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VIDEO: Drone footage shows migrants' arrival September 23, 2015
Matthew Price looks at one of the Greek hotspots for migrants entering Europe.
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VIDEO: The Olympian who never gave up September 23, 2015
In 1992, 400m medal hopeful Derek Redmond pulled up injured in the semi-final of the Barcelona Olympics, but still finished the race.
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VIDEO: Football legend Pele at 75 September 23, 2015
Football legend Pele is 75 this year. He talked to the BBC about what inspires him and what he makes of football today.
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VIDEO: Pope Francis lands to cheers in US September 22, 2015
President Obama and his Family have greeted Pope Francis upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
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VIDEO: Lesbos struggles as 4,000 arrive daily September 22, 2015
The Greek island of Lesbos is still struggling to keep up with the steady flow of migrants and refugees.
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VIDEO: How much does making a drug cost? September 22, 2015
As Turing Pharmaceuticals raises the price of an Aids treatment, Daraprim, BBC News looks at how the pharmaceutical industry tries to balance the pursuit of profit with a patient's need to access medication.
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VIDEO: Refugee crisis: Food and phone charging September 22, 2015
The BBC's Mark Lowen reports from a sports stadium on the Turkey-Greece border where agencies are providing shelter and food to refugees trying to reach Europe.
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VIDEO: On the ground at refugee hotspots September 22, 2015
EU ministers have approved a controversial plan to relocate 120,000 refugees and migrants across the EU using compulsory quotas.
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VIDEO: A guide to strange initiation ceremonies September 22, 2015
Initiation ceremonies are in the news, here are some of the stranger ones from around the world.
Port-Sudan Elimination
An unidentified “foreign” plane has bombed, on Tuesday 04/05/2011 evening, a car in the Sudanese city of Port Sudan, killing two people, officials have said (see also -MEAST NIGHTMARE).
“A plane bombed a small car which was coming from Port Sudan airport to the town … There were two people in the car and both were killed. The vehicle was completely destroyed,” Mohammed Tahir, the speaker of the Red Sea state parliament, told the AFP news agency on Tuesday. The plane flew in from the direction of the Red Sea, destroyed the vehicle at about 22:00 and returned in the direction from which it came, Tahir said (see also – Secret-War).
The Sudanese Media Centre, a news agency reportedly linked to Sudan’s state security apparatus, said the army responded with missiles that the plane managed to evade.
A witness told Reuters news agency that there was heavy presence of security forces at the scene, about 20km from Port Sudan, the capital of Red Sea State, 660km northeast of capital Khartoum.
The USA maintains a “counterterrorism” base in nearby Djibouti which has been active against Al Qaeda suspects on both sides of the Red Sea, according to AFP.
Sudan’s Foreign Minister Ali Ahmad Karti said, on Wednesday 04/06/2011, Israel carried out the air strike. Intelligence sources hinted that the two men killed in the mysterious attack were Abdel-Latif al-Ashkar, who arrived to Port Sudan international airport shortly before the attack, and his driver. Abdel-Latif al-Ashkar replaced Mahmoud al-Mabhouh as the chief Hamas coordinator with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Hamas has close ties with Khartoum and has long maintained a base in Sudan, to which the group’s exiled chief Khaled Mashaal is a frequent visitor.
Abdel-Latif al-Ashkar, in his mid 40s’, was born in Jibaliya refugee camp in Gaza Strip. He was one of the first to join the Hamas in Gaza Strip. Abdel-Latif al-Ashkar was arrested by Israel for a short time in the early 90s’. In 1996 the pro-Fatah security apparatus in Gaza identified Abdel-Latif al-Ashkar as a member of the Hamas secret apparatus. Following his exposure Abdel-Latif al-Ashkar fled to Damascus and joined Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in the “Logistic & Support Department” of Hamas, in charge off coordinating weapons smuggling to Gaza Strip, especially from Iran. He is a relative of Ismail al-Ashkar, a deputy in the Palestinian Legislative Council on behalf of Hamas.
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03/2011 -ABU-SIsI – THE UkRAINIAN CONNECTION
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03/2011 -IRAN’S MOMENTUM IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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02/2010 -MOSSAD – THE HUNT
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