France Will 'Intensify' IS Bombing In Syria

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France Will 'Intensify' IS Bombing In Syria

French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech at a special congress of the joint upper and lower houses of parliament at the Palace of Versailles, near Paris

President Hollande says his nation is at war and vows "we will eradicate terrorism" as he pledges thousands more police in France.

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