Danny Eberhard

Indestructible, proclaims the Special Edition's front cover, above a cartoon of a chuckling man reading Charlie Hebdo while sitting on top of the muzzle of an assault weapon. It's an image that chimes with an editorial from its director and co-owner, known under the nom de plume RIS.

Indestructible, proclaims the Special Edition's front cover, above a cartoon of a chuckling man reading Charlie Hebdo while sitting on top of the muzzle of an assault weapon. It's an image that chimes with an editorial from its director and co-owner, known under the nom de plume RIS.

The desire to laugh will never cease, he writes, casting laughter, irony and caricature as manifestations of optimism – Riss was shot and injured when the two French-born Islamist attackers, brothers of Algerian descent, burst into the weekly's offices and started killing those gathered for an editorial meeting.

The desire to laugh will never cease, he writes, casting laughter, irony and caricature as manifestations of optimism – Riss was shot and injured when the two French-born Islamist attackers, brothers of Algerian descent, burst into the weekly's offices and started killing those gathered for an editorial meeting.

The magazine had long faced death threats after reprinting controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Charlie Hebdo remains irreverent. Inside is more provocative content – Four pages of winning entries in a competition it organised for the funniest and meanest caricatures of God.

The magazine had long faced death threats after reprinting controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Charlie Hebdo remains irreverent. Inside is more provocative content – Four pages of winning entries in a competition it organised for the funniest and meanest caricatures of God.

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This is a really big scandal. Of all the cases that have faced Nicolas Sarkozy over the years, this is the most important one. It could see him put away for 10 years if he's convicted. There are 12 other suspects, all quite significant players, some former government ministers, a sitting MP among them. They also, like Mr Sarkozy, deny any wrongdoing.

This is a really big scandal. Of all the cases that have faced Nicolas Sarkozy over the years, this is the most important one. It could see him put away for 10 years if he's convicted. There are 12 other suspects, all quite significant players, some former government ministers, a sitting MP among them. They also, like Mr Sarkozy, deny any wrongdoing.

But the case centres around allegations that millions of euros were paid by Muammar Gaddafi Gaddafi and his men had reports of suitcases full of cash being delivered to French ministries ahead of the 2007 presidential campaign. According to prosecutors, it was struck while Nicolas Sarkozy was interior minister. He says no such charges. transfers were ever made.

But the case centres around allegations that millions of euros were paid by Muammar Gaddafi Gaddafi and his men had reports of suitcases full of cash being delivered to French ministries ahead of the 2007 presidential campaign. According to prosecutors, it was struck while Nicolas Sarkozy was interior minister. He says no such charges. transfers were ever made.

He also has cast doubt on some of the people who've made the allegations. So a former Libyan dignitaries, he says they're people who you couldn't rely on anyway. And he's accused the Libyans of actually fabricating these things as a form of vengeance because Nicolas Sarkozy, although he got very close to Muammar Gaddafi, former Libyan dictator, a sponsor of state terrorism, he also in 2011 was

He also has cast doubt on some of the people who've made the allegations. So a former Libyan dignitaries, he says they're people who you couldn't rely on anyway. And he's accused the Libyans of actually fabricating these things as a form of vengeance because Nicolas Sarkozy, although he got very close to Muammar Gaddafi, former Libyan dictator, a sponsor of state terrorism, he also in 2011 was

part of the international campaign to oust Muammar Gaddafi and sent French fighter planes to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya.

part of the international campaign to oust Muammar Gaddafi and sent French fighter planes to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya.

He's been wading through legal cases largely since he left office in 2012. So he's already been convicted twice. He's been convicted and lost a final appeal last month in one case of corruption and influence peddling when he was found to have

He's been wading through legal cases largely since he left office in 2012. So he's already been convicted twice. He's been convicted and lost a final appeal last month in one case of corruption and influence peddling when he was found to have

offered a job to a judge in return for secret information about a separate case and he's got to wear an electronic bracelet in that, although he wants to take that further to the European Court of Human Rights. He's also been convicted in a separate case about alleged illegal funding on the 2012 re-election campaign where his PR firm hid extra spending on that campaign.

offered a job to a judge in return for secret information about a separate case and he's got to wear an electronic bracelet in that, although he wants to take that further to the European Court of Human Rights. He's also been convicted in a separate case about alleged illegal funding on the 2012 re-election campaign where his PR firm hid extra spending on that campaign.