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VIDEO: Kayak couple survives whale encounter September 16, 2015
A couple who survived a close encounter with a humpback whale while kayaking say they "thought [they] were going to die".
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VIDEO: Lomu performs haka in Covent Garden September 16, 2015
Former New Zealand rugby player Jonah Lomu takes part in the haka in Covent Garden, London, ahead of the Rugby World Cup.
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VIDEO: Texas teen arrested as clock mistaken for bomb September 16, 2015
Texas teenager arrested after a homemade clock was mistaken for a bomb
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VIDEO: Helicopter uses robot legs to land September 16, 2015
The Pentagon is funding research into robotic legs for helicopters to let them land on uneven and moving surfaces.
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VIDEO: 'The sting of tear gas has caught everyone' September 16, 2015
The BBC's James Reynolds is by the Serbian-Hungarian border with migrants as Hungarian riot police fire tear gas and water cannon to force back migrants who broke through gates.
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VIDEO: Tightrope walker crosses Melbourne skyline September 16, 2015
Australian tightrope walker Kane Petersen has successfully crossed between two peaks of the Eureka Tower, almost 300 metres (984 feet) above Melbourne's skyline.
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VIDEO: Hungary police clash with migrants September 16, 2015
Hungarian police use water cannon and teargas as they clash with migrants at the Hungarian-Serbian border.
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VIDEO: Singapore haze threatens F1 race September 16, 2015
Haze clouds could scupper this weekend's Formula One Grand Prix in Singapore.
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VIDEO: Does N Korea have nuclear capability? September 16, 2015
BBC News has taken a look at what is known about North Korea's nuclear capabilities.
Yemen
– SHEIKH HARITH AL-NADHARI
Sheikh Harith al-Nadhari was a senior Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula – AQAP operative. He recently appeared in an al-Qaeda video footage praising January’s Paris Terror Rampage. He was among the group’s few public faces and had threatened more attacks.… Continue reading
– ANOTHER IRANIAN WEAPONS SHIP SEIZED IN YEMEN
Yemen said, on Monday 01/28/2013, they have seized a boat in their territorial waters filled with a large quantity of explosives, weapons and money. Continue reading
– MORTEN STORM
Morten Storm, a Danish citizen, was born in 1976. He grew up as a petty criminal, moved within jihadist circles after converting to Islam in the late 1990s becoming known as Murad Storm. Continue reading
– IRANIAN SPY RING UNCOVERED IN YEMEN
Yemen's interior ministry has announced, on Wednesday 07/18/2012, it has arrested members of an alleged Iranian-led spy ring. The spy ring operated in the Horn of Africa. Continue reading
– SANAA SUICIDE BOMBING KILLED 96 YEMENI TROOPS
At least 96 soldiers had been killed and 300 wounded in a suicide bomb attack during a rehearsal for a military parade in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, on Monday 05/21/2012, officials said. Continue reading
– OVER 130 KILLED IN YEMEN’S SOUTHERN ABYAN PROVINCE
The number of people killed in fighting between soldiers and militants linked to Al Qaeda in Yemen on Sunday 03/04/2012, has risen to more than 130, officials said. Continue reading
– 26 KILLED IN YEMEN AS NEW PRESIDENT TOOK OATH
At least 26 people have been killed, on Saturday 02/25/2012, by a car bomb in the southern Yemen city of Mukalla, officials said. Continue reading
– 3 FRENCH HOSTAGES FREED IN YEMEN
Al Qaeda fighters have freed three French aid workers they kidnapped in Yemen more than five months ago, the French presidency and tribal sources have said on Sunday 11/13/2011. Continue reading
– YEMEN BATTLES AL QAEDA STRONGHOLD IN ABYAN
On Monday 08/29/2011 suspected Al Qaeda gunmen killed 10 Yemeni soldiers and wounded several others at Dofes village, near Zinjibar, Abyan’s capital. Continue reading
– AL-AWLAKI ESCAPED ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE
A US UAV drone attack in Yemen, on Thursday 05/05/2011, targeted but failed to kill the mentor of Al-Qaeda in Yemen Anwar al-Awlaki, one of Al Qaeda's most influential figures, USA reports said. Continue reading