Charlie Hebdo ups print run to 5 million as copies fly off shelves
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After selling out within minutes Wednesday, Charlie Hebdo s printing an additional two million copies of its first issue since last week's terrorist attacks left 12 editors and contributors dead.
Across France, throngs of people lined up to pick up a copy of the satirical magazine's "survivor's issue," whose cover features a cartoon of the prophet Muhammad holding the now-famous "Je suis Charlie" sign that became an international symbol of free expression in the days after the attacks:
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On France's eBay website, copies were being auctioned for as much as $117,000, though prices were lower on eBay's British and American sites.
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The total print run now stands at five million copies, dozens of times larger than the magazine's typical 60,000-issue run.