
"I can see at least 20 firefighters and emergency crews. There is still water being sprayed up onto the building right now."
The Ministry of Defence say they have had no reports of any incident at the nearby RAF Benson.
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Video:Fire Engulfs Council Offices
Hundreds of firefighters have been tackling three major blazes in South Oxfordshire, as police arrested a man on suspicion of arson.
The 47-year-old is being held in connection with the fires, including one that has devastated the South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Council offices.
Twenty seven fire crews were sent to separate infernos at a thatched home, a funeral parlour and the council offices - all reported within less than 10 minutes of each other, just after 3am.
The fires took hold at three separate sites
A witness described seeing a burned out car in the foyer of the council headquarters.
Howard Chadwick Funeral Service and the council offices are next to each other in the village of Crowmarsh Gifford and the funeral director suggested the blazes had been started deliberately.
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Gallery: South Oxfordshire District Council Fire
Fire crews have been tackling three major fires in South Oxfordshire, including one at the district council offices
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said at the peak of the incidents a total of a 27 fire crews were tackling the blazes, which all occurred "within a very short timeframe" in the early hours of this morning. Pic: @NegusIan
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Neil Cox, 73, told the Oxford Mail: "I live right next to the funeral home and at about 3.15am I heard a noise so I came out and saw a car drive away quickly, down into the council building.
"The offices of the funeral home were on fire, so I phoned the owner, Howard, called the fire service and we tried putting it out with fire extinguishers.
"My understanding is they broke the window in the front door, popped the cap off a gas canister and threw a match in there."
Mr Cox's son and co-owner of the funeral home, Alistair Cox, said: "I think it's a case of mistaken identity, they probably thought the home was a gatehouse to the council. I've got no idea why they set fire to the council building."
Another co-owner, Sandra Chadwick, told the Oxford Mail no funerals had been cancelled as a result of the fires and that none of the deceased bodies at the site had been damaged.
Thames Valley Police said in a statement that it was "believed that a vehicle collided with the" council offices before the fire started there.
"This is being investigated as a criminal act and is not thought linked to any terrorist activity," the force said.
"There are cordons in place at all three scenes and residents and motorists are asked to avoid the area.
"Nobody is reported injured as a result of these fires, however following the fires the structures of the buildings are being examined.
"At this stage the police investigation is focusing on all three fires being linked and are believed suspicious.
"A 47-year-old local man has been arrested on suspicion of arson and is currently in custody."
David Etheridge, chief fire officer for Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, said: "We are in the process of dealing with three major fires in South Oxfordshire, which occurred within a very short timeframe.
Video:Fire Has Consumed Top Floor
"These are ongoing incidents and our firefighters are working hard to get the fires under control.
"At this stage I am unable to state what the causes of the fires were - this matter is currently in the hands of Thames Valley Police, with whom we are working in conjunction."
Karl Mitchell-Shead, who filmed footage of the council office fire, told Sky News: "The roof has collapsed in places and the half is truly alight.
"I got there pretty early in the operation. Police weren't really there. You can't get anywhere near it now.
"The funeral parlour – is the last house to the main entrance to the council site. The thatched house is about a mile away."
The latest images show a charred shell on the site of the council offices.
Journalist Marcus Chippendale told Sky News: "There are still some flames coming from the building.
"There are going to be a lot of people this morning with concerns about how the council is going to deal with the issues they have. There are still quite a large number of fire service vehicles here.
"I can see at least 20 firefighters and emergency crews. There is still water being sprayed up onto the building right now."
The Ministry of Defence say they have had no reports of any incident at the nearby RAF Benson.
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Written By Unknown on Rabu, 14 Januari 2015 | 18.25
New Footage Of Charlie Hebdo Gun Attack
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Video:New Raw Footage of Paris Attack
New video has emerged of the Paris gunmen on the streets of the city after carrying out their attack on Charlie Hebdo last week.
The footage shows the two masked figures calmly returning to their getaway vehicle after murdering staff at the satirical magazine.
The pair reload their weapons, before one shouts: "We have avenged the Prophet Mohammed, we have killed Charlie Hebdo."
It then shows the gunmen firing on a police car as they made their escape.
The vehicle, lights flashing, is forced to reverse at speed as the killers get out of their own car, aim their weapons and open fire.
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The fundamentalist brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi killed 12 people in last Wednesday's deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo, including two policemen.
One of the officers was shot at point-blank range as he lay wounded on the ground.
Their accomplice, Amedy Coulibaly, gunned down a police officer before killing four people in a Jewish supermarket in the French capital.
All three died in shoot-outs with police on Friday.
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Gallery: Funerals For Paris Attacks Victims
Police officers carry the coffins draped in the French flag of the three police officers killed in the recent terror attacks in Paris, at the city's police headquarters
The coffin of French police officer Ahmed Merabet, 40, is carried by colleagues
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The coffins of the three officers killed are placed in the courtyard of the police headquarters
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French President Francois Hollande holds a medal in front of the coffin of late police officer Clarissa Jean-Philippe
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Mr Hollande (L) and Malek Merabet (C), the brother of late police officer Ahmed Merabet, shake hands at the ceremony
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In the wake of the atrocities, France's Prime Minister has announced he would seek tighter surveillance of convicted extremists, amid reports the weapons used to kill 17 people came from outside the country.
Manuel Valls said "serious and very high risks remain" and warned the French not to let down their guard.
Christophe Crepin, a French police union representative, said several people were being sought in connection with the "substantial" financing of the attacks.
The funding and logistics involved indicated an organised network, he said.
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French police say as many as six members of the terror cell behind the attacks may still be at large
The Bulgarian authorities said they had arrested a French citizen, Fritz-Joly Joachin, believed to have links to one of the Kouachi brothers.
Meanwhile, funerals have taken place in Paris and Jerusalem for some of the 17 killed in the terror attacks, including the three murdered police officers.
And the magazine targeted by the terrorists is preparing for its biggest ever print run of its special 'survivor's edition'.
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Three million copies will be printed of the latest issue, which will have a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed on its front cover.
Charlie Hebdo staff said they wanted to show they would not "cede" to extremists trying to silence them.
The head of Europol has warned up to 5,000 EU nationals pose a potential terrorist threat to Europe after travelling overseas to countries like Syria.
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New video has emerged of the Paris gunmen on the streets of the city after carrying out their attack on Charlie Hebdo last week.
The footage shows the two masked figures calmly returning to their getaway vehicle after murdering staff at the satirical magazine.
The pair reload their weapons, before one shouts: "We have avenged the Prophet Mohammed, we have killed Charlie Hebdo."
It then shows the gunmen firing on a police car as they made their escape.
The vehicle, lights flashing, is forced to reverse at speed as the killers get out of their own car, aim their weapons and open fire.
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The fundamentalist brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi killed 12 people in last Wednesday's deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo, including two policemen.
One of the officers was shot at point-blank range as he lay wounded on the ground.
Their accomplice, Amedy Coulibaly, gunned down a police officer before killing four people in a Jewish supermarket in the French capital.
All three died in shoot-outs with police on Friday.
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Gallery: Funerals For Paris Attacks Victims
Police officers carry the coffins draped in the French flag of the three police officers killed in the recent terror attacks in Paris, at the city's police headquarters
The coffin of French police officer Ahmed Merabet, 40, is carried by colleagues
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The coffins of the three officers killed are placed in the courtyard of the police headquarters
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French President Francois Hollande holds a medal in front of the coffin of late police officer Clarissa Jean-Philippe
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Mr Hollande (L) and Malek Merabet (C), the brother of late police officer Ahmed Merabet, shake hands at the ceremony
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In the wake of the atrocities, France's Prime Minister has announced he would seek tighter surveillance of convicted extremists, amid reports the weapons used to kill 17 people came from outside the country.
Manuel Valls said "serious and very high risks remain" and warned the French not to let down their guard.
Christophe Crepin, a French police union representative, said several people were being sought in connection with the "substantial" financing of the attacks.
The funding and logistics involved indicated an organised network, he said.
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French police say as many as six members of the terror cell behind the attacks may still be at large
The Bulgarian authorities said they had arrested a French citizen, Fritz-Joly Joachin, believed to have links to one of the Kouachi brothers.
Meanwhile, funerals have taken place in Paris and Jerusalem for some of the 17 killed in the terror attacks, including the three murdered police officers.
And the magazine targeted by the terrorists is preparing for its biggest ever print run of its special 'survivor's edition'.
Video:Emotional Scenes At News Conference
Three million copies will be printed of the latest issue, which will have a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed on its front cover.
Charlie Hebdo staff said they wanted to show they would not "cede" to extremists trying to silence them.
The head of Europol has warned up to 5,000 EU nationals pose a potential terrorist threat to Europe after travelling overseas to countries like Syria.
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Video:Charlie Hebdo Back On Sale
French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has sold out around France after appearing for the first time since Islamist gunmen massacred 12 people at its offices.
The front cover of the magazine - which had an initial print run of three million - depicts the Prophet Mohammed holding a sign that says "Je suis Charlie," the slogan taken up by supporters since the attack a week ago.
Despite warnings that the image could provoke further attacks by extremists, queues formed at newsstands in the French capital from 6am and at some the issue sold out before 8am.
Charlie Hebdo distributors have since confirmed that figure will be boosted to five million copies to meet demand.
One woman working at a newspaper kiosk said: "It was incredible. I had a queue of 60-70 people waiting for me when I opened.
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Gallery: France Queues At Newstands For Charlie Hebdo
A queue of people wait outside a kiosk to get a copy of Charlie Hebdo in Saint Germain en Laye, France
People wait outside a newsagents in Paris. The latest edition of Charlie Hebdo since Islamist attacks on the magazines offices left 12 people dead has sold out in many parts of France
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The new edition of Charlie Hebdo is prepared for delivery at a press distribution center in the suburbs of Paris
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Distributors say the paper will print five million copies of its new edition to meet demand. Continue through for more pictures
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"I've never seen anything like it. All my 450 copies were sold out in 15 minutes."
Sky's Europe Correspondent Robert Nisbet said: "This newsstand behind me outside the Gare de l'Est had 75 copies this morning, they all went.
"You can't get a copy inside the Gare de l'Est railway station at all, such is the demand not just here, but all around the world."
Copies of the magazine have appeared on the ebay auction site, with bids reaching up to £1,550.
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The edition's lead editorial said: "For the past week, Charlie, an atheist newspaper, has achieved more miracles than all the saints and prophets combined.
"The one we are most proud of is that you have in your hands the newspaper that we always made."
It also features a joke about the bells of Notre Dame cathedral ringing out for its murdered satirists, as well as jibes at the terrorists who killed them.
Profits from the "survivors' issue" will go to the families of victims of the shooting.
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But the cartoon has led to warnings from Muslim groups that it could "stir up hatred".
Al Azhar, Sunni Islam's most prestigious centre of learning based in Cairo, Egypt, said the drawings "do not serve the peaceful co-existence between peoples and hinders the integration of Muslims into European and Western societies."
French Muslim groups have also urged their communities to "stay calm and avoid emotive reactions" to the magazine.
Iran, meanwhile, has condemned the publication as "insulting" and "provocative".
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The cartoon "provokes the emotions of Muslims and hurts their feelings around the world, and could fan the flame of a vicious circle of extremism," Iran's foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls declared a "war against terrorism" on Tuesday and in a speech called for France to pull together after the attack and the killing of four hostages at a Jewish supermarket in Paris as well as the murder of a police officer in the capital.
He said: "France is at war against terrorism, jihadism, radicalism... (not) Islam and Muslims.
"I don't want Jews in this country to be scared, or Muslims to be ashamed."
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Mr Valls called for France's intelligence and anti-terrorism laws to be strengthened and "clear failings" addressed.
The Charlie Hebdo gunmen - Said and Cherif Kouachi - and their accomplice, supermarket gunman Amedy Coulibaly, were known to French intelligence agencies and had been on a US terror watch list for some time.
In a newly-released video Yemen's al Qaeda branch said it ordered the attack in retaliation for the publication's depiction of the Prophet Mohammed.
"We, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, claim responsibility for this operation as vengeance for the messenger of Allah," one of the group's leaders, Nasser al-Ansi, said.
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Police officers carry the coffins draped in the French flag of the three police officers killed in the recent terror attacks in Paris, at the city's police headquarters
The coffin of French police officer Ahmed Merabet, 40, is carried by colleagues
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The magazine had faced threats and was firebombed for featuring cartoons of the prophet.
Meanwhile funerals have taken place in Paris and Jerusalem for some of the 17 killed in the terror attacks, which included three police officers.
It has also been confirmed that US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Paris on Friday to meet French President Francois Hollande.
It comes after US congressman Randy Weber compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler after he did not attend a unity march in Paris over the weekend.
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"Even Adolph Hitler thought it more important than Obama to get to Paris. (For all the wrong reasons.) Obama couldn't do it for right reasons," the Texas Republican wrote.
He has since issued an apology.
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Charlie Hebdo Sells Out At Newsstands In Paris
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Video:Charlie Hebdo Back On Sale
French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has sold out around France after appearing for the first time since Islamist gunmen massacred 12 people at its offices.
The front cover of the magazine - which had an initial print run of three million - depicts the Prophet Mohammed holding a sign that says "Je suis Charlie," the slogan taken up by supporters since the attack a week ago.
Despite warnings that the image could provoke further attacks by extremists, queues formed at newsstands in the French capital from 6am and at some the issue sold out before 8am.
Charlie Hebdo distributors have since confirmed that figure will be boosted to five million copies to meet demand.
One woman working at a newspaper kiosk said: "It was incredible. I had a queue of 60-70 people waiting for me when I opened.
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Gallery: France Queues At Newstands For Charlie Hebdo
A queue of people wait outside a kiosk to get a copy of Charlie Hebdo in Saint Germain en Laye, France
People wait outside a newsagents in Paris. The latest edition of Charlie Hebdo since Islamist attacks on the magazines offices left 12 people dead has sold out in many parts of France
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The new edition of Charlie Hebdo is prepared for delivery at a press distribution center in the suburbs of Paris
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Distributors say the paper will print five million copies of its new edition to meet demand. Continue through for more pictures
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"I've never seen anything like it. All my 450 copies were sold out in 15 minutes."
Sky's Europe Correspondent Robert Nisbet said: "This newsstand behind me outside the Gare de l'Est had 75 copies this morning, they all went.
"You can't get a copy inside the Gare de l'Est railway station at all, such is the demand not just here, but all around the world."
Copies of the magazine have appeared on the ebay auction site, with bids reaching up to £1,550.
Video:New Paris Attack Video
The edition's lead editorial said: "For the past week, Charlie, an atheist newspaper, has achieved more miracles than all the saints and prophets combined.
"The one we are most proud of is that you have in your hands the newspaper that we always made."
It also features a joke about the bells of Notre Dame cathedral ringing out for its murdered satirists, as well as jibes at the terrorists who killed them.
Profits from the "survivors' issue" will go to the families of victims of the shooting.
Video:Activist Now Supports Use Of Image
But the cartoon has led to warnings from Muslim groups that it could "stir up hatred".
Al Azhar, Sunni Islam's most prestigious centre of learning based in Cairo, Egypt, said the drawings "do not serve the peaceful co-existence between peoples and hinders the integration of Muslims into European and Western societies."
French Muslim groups have also urged their communities to "stay calm and avoid emotive reactions" to the magazine.
Iran, meanwhile, has condemned the publication as "insulting" and "provocative".
Video:Emotional Scenes At News Conference
The cartoon "provokes the emotions of Muslims and hurts their feelings around the world, and could fan the flame of a vicious circle of extremism," Iran's foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls declared a "war against terrorism" on Tuesday and in a speech called for France to pull together after the attack and the killing of four hostages at a Jewish supermarket in Paris as well as the murder of a police officer in the capital.
He said: "France is at war against terrorism, jihadism, radicalism... (not) Islam and Muslims.
"I don't want Jews in this country to be scared, or Muslims to be ashamed."
Video:Nations Mourn Attack Victims
Mr Valls called for France's intelligence and anti-terrorism laws to be strengthened and "clear failings" addressed.
The Charlie Hebdo gunmen - Said and Cherif Kouachi - and their accomplice, supermarket gunman Amedy Coulibaly, were known to French intelligence agencies and had been on a US terror watch list for some time.
In a newly-released video Yemen's al Qaeda branch said it ordered the attack in retaliation for the publication's depiction of the Prophet Mohammed.
"We, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, claim responsibility for this operation as vengeance for the messenger of Allah," one of the group's leaders, Nasser al-Ansi, said.
1/21
Gallery: Funerals For Paris Attacks Victims
Police officers carry the coffins draped in the French flag of the three police officers killed in the recent terror attacks in Paris, at the city's police headquarters
The coffin of French police officer Ahmed Merabet, 40, is carried by colleagues
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The magazine had faced threats and was firebombed for featuring cartoons of the prophet.
Meanwhile funerals have taken place in Paris and Jerusalem for some of the 17 killed in the terror attacks, which included three police officers.
It has also been confirmed that US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Paris on Friday to meet French President Francois Hollande.
It comes after US congressman Randy Weber compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler after he did not attend a unity march in Paris over the weekend.
Video:Jewish Paris Victims Laid To Rest
"Even Adolph Hitler thought it more important than Obama to get to Paris. (For all the wrong reasons.) Obama couldn't do it for right reasons," the Texas Republican wrote.
He has since issued an apology.
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