Mediagazer: Turkish Court Bans Websites Publishing Charlie Hebdo Cover (Suzan Fraser/Associated Press)

11:30 AM ET, January 14, 2015

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Tony Todd / France 24:

Charlie Hebdo sells out as 5 million print run is announced — A defiant Charlie Hebdo went on sale Wednesday, in five languages and in more than 20 countries, splashing a cartoon purporting to be Mohammed on its front cover a week after jihadist gunmen stormed the satirical weekly's offices killing 12 people.

Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

With New Charlie Hebdo Cover, News Value Should Have Prevailed — Readers responded passionately, and in large numbers, to my post last week about The Times's decision not to publish the now-famous Charlie Hebdo cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. (In fact, I've never had more comments on a post or column.)

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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:

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Suzan Fraser / Associated Press:

Turkish Court Bans Websites Publishing Charlie Hebdo Cover … ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court on Wednesday ordered the telecommunications authority to ban access to websites showing Charlie Hebdo's front cover with the image of the Prophet Muhammad, a state-run news agency said.

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Alexandra Topping / Guardian:
With borrowed space and computers, Charlie Hebdo's staff produced a paper and vowed to continue

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Richard Verrier / Los Angeles Times:

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