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The French government has proposed a new anti-terrorism law that will allow authorities to prosecute citizens who attend militant Islamist training camps abroad. The move come six months after Mohamed Merah a French national killed seven people in a shooting spray in and around Toulouse. He claimed to have attended al-Qaeda style camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Christian Fraser reports from Paris.

The French authorities were criticized for failing to prevent Mohamed Merah's attacks. His links with foreign Islamists were known to the intelligence services as earlier as 2009. The government says the threat is still at a very high level, and this new policy is essential to combating the threat. By the new year, terrorism related crimes committed abroad will be punishable here in France. French citizens found to be attending training camps overseas could face up to 10 years in prison. And the changes will also allow the authorities to monitor the internet and telecommunications data of suspects thought to be running extremists' websites.

The FBI in the United States has appeal to the public for help in locating a wanted US citizen and terrorism suspect who has allegedly sought military training overseas in how to kill American soldiers. It is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Ahmad Abousamra now is thought to be in Syria.