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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.
Kenya
– ISSA OSMAN ISSA
Issa Osman Issa is a Somali resident, probably born in Somalia in the mid 70s’. (Some source claimed he was born in Kenya). Continue reading
– ABDUL MALIK ABDULJABAR
Mohammad Abdul Malik Abduljabar was born in Kenya in 1972 and is a Kenyan citizen. He was born in the Western town of Kisumu but was raised by his single mother in Mombasa, where he got his early schooling. Continue reading
– OMAR SAID OMAR
Omar Said Omar was born in Kenya in 1973. He was educated as a computer expert. In 1998 Omar Said Omar moved to neighbor Somalia where he opened in Kismoayo, on the Indian Ocean in South Somalia, a lobsters fishing business. Continue reading
– MOMBASA PARADISE ATTACK
On the 11/28/2002 noon, while a group of Israelis just arrived to the lobby of “Paradise Mombasa” hotel in the town of Kikambala, just north of Mombasa, owned by an Israeli, a suicide bomber blew himself in the entrance of the Hotel. Continue reading
– ABU UBAIDAH AL-BANSHIRI
Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri was born in 05/1950 in Cairo Egypt. He joined the Egyptian police in the early 70s’. Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri was a devoted Muslim deeply influenced by the books of Sayyid Qutb, the mentor of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Continue reading
– FAZUL ABDULLAH MOHAMMED
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was born in the early 70s’ in Comoro Islands. He moved to Nairobi, Kenya s’ capital and in 1994 became the secretary of Wadih el-Hage in the . That job, probably, linked Fazul Abdullah Mohammed later to Al Qaeda. Continue reading
– AHMED KHALFAN GHAILANI
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani was born in the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar in the early 70s’. As a teenager he was under the influence of a Muslim traveling preacher - “Tabligh” - in Zanzibar. Continue reading
– EAST AFRICA U.S EMBASSIES BOMBINGS – 08/07/1998
On 08/07/1998, at about 10:40 in the middle of an ordinary work day, a car bomb loaded with 600 kg military explosive T.N.T exploded near by the back entrance of USA embassy in the center of Nairobi, Kenya s’ capital. In that explosion 213 people were killed and about 4000 were wounded. Continue reading
– KENYA
Kenya in East Africa stretches on 582,000 km and has a population of about 33 million people. Continue reading
– WADIH EL-HAGE
Wadih el Hage was born in 1960 in Sidon, Lebanon, to a Roman Catholic family. He grew up in Kuwait where his father worked in the oil industry. Sometime in the late 70th Wadih el Hage converted to Islam and was shunned by his family. Continue reading