The Latest: Berlin police release 2 suspected of extremism
By Associated Press
Nov 27, 2015 3:59 AM CST
French President Francois Hollande, center, stands at attention during a ceremony in the courtyard of the Invalides in Paris, Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. France is mourning and honoring those killed in the Nov. 13 attacks in a somber ceremony presided by French President Francois Hollande. (AP Photo/Francois...   (Associated Press)

PARIS (AP) — The latest on the attacks in Paris and security alert in Brussels. All times local:

11 a.m.

Berlin police say they have released two men who had been taken into custody as part of an investigation into Islamic extremists in the German capital.

Police said Friday there was no evidence found to hold the 28-year-old Syrian and 46-year-old Tunisian man who were picked up on Thursday, the dpa news agency reported.

Following the detentions, police raided a mosque in the city's western neighborhood of Charlottenburg.

Local media reported that police suspected the two were planning to transport explosives from Munich to use in a possible attack in Dortmund.

But police said no evidence of any explosives was found in either their car or the mosque.

Police say the investigation is ongoing.

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10:55 a.m.

The names of the 130 dead and their ages are being read aloud at the Invalides national monument in a somber ceremony honoring those killed in the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris.

Overwhelmingly young adults in their 20s and 30s, nearly all the victims were killed at a rock concert or on the terraces of bars and restaurants of central Paris.

French President Francois Hollande is sitting alone in a simple chair in the Invalides courtyard, an assembled crowd of mourners behind him.

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10:50 a.m.

A Muslim group has suspended its free distribution of Qurans on Vienna streets during the pre-Christmas season, saying it does not want to provoke people in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.

Mustafa Brahja, who organizes the hand-outs, says "nerves are tense" after the terrorist spree. He is cited Friday by state broadcaster ORF as saying the suspension will last for the next two or three months.

Brahja says he is acting on the request of Vienna's Islamic community.

The books, on stands with signs saying "read!" are a familiar sign in the Austrian capital. Brahja says that more than 20,000 copies have been distributed over the past two years.

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10:25 a.m.

France is mourning and honoring those killed in the Nov. 13 attacks in a somber ceremony in Paris.

French President Francois Hollande will preside over Friday's ceremony, which will include the government, top lawmakers, the Paris mayor and former President Nicolas Sarkozy as well as far right leader Marine Le Pen. The national anthem, which became a symbol of the country's resilience from the moment the terrified crowd filed out of the Stade de France in song, will ring out.

This is the first formal gathering since Islamic extremist gunmen and suicide bombers attacked the national stadium and central Paris.

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9:30 a.m.

German prosecutors say they have arrested on illegal weapons charges a 34-year-old man who local media report was located as part of an investigation into the attacks in Paris.

Stuttgart prosecutors said Friday the man, whose name was not given in line with privacy laws, is accused of converting legal starter pistols to fire live ammunition and selling them on the Internet, the dpa news agency reported.

The prosecutor's office would not confirm, however, a Bild newspaper report that he is also suspected of selling four AK-47 type assault rifles at the beginning of November that might have been used in the Paris attacks.

Citing investigative documents, Bild reported that the man's phone contained data that led to the suspicion.

The item timed at 10:25 a.m. has been corrected to remove reference to photos of the victims not being shown.

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