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The head of Egypt's Information Service, Ambassador Salah Abdel Sadek has placed the blame for the rise of ISIS squarely at the paws of a well-known cat and mouse. It is said that a bad workman blames his tools but how about one who blames cartoon characters?

Speaking at Cairo University, he said that the characters encourage extremism and teach children that you can blow people up. He opined that the cartoon as well as video games and 'violent' movies helped to spark violence and extremism across the Arab world.

Speaking to the academic audience, he said that Tom and Jerry contributed to the notion that violence was a 'natural' part of life.

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Canada To Circulate New Charlie Hebdo Issue

Patrick Pellous, Charlie Hebdo journalist and president of Liberation newspaper, holds the new issue of Charlie Hebdo at a press conference at the Liberation offices in Paris on Tuesday. Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images

Michelle McQuigge The Canadian Press
The Canadian distributor for the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo says 1,500 copies of the latest issue — which features a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad on the cover — will be available in different parts of the country Friday.

Louis-Philip Vermeersch, director of sales for LMPI, says that’s up from the 100 issues that are usually delivered for distribution each week.

But he says the increased production likely won’t be enough to meet demand for the issue from those Canadians who want to see the latest copy of a magazine at the centre of an international tragedy.

Charlie Hebdo is usually only available in Quebec and one store in Toronto, but Vermeersch says distribution will be more widespread this time.

Charlie Hebdo returns with a tearful Prophet on the cover

Charlie Hebdo cartoonist, Renald Luzier (L) aka Luz, and Patrick Pelloux (R), Charlie Hebdo journalist, during the Charlie Hebdo press conference held at the Liberation offices in Paris on January 13, 2015 in Paris, France. Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images

The Associated Press
The French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo is publishing a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad on the cover of its first issue since Islamic extremists killed 12 people at its offices.

The newspaper Liberation hosted Charlie Hebdo staff as they prepared the new issue and is handling its special 1 million-copy print run in numerous languages.

Liberation published the Charlie Hebdo cover online late Monday night, ahead of the satirical magazine’s publication on Wednesday. The cartoon shows a bearded man in a white turban with a tear streaming down his cheek, and holding a sign reading “Je suis Charlie” (“I am Charlie”). Overhead was the phrase: “Tout est Pardonne” (“All is Forgiven”), which French media interpreted as meaning Muhammad is forgiving the cartoonists for lampooning him.

Paris Attack! Latest Issue of Charlie Hebdo Magazine Sold Out

The latest issue of controversial French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has reportedly sold out within minutes of hitting newsstands on Wednesday.

As a result, the publisher of the magazine has decided to print 2 million additional copies, Guardian UK reports. You will recall that the initial plan was to print 3 million copies but due to the overwhelming demand, the planned print run has increased to 5 million in total.

Large queues were seen at magazine kiosks all around France following the release of the publication.

Prior to the terror attacks, the magazine reportedly had a circulation of 60,000.

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Canadian cartoonists praise the free speech provocateurs of Charlie Hebdo

An illustrative drawing referencing the Charlie Hebdo by cartoonist Michel de Adder.

Jessica Smith Cross Metro
“I thought, ‘Oh jeez, it’s finally happened.’”

Wes Tyrell had gotten a late start in his studio when he began receiving messages and calls from friends in the cartoonist community about the massacre at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Tyrell, a cartoonist for Yahoo News and the head of the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists, has long been a fan of Charlie Hebdo — not of every cartoon, he makes sure to point out, but of its provocative style and especially the courage of its staff to stand up to violence.

The offices of Charlie Hebdo were firebombed in 2011—the day after publishing a cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad — and the staff was put under police protection. “I can’t say I’m shocked, I’m very disappointed,” he said.

Cartoonists around the world draw for slain Charlie Hebdo colleagues

A cartoon hangs outside the French embassy in Buenos Aires. AP

John Leicester The Associated PressAs if to prove that pens are mightier than swords, cartoonists around the world reacted to the cold-bloodied assassination of their colleagues at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo as only they can: with powerful drawings worth thousands of words.

Defiant, angry, poignant, irreverent and sobering, their drawings united cartoonists in grief, tried to make sense of the nonsensical, and sent a shared message: We must not, will not and should not be silenced. Some drawings touched such a nerve they made one want to both laugh and cry.

“Can’t sleep tonight, thoughts with my French cartooning colleagues, their families and loved ones,” David Pope, cartoonist for The Canberra Times in Australia, wrote on his Twitter feed.

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This just put a smile on our faces!

Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o appeared on a recent episode of “Sesame Street“. Just watch!

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 Elmo is with his good friend, Lupita. They are talking about all the great things about their skin. For example, Elmo’s skin just happens to be very ticklish. Lupita’s skin happens to be a beautiful brown color. Skin can come in all different shades and colors. Isn’t skin just the best? However, ticklish or smooth or black or brown or white or tan, be sure to love the skin you are in. 

 

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