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VIDEO: Fixing soles on the streets of Havana September 19, 2015
A cobbler in Cuba talks about running his own business in Havana.
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VIDEO: Has Greece fallen out of love with Syriza? September 18, 2015
BBC News asked the people of Athens if they had fallen out of love with Syriza.
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VIDEO: 'It's a journey for a new life' September 18, 2015
Najeen Mustafa, a 16 year old from Syria is trying to reach her brother in Germany.
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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 Fraser 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.
IIslamic converts
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– DAVID HICKS
David Hicks, an Australian citizen, was born in Australia on 08/07/1975 to a Christian family in the southern city of Adelaide. Continue reading
– JASON WALTERS
Jason Walters was born on 03/06/1985 in Amersfoort, Holland, to a black American soldier stationed in Holland and a local woman and has a double citizenship of USA and Holland. Jason Walters was raised as a Christian Baptist. Continue reading
– JOSE PADILLA
Jose Padilla was born on 10/18/1970 in Brooklyn, New York. In his teens Jose Padilla was a small offender in New York and Chicago and a member of street gangs. Jose Padilla is not considered especially intelligent. Continue reading
– ADAM YAHIYE GADAHN
Adam Yahiye Gadahn was born o9/01/1978 in a goat-farm in South California as Adam Pearlman to a Christian family. His father converted to Christianity from Judaism. Continue reading
– EARNEST JAMES UJAAMA
James Ujaama was born as James Earnest Thompson in Denver, Colorado, USA in 1966. He moved with his family to Seattle, Oregon in 1971. James Ujaama was a very creative businessman and started his first business at age 9. Continue reading
– ABU ESA AL-HINDI
Dhiren Barot (also known as Billal or Abu Esa al-Britani -from Britain) a British citizen known mainly as Abu Esa al-Hindi, was born in Kenya to a family from Indian descent and Hinduist belief. In 1973 his family fled from Kenya to Willesden, North London, UK. Continue reading
– GERMAIN LINDSAY
Germaine Lindsay was born in Jamaica on 09/23/1985 to a Christian family. In the age of 5 month he moved with his mother to UK, his biological father remained in Jamaica. Germaine Lindsay with his mother settled down in West Yorkshire and later moved to Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. 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
– RICHARD REID
Richard Colvin Reid was born on 08/12/1973 in Bromly, south London, to an English mother and a Jamaican father. At the age of four his parents divorced and he stayed with his mother. In his teens Richard Reid was a small street offender and seat several times in jail. At age of 16, in 1989, while in Feltham Young Offenders’ Institution, Richard Reid convert to Islam. Continue reading
– HASSAN ABU-JIHAAD
Hassan Abu Jihaad, formerly known as Paul R. Hall, 31, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint. He is alleged to have provided classified information to a London-based group called Azzam Publications about a U.S. Navy battle group as it traveled from California to the Persian Gulf region in 2001. Continue reading
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