60 Second News: France calls up 10,000 troops to bolster security of 'sensitive' sites

French soldiers patrol in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on January 8, 2015 as the capital was placed under the highest alert status a day after a terrorist attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo

Paris (AFP) - France will call up 10,000 military personnel to bolster security around "sensitive" sites in the country, in the wake of terrorist attacks that left 17 dead, its defence minister said Monday.

Jean-Yves Le Drian unveiled the fresh measures after an emergency meeting called by President Francois Hollande as attention turned to preventing a repeat of France's bloodiest attacks in half a century.

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