Thousands in Paris line up before dawn for new Charlie Hebdo

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Charlie Hebdo's defiant new issue sold out before dawn in Paris, but people are still lining up at kiosks in case there's a spare copy of the paper featuring an illustration of the Prophet Muhammad crying.

Twelve were killed last week in a brutal attack on the offices in Paris. Those who survived rushed to put out the issue that appeared on newsstands Wednesday, working out of borrowed offices. They printed 3 million issues — more than 50 times the usual circulation — in English, Arabic, French and Spanish.

One newsstand just off Paris' Champs Elysee sold out at 6:05 a.m. — five minutes after opening. At Saint-Lazare, people hoping to buy a copy scuffled when they realized there weren't enough to go around.

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