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PARIS (AP) — Instead of the usual fireworks display tonight in Paris to welcome the new year, there will be a five-minute video performance at the Arc de Triomphe (ahrk dih tree-OHMPF') just before midnight, relayed on screens along the Champs Elysee (shahmz eh-lee-ZAY').
The mayor of Paris says it's aimed at "sending the world the message that Paris is standing, proud of its lifestyle and living together."
The French are reeling after a year that started with attacks on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo Jan. 7 and on a Paris kosher market two days later, violence that killed 17 people plus the three Islamic extremist attackers. November brought the terror attacks that left 130 people dead in Paris.
Tens of thousands of police and troops are deployed across France today.
One Parisian says she's just hoping next year will be different. She says, "It does not need to be an excellent one, but just a normal one."
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APPHOTO MEU109: The French foreign Legion patrol at Auber's metro station in Paris, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015. France's defense minister has visited troops on duty ahead of unusually tense New Year's Eve celebrations in Paris after November attacks that left 130 dead and hundreds injured. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) (30 Dec 2015)
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