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VIDEO: A history of calling Obama a Muslim September 18, 2015
After Donald Trump fails to correct one of his supporters calling Barack Obama a Muslim, we look back on the history of this phenomenon.
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VIDEO: Stars of the Frankfurt Motor Show September 18, 2015
As the Frankfurt Motor Show draws to a close, Theo Leggett looks at what you could be driving away after that big lottery win.
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VIDEO: Pianist of Yarmouk's journey to Europe September 18, 2015
Ayham al-Ahmad, the pianist of Yarmouk, records his journey, as he leaves Syria for Europe.
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VIDEO: Pressure on Zagreb reception centres September 18, 2015
The BBC's Christian reports from one of the registration centres in and around the Croatia capital Zagreb.
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VIDEO: Trump laughs off Obama 'Muslim' question September 18, 2015
Donald Trump is criticised for failing to correct a supporter who said US President Barack Obama was a Muslim and "not even an American".
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VIDEO: Turkey-PKK conflict 'escalating fast' September 18, 2015
The number of policemen and soldiers who have been killed in Turkey since a ceasefire with Kurdish militant group the PKK broke down in July, has risen to more than 120.
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VIDEO: German town 'running out of room' for migrants September 18, 2015
The BBC's Jenny Hill reports from the town of Rosenheim in Germany, where giant tents are being constructed to accommodate asylum seekers.
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VIDEO: Waxworks unveiled of F1 stars Vettel and Hamilton September 18, 2015
As Singapore's Formula 1 Grand Prix gets into gear, the BBC's Rico Hizon meets two of the top challengers, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel - in waxwork form.
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VIDEO: Motor racing hopeful, but no driving licence September 17, 2015
Kenyan Tejas Hirani has won 48 motor-racing championships despite being just 17 and not yet having a driving licence.
The Maghreb
– MOROCCAN BADIL AL-HADRI NETWORK
On Thursday 02/21/2008 the Moroccan police announced the arrest, in the previous week, of 32 suspects of forming a terror and crime cell in Morocco and abroad. Continue reading
– MAURITANIA
Mauritania, a part of the Maghreb, in North-West Africa on the Atlantic Ocean, stretches on 1,030,000 Km and has a population (01/2008) of about 3.2 million people. Continue reading
– ALGERIA 2007 REPORT
more events related to Global Jihad in Algeria Continue reading
– TUNISIA
Tunisia, in Muslim North Africa - the Maghreb, has a 1300-km coastline on the Southern Mediterranean just a short distance from Italy. Continue reading
– ISLAMIC NETWORK ARRESTED IN EUROPE
In a well coordinated operation, in many European countries, a network of 20 Islamic militant suspects was arrested on Tuesday 11/06/2007. Continue reading
– ABU MUSAB ABDUL WADUD
Abdelmalek Droudkel, also known as Abu Musab Abdul-Wadud, was, probably, born in Algeria in the early 70s’. Continue reading
– GIA -ARMED ISLAMIC GROUP
The Armed Islamic Group, known in its French acronym – GIA, was the main Islamic organization that fought the military regime in Algeria when the civil war breached out in 1992. Continue reading
– ALGERIA EXPLOSIONS
On Wednesday the 04/11/2007, about 13:00 local time, a car bomb rocked government buildings in Algiers city centre near the prime minister's office, killed at least 23 and injured dozens of people, Continue reading
– AL QAEDA IN THE ISLAMIC MAGHREB – AQIM
In early 03/2007 two North African radical Islamic groups: the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat- (GSPC) and the Moroccan Islamic Combat Group (CICM) ) announced through the internet that they associated, with other smaller groups, to one organization with the name “MAGHREB Al-Qaeda”. Continue reading
– THE MAGHREB
Al Maghreb means in Arabic – the West, referring to the western edge of the Muslim and Arab world – North Africa. The territory from Egypt in the Middle East in the East up to the Atlantic Ocean in the West and from the Mediterranean in the North to the deserts of central black Africa in the South. Continue reading