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German stadium cleared, soccer match canceled over security fears
National team was set to play Holland in international friendly, days after France-Germany game was targeted by suicide bombers in Paris
By Joshua Davidovich
17 November 2015, 1:48 pm
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- German security forces outside the stadium in Hanover where Germany and the Netherlands were scheduled to play a friendly soccer match on November 17, 2015. The match was canceled due to a security threat. (screen capture: Channel 2)
- German, French and Dutch flags are seen during a rehearsal prior to a friendly football match between Germany and the Netherlands in Barsinghausen, Germany on November 17, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/DPA/ PETER STEFFEN)
- A soldier patrols in the courtyard of the Louvre Museum in Paris, Tuesday, November 17, 2015. (AP/Frank Augstein)
- French President Francois Hollande. (AFP/Dominique Faget)
- Armed British police officers stand guard outside Wembley Stadium in west London, on November 17, 2015, ahead of the international friendly football match between England and France later in the day. (Justin Tallis/AFP)
- French President Francois Hollande, left, welcomes US Secretary of State John Kerry upon arrival at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France, Tuesday, November 17, 2015. (AP/Francois Mori)
- French Sports minister Patrick Kanner, right, and French Justice minister Christiane Taubira, center, arrive to meet employees of the Stade de France national stadium on November 17, 2015 in Saint-Denis north of Paris. (AFP/THOMAS SAMSON)