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France ramps up New Year's Eve security amid terrorist threat

Security will be tight across France on New Year's Eve, with 95,000 law enforcement officers to be deployed throughout the country. AP - Thibault Camus

France will deploy more than 95,000 police and military personnel for New Year's Eve festivities amid a heightened terrorist threat that authorities say demands tighter controls.

Paris alone will get 6,000 security forces to keep order, with as many as a million revellers expected on the Champs-Elysées on Sunday night.

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