Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 17 Januari 2015 | 23.17
A man is in a serious condition in hospital after a metal rod was speared in the side of his head during an attack as he parked his car.
Incredibly he was able to drive himself to a petrol station several hundred metres away after the assault to get help.
CCTV footage in New Zealand showed the 23-year-old man holding the bar by the tip as he walked in - and some customers and staff initially thought it was a prank.
The man was described as being 'pretty calm'
The victim kept his cool and even asked staff to call police rather than an ambulance.
One unnamed witness said: "I was like, man, is this a TV show ... is this guy for real?
"It looked like a Halloween stunt ... but no, it was pretty real when he turned around and blood was coming down the side of his head."
Another witness, Dylan Shea, said: "The sharp part of the tyre iron was in his temple.
He walked into this petrol station in New Zealand
"He's real lucky, lucky that it didn't go any deeper. I don't think he realised he was so hurt. But as you can see he was pretty nasty."
Mr Shea added: "All my other mates were freaking out. I stayed reasonably calm but they don't really like that gory sort of stuff."
He said of the victim: "He was pretty calm, he wasn't freaking out or anything.
"He knew what had gone wrong and he said he knew his first aid and that so he didn't try to rip it out or anything."
Police said the victim had been punched in the head and hit with the steel pole in the street.
The rod has been removed and he is now in a serious but stable condition in Waikato Hospital, in the upper north island of the country.
Officers said they were making progress in their investigation and were talking to witnesses.
The head of the EU's police agency Europol says there are no guarantees that another Paris-style terror attack can be prevented despite increased security measures.
Rob Wainwright told Sky News that it has become "extremely difficult" to deal with the threat posed by Islamist extremists.
It comes as David Cameron vowed to tackle what he called the "poisonous narrative of Islamist extremism that is turning too many young minds".
Europol's boss Rob Wainwright speaking to Sky News
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.
There are 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.
Video:'Important Discussions' On Terror
Belgium has now deployed hundreds of troops to guard locations thought to be at risk including Jewish sites and embassies.
Mr Wainwright said 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: "Even in countries like France that have some of the most well-equipped counter-terrorist capabilities in the world, still it is possible for terrorist attacks to take place.
Video:Cameron And Obama On Terror Threat
"This means that stopping everything is very difficult. Containing the threat fully is very difficult but I'm sure we will prevail in the same way as societies have prevailed against other forms of terrorism in the past."
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.
He pushed for tougher requirements for internet firms to alert authorities to suspicious online exchanges, ban encrypted communications and store data.
Video:PM: No 'Safe Space' For Terrorists
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.
Mr Wainwright said the terror threat was "very serious" and a "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".
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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.
The two leaders also agreed to stage cyber "war games" and establish a joint "cyber cell" to boost both countries' resistance to hack attacks.
A plane carrying Filipino officials who were part of the Pope's visit to a typhoon-hit city has been blown off the runway minutes after the pontiff's jet left.
Television pictures showed the plane on grass to the side of the airstrip in Tacloban with its nose cone on the ground and ambulances rushing to the scene.
Other emergency services appeared to be spraying water on to the jet.
The Pope visited Tacloban but had to cut his trip short
Nobody is thought to have been injured when the aircraft, carrying four senior cabinet members, was hit by strong winds while taxiing.
The Bombardier aircraft, with 19 passengers on board, was pushed out of control as it attempted to take off from Tacloban Airport.
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Pope Francis had just cut short his visit to the Filipino city because of the approaching Tropical Storm Mekkhala and had just left on a separate flight.
He earlier celebrated mass with survivors of Typhoon Haiyan which devastated the area in November 2013.
There was further tragedy when a 27-year-old Catholic Relief service volunteer was killed by a falling speaker just after the mass.
She was helping take the speakers down when one hit her in the windy conditions.
Tens of thousands of people braved the elements to cheer as Pope Francis earlier walked off his plane in Tacloban in strong winds and heavy rain.
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Gallery: Tropical Storm Mekkhala Forces Francis To Leave Philippines City
The Pope was in Tacloban to celebrate mass with survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the area in November 2013
Tens of thousands of people braved the heavy rain to catch a glimpse of Francis
Five months after it sparked fears of aviation disruption in Europe, this aerial footage shows the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland continuing to magnificently erupt.
Seismic activity from the volcano has continued since August last year, with small earthquakes occurring daily in the area, according to a report by the Icelandic Met Office.
The Holuhraun lava field is now around 85 square kilometres (33 square miles), NASA has said.
It is Iceland's largest baslatic lava flow since the Laki eruption in 1783-1784, with lava flowing at an estimated 50 to 70 cubic metres per second over the last few weeks.
High levels of sulphuric dioxide are still being recorded in the area, which has triggered evacuations of villages.
Air exclusion zones were put in place when the volcano first began to erupt on 27 August.
In 2010, an ash cloud from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano closed much of Europe's air space for six days.
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Video:John Kerry Hugs French President
By Sky News US Team
US Secretary of State John Kerry has paid his respects to the victims of last week's terrorist attacks in Paris.
Mr Kerry's visit aimed at expressing America's solidarity with the French people amid lingering criticism of the Obama administration's failure to send a high-level official to Paris for Sunday's unity march.
Francois Hollande (C) was joined by leaders from across the world
The rally attracted some 40 world leaders and more than a million demonstrators.
Mr Kerry told his French counterpart that he "felt bad" not being in Paris as he saw millions of people demonstrating.
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Gallery: Kerry Pays Tribute To Paris Victims
John Kerry lays a wreath with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in memory of the victims of last week's terror attack on a kosher supermarket
The Secretary of State's visit aimed at reasserting America's solidarity
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Mr Kerry and Mr Fabius at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, the satirical magazine where 12 people were killed
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Mr Kerry told Mr Fabius "he felt bad not being here" as millions demonstrated for free speech and in memory of the victims, Mr Fabius said
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Mr Kerry said: "Our hearts are with you"
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"This has touched him," French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said.
"He saw the millions demonstrating, he told me that he felt bad not being here."
The White House said in a rare admission that it should have sent a higher-level official to the unity rally, which was attended by the US ambassador to France.
At a ceremony at the Hotel de Ville, the city hall of Paris, Mr Kerry called the attacks a "living nightmare".
He then introduced his friend James Taylor, who performed his hit You've Got A Friend, starting with several bars of the French national anthem.
Video:US To France: 'You've Got A Friend'
Mr Kerry was greeted by French President Francois Hollande upon arriving in Paris on Friday morning.
"I think you know that you have the full and heartfelt condolences of the American people and I know you know that we share the pain and the horror of everything that you went through," said Mr Kerry, who speaks fluent French.
"Our hearts are with you," added Mr Kerry, who had said he was coming "to share a big hug with Paris" - and he and the French president hugged each other.
Mr Hollande said the French people "were the victims of an exceptional terrorist attack. We must, therefore, together find the necessary response".
Last week's terrorist atrocities in France led to the deaths of 17 people, including 12 at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine. A policewoman was killed in Paris and four more people were shot dead in an attack on a kosher supermarket.
Video:Obama Writes 'Vive La France!'
The three gunmen were killed in shoot-out with police.
Mr Kerry laid wreaths at the sites of the attacks.
He went to the Hyper Cacher kosher market, where his tribute was the latest addition to a long stretch of flowers and candles that have been placed alongside police barriers that surround the shop.
Then Mr Kerry laid another wreath at the memorial to those killed at Charlie Hebdo, where gunmen said they were avenging the publication of cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammed.
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Video:John Kerry Hugs French President
By Sky News US Team
US Secretary of State John Kerry has paid his respects to the victims of last week's terrorist attacks in Paris.
Mr Kerry's visit aimed at expressing America's solidarity with the French people amid lingering criticism of the Obama administration's failure to send a high-level official to Paris for Sunday's unity march.
Francois Hollande (C) was joined by leaders from across the world
The rally attracted some 40 world leaders and more than a million demonstrators.
Mr Kerry told his French counterpart that he "felt bad" not being in Paris as he saw millions of people demonstrating.
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Gallery: Kerry Pays Tribute To Paris Victims
John Kerry lays a wreath with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in memory of the victims of last week's terror attack on a kosher supermarket
The Secretary of State's visit aimed at reasserting America's solidarity
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Mr Kerry and Mr Fabius at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, the satirical magazine where 12 people were killed
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Mr Kerry told Mr Fabius "he felt bad not being here" as millions demonstrated for free speech and in memory of the victims, Mr Fabius said
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Mr Kerry said: "Our hearts are with you"
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"This has touched him," French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said.
"He saw the millions demonstrating, he told me that he felt bad not being here."
The White House said in a rare admission that it should have sent a higher-level official to the unity rally, which was attended by the US ambassador to France.
At a ceremony at the Hotel de Ville, the city hall of Paris, Mr Kerry called the attacks a "living nightmare".
He then introduced his friend James Taylor, who performed his hit You've Got A Friend, starting with several bars of the French national anthem.
Video:US To France: 'You've Got A Friend'
Mr Kerry was greeted by French President Francois Hollande upon arriving in Paris on Friday morning.
"I think you know that you have the full and heartfelt condolences of the American people and I know you know that we share the pain and the horror of everything that you went through," said Mr Kerry, who speaks fluent French.
"Our hearts are with you," added Mr Kerry, who had said he was coming "to share a big hug with Paris" - and he and the French president hugged each other.
Mr Hollande said the French people "were the victims of an exceptional terrorist attack. We must, therefore, together find the necessary response".
Last week's terrorist atrocities in France led to the deaths of 17 people, including 12 at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine. A policewoman was killed in Paris and four more people were shot dead in an attack on a kosher supermarket.
Video:Obama Writes 'Vive La France!'
The three gunmen were killed in shoot-out with police.
Mr Kerry laid wreaths at the sites of the attacks.
He went to the Hyper Cacher kosher market, where his tribute was the latest addition to a long stretch of flowers and candles that have been placed alongside police barriers that surround the shop.
Then Mr Kerry laid another wreath at the memorial to those killed at Charlie Hebdo, where gunmen said they were avenging the publication of cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammed.
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The public flogging of writer Raif Badawi has been postponed by Saudi officials on medical grounds, Amnesty International has said.
Mr Badawi, who was flogged 50 times a week ago by an Interior Ministry official, was due to face another 50 lashes on Friday.
The blogger has been sentenced to a total of 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison for insulting Islam.
Amnesty International said a prison doctor concluded Mr Badawi's wounds had not yet healed properly and he would not be able to withstand another round of lashes.
The flogging prompted an international outcry and global protests
Meanwhile, Mr Badawi's wife Ensaf Haider told news agency AFP his case has been referred to Saudi Arabia's supreme court, possibly paving the way for an appeal.
"We only knew today that Badawi's case was referred by the royal court to the supreme court nearly a month ago," she said.
Amnesty International tweeted: "Our researchers have confirmed Raif Badawi's case was referred to Supreme Court in Dec 2014 months after appeal court upheld his sentence."
However it warned he "remains at imminent risk of flogging".
Following news of Friday's postponement, the organisation's Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa Programme said: "Not only does this postponement on health grounds expose the utter brutality of this punishment, it underlines its outrageous inhumanity.
"The notion that Raif Badawi must be allowed to heal so that he can suffer this cruel punishment again and again is macabre and outrageous."
Saudi Arabia has come under increased pressure from Western countries over its weekly flogging of Mr Badawi, particularly since the Paris attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine, which was condemned by Riyadh.
The United States, Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders all denounced the flogging as a horrific form of punishment, saying Mr Badawi was exercising his right to freedom of expression.
The UN human rights chief this week urged the Saudi king to pardon Mr Badawi and review the "cruel" penalty.
"Flogging is, in my view, at the very least, a form of cruel and inhuman punishment," UN commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said in a statement.
His wife, who sought asylum in Canada with their three children after Mr Badawi was jailed in June 2012, has also pleaded for his release
Mr Badawi, co-founder of the now-banned Saudi Liberal Network, was found guilty of insulting Islam after criticising Saudi Arabian clerics on a forum he founded in 2008.
In the past year Saudi authorities have been criticised by international rights groups for jailing several prominent activists on charges ranging from setting up an illegal organisation to damaging the reputation of the country.
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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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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."
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Video:Charlie Hebdo: Angry Protests
At least four people have died in Niger in violent protests over the Charlie Hebdo magazine's publication of a new cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed.
Forty five people were also injured in the clashes in the city of Zinder, with demonstrators ransacking three churches and setting fire to the French cultural centre.
Protests erupted in Zinder, southern Niger and the capital Niamey
At least two churches were set on fire in the capital Niamey and 100 riot police guarded the city's cathedral to protect it from a crowd of stone-throwing youths.
Tear gas was also fired to disperse some 1,000 youths who gathered in front of the city's grand mosque. Protesters in several parts of the city were also seen carrying clubs and iron bars.
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Gallery: Niger Protests Over Charlie Hebdo
Smoke billows in a street near the grand mosque in Niamey as people demonstrate against French weekly Charlie Hebdo's publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed
This picture shows a charred vehicle burnt out during the protests, after thousands of protesters gathered following Friday prayers
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A ransacked church burns after it was set ablaze
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Protesters burned a French flag in the city of Zinder
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This church was ransacked before it was set ablaze
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In Karachi, Pakistan, people were injured when protesters clashed with police outside the French consulate.
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."
Video:Pakistan Charlie Hebdo Protests
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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Four Killed In Anti-Charlie Hebdo Protests
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Video:Charlie Hebdo: Angry Protests
At least four people have died in Niger in violent protests over the Charlie Hebdo magazine's publication of a new cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed.
Forty five people were also injured in the clashes in the city of Zinder, with demonstrators ransacking three churches and setting fire to the French cultural centre.
Protests erupted in Zinder, southern Niger and the capital Niamey
At least two churches were set on fire in the capital Niamey and 100 riot police guarded the city's cathedral to protect it from a crowd of stone-throwing youths.
Tear gas was also fired to disperse some 1,000 youths who gathered in front of the city's grand mosque. Protesters in several parts of the city were also seen carrying clubs and iron bars.
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Gallery: Niger Protests Over Charlie Hebdo
Smoke billows in a street near the grand mosque in Niamey as people demonstrate against French weekly Charlie Hebdo's publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed
This picture shows a charred vehicle burnt out during the protests, after thousands of protesters gathered following Friday prayers
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A ransacked church burns after it was set ablaze
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Protesters burned a French flag in the city of Zinder
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This church was ransacked before it was set ablaze
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In Karachi, Pakistan, people were injured when protesters clashed with police outside the French consulate.
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".
Video:Anti-Hebdo Protests In Algeria
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."
Video:Pakistan Charlie Hebdo Protests
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."
Video:Defiance At Charlie Editor Funeral
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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Breaking News: Eurostar Cancels All Trains After 'Lorry Fire'
All Eurostar trains have been cancelled for the rest of the day after a reported fire in the Channel Tunnel.
Passengers are facing hours of delays after Eurostar said smoke had been detected in the north tunnel and services were suspended in both directions.
Information board shows cancelled trains at Gare du Nord station
The company, which runs passenger services linking St Pancras in London with Paris and Brussels, said all trains were returning to their original stations and the tunnel was closed.
Car and freight services between Folkestone and Calais, run by Eurotunnel, were also suspended.
Video:Passengers Hit By Eurostar Alert
Kent Police said there had been a lorry fire at the French end of the tunnel.
However, a spokesman for Eurotunnel said there was not a truck fire but a carbon dioxide alarm had gone off.
The firm tweeted: "Passenger and freight services are currently suspended in both directions.
"CO2 detectors have been activated in one tunnel; we are currently awaiting feedback from teams in Tunnel."
Dozens of services overall are thought to have been cancelled as a result of the closure.
A warning to customers on the Eurostar website said: "We are sorry but we are unable to run any further trains today because Eurotunnel has been closed due to smoke detected in the north tunnel.
"If you were planning to travel today, we advise you to postpone your journey and not to come to the station."
It added on Twitter: "Due to today's suspension of services, tickets can be refunded or rebooked within the next 60 days for travel within six months."
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No-one was believed to be hurt in the incident that was being dealt with by French authorities.
A Kent Police spokesman said: "A lorry fire has led to the closure of both bores of the Channel Tunnel.
"The fire was at the French end of the tunnel and is being dealt with by the French authorities. There are no reported injuries.
"However, rail passengers are advised to expect significant delays whilst the vehicle is being recovered and fumes are cleared from the tunnels."
In March, hundreds of Eurostar passengers were delayed after a lightning strike triggered a fire in a building close to the entrance to the tunnel in Kent.
Although there was no damage to the track, four trains in and out of England were affected.
Three eventually reached their destination but the fourth, which had been heading to Paris, was forced to turn back to London.
