Police and army patrol September 13, 2001 in front of the European
Parliament's building in Strasbourg as security measures were tightened
in France following the attacks on New York and Washington. The French
government placed the country under a full security alert after the
activation of Vigipirate plan, which was first introduced in 1995 after
a serie of bombings in Paris that were blamed on Algerian guerrillas of
the Armed Islamic Group (GIA). REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

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