France Remains on High Alert

A French soldier patrols the Part-Dieu shopping mall in Lyon as part of the "Vigipirate" security plan after last week's Islamic militant attacks, Jan. 16, 2015.

A suspect in a hostage-taking situation raises his arms when he is detained by members of a special French RAID forces outside the post office in Colombes, near Paris, Jan. 16, 2015.

A suspect in a hostage-taking situation is handcuffed by members of special French RAID forces outside the post offices in Colombes, near Paris, Jan. 16, 2015.

Jean-Luc Melenchon (left) the leader of the French far-left Parti de Gauche, at a tribute to late satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo cartoonist and editor-in-chief Stephane Charbonnier, in Pontoise, near Paris, Jan. 16, 2015.

French President Francois Hollande welcomes U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Jan. 16, 2015.

Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listen to a performance by singer James Taylor at City Hall in Paris, Jan. 16, 2015. (Pam Dockins/VOA)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry lays a wreath with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius at the site of one of the terrorist attacks, the Hyper Cacher kosher market, in Paris, Jan. 16, 2015.

French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech to foreign ambassadors during a New Year wishes ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Jan. 16, 2015.