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From the Liveblog of Sunday, January 10, 2016

Hollande makes surprise visit to main Paris mosque

10 January 2016, 2:38 pm

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French President Francois Hollande makes an unannounced visit to the main mosque in Paris on Sunday, a year after jihadist attacks in the French capital.

“The president had a short conversation and a moment of friendship and fraternity over a cup of tea,” a French presidency official says.

Earlier, Hollande attended a low-key event to mark a year since 1.5 million people thronged Paris in a show of unity following the shootings at Charlie Hebdo newspaper and a Jewish supermarket.

— AFP

(From L) French Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo, French President Francois Hollande and French Prime Minister Manuel Valls attend a remembrance rally at Place de la Republique (Republic square) on January 10, 2016 to mark a year since 1.6 million people thronged the French capital in a show of unity after attacks on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper and a Jewish supermarket. (AFP / POOL / YOAN VALAT) — (From L) French Paris’ Mayor Anne Hidalgo, French President Francois Hollande and French Prime Minister Manuel Valls attend a remembrance rally at Place de la Republique (Republic square) on January 10, 2016 to mark a year since 1.6 million people thronged the French capital in a show of unity after attacks on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper and a Jewish supermarket.
(AFP / POOL / YOAN VALAT)

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