The impending cuts would cause FBI furloughs equivalent in size to closing the bureau's offices in Chicago, Miami and Baltimore, slash the number of civil and criminal cases filed by federal prosecutors and delay the full use of four new prisons while taxing the ability to keep inmates and guards safe.

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The four guards who Faid allegedly held hostage "are safe and sound, " Lille prosecutor Frederic Fevre said.

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The four guards who Faid allegedly held hostage "are safe and sound, " said Lille prosecutor Frederic Fevre.

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