Bay Ledger News Zonebill@blnz.comtag:www.blnz.com,2009:people/jonathan_sandlertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/08/France_fears_hundreds_Islamist_extremists_c266

France's interior minister on Monday predicted more arrests of Islamic extremists and warned of possibly hundreds of home-grown militants at large following a crackdown that sent shockwaves through the country's Jewish community.

2012-10-08T21:25:59ZAFP Global Editionby Nicolas Gaudichettag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/27/France_urges_networks_shooting_videos_88f5

President Nicolas Sarkozy and families of the victims urged television networks Tuesday not to broadcast graphic videos shot by an Islamist extremist killer during his shooting spree in southern France.

2012-03-27T11:50:25ZAFP Global Editionby Michael Mainvilletag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/21/French_police_besiege_Al-Qaeda_gunman_1f1b

French police laid siege Wednesday to an apartment block where a self-declared Al-Qaeda militant who has claimed a series of deadly attacks on troops and Jewish children was holed up.

2012-03-21T17:36:15ZAFP Global Editionby Laurent Lozanotag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/21/French_police_corner_shootings_suspect_a6c1

French police laid siege Wednesday to an apartment block where a self-declared Al-Qaeda militant who claimed a series of deadly attacks on troops and Jewish children was holed up.

2012-03-21T15:19:00ZAFP Global Editionby Alex Peyrilletag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/21/French_police_corner_Islamist_shootings_e893

French police were trying Wednesday to negotiate the surrender of a suspected Islamist militant holed up in a flat after shootings that left seven dead, including three Jewish children.

2012-03-21T11:49:47ZAFP Global Editionby Alex Peyrilletag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/21/Israel_mourns_victims_French_shootings_09bc

Thousands of weeping mourners attended the funerals at a Jerusalem cemetery on Wednesday of three French-Israeli children and a teacher killed in a shooting spree at a Jewish school in France.

2012-03-21T10:26:04ZAFP Global Editionby Yoav Lemmertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/21/Israel_begins_burying_victims_France_7e6b

The funerals for three French-Israeli children and a teacher who were gunned down at a Jewish school in France got under way in Jerusalem on Wednesday, an AFP correspondent said.

2012-03-21T09:32:48ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/21/French_police_corner_Toulouse_shootings_925e

A blast rang out Wednesday as French police besieged a flat where an Islamist suspect in a series of deadly shootings was holed up, claiming he had acted to avenge Palestinian children.

2012-03-21T09:12:49ZAFP Global Editionby Alex Peyrilletag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/21/French_police_corner_school_shootings_839b

French police surrounded a house Wednesday where a man suspected of a series of deadly shootings was holed up, claiming he had carried out the attacks to avenge Palestinian children.

2012-03-21T07:15:45ZAFP Global Editionby Alex Peyrilletag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/21/French_police_corner_Al-Qaeda_suspect_94e4

Shots rang out Wednesday as French police surrounded a self-declared member of the Al-Qaeda network holed up in a house after a series of shooting attacks that shocked the nation.

2012-03-21T05:57:04ZAFP Global Editionby Alex Peyrilletag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/21/Bodies_French_shooting_victims_land_2994

The bodies of three children and a rabbi who were shot dead at a Jewish school in France arrived in Israel early on Wednesday ahead of a burial service in Jerusalem, an airport source said.

2012-03-21T05:17:42ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/21/French_police_corner_suspect_school_d49c

Shots rang out Wednesday as French police surrounded a self-declared member of the Al-Qaeda network holed up in a house after a series of shooting attacks that shocked the nation.

2012-03-21T05:12:00ZAFP Global Editionby Alex Peyrilletag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/20/French_hunt_school_killer_victims_a98f

An El Al plane left Paris for Israel early Wednesday, with the bodies of three Jewish children and a rabbi gunned down in southern France, amid fears that a suspected serial killer will strike again.

2012-03-21T03:11:53ZAFP Global Editionby Laurent Lozanotag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/20/French_shooting_victims_bodies_flown_f25a

An El Al plane took off from Paris for Israel early Wednesday, carrying the bodies of three Jewish children and a rabbi gunned down in southern France, an airport source said.

2012-03-21T01:07:12ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/20/Bodies_French_shooting_victims_route_6c66

Families and friends wept as the bodies of three children and a rabbi began their journey Tuesday from the French Jewish school where they were shot dead to their burial in Israel.

2012-03-20T15:25:09ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/20/Bodies_French_school_victims_bound_6f43

The bodies of three Franco-Israeli children and a French rabbi who were murdered in a French school shooting were to be flown to Israel on Tuesday, a Jewish community body said.

2012-03-20T11:07:17ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/20/France_launches_massive_manhunt_Jewish_befe

France launched a massive manhunt Tuesday for a serial killer who gunned down three children and a teacher at a Jewish school in Toulouse, slapping an unprecedented terror alert on the southwest of the country.

2012-03-20T07:41:38ZAFP Global Editionby Laurent Lozano and Alex Peyrilletag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/20/France_issues_terror_alert_after_f7bc

France imposed an unprecedented terror alert in the southwest as police Tuesday sought a suspected serial killer who gunned down three children and a teacher at a Jewish school in Toulouse.

2012-03-20T07:04:15ZAFP Global Editionby Laurent Lozano and Alex Peyrilletag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/19/Israel_lead_condemnation_France_school_33b5

The United Nations and Israel led world condemnation of the shooting of three children and a teacher at a Jewish school in France, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling it "despicable murder".

2012-03-20T03:13:10ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/03/19/French_election_campaign_hold_after_4e9b

France effectively put its election campaign on hold Monday after a gunman killed three children and a teacher at a Jewish school and candidates set politics aside to condemn the shocking attack.

2012-03-19T20:47:55ZAFP Global Editionby Michael Mainville