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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.
– NAJI HAMDAN’S CONFESSION WAS ‘UNDER DURESS’
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* Naji Hamdan, was born in Lebanon in 1966 to a Muslim familly. He moved to USA in 1986 and lived in Los Angeles, United States, for 20 years, where he ran a car parts business. He is a USA citizen and a father of three children. Naji Hamdan has been very active in the Southern California Muslim community and was a well-respected local leader. In 2006 Naji Hamdan moved to the UAE while his family settled in Lebanon.
In 2007, while travelling in the United States for professional reasons, he was placed under close surveillance by the FBI. He was repeatedly summoned by the federal agency and interrogated about his work and his travels to the Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates – UAE.
In 01/2008, while travelling from Dubai to Lebanon, he was arrested at Beirut airport and held for 4 days by Lebanese intelligence services. He said he was submitted to torture and ill-treatment and was interrogated about his travel and work. His eldest son Khaled, 16, was also arrested.
Naji Hamdan was detained in UAE, on 08/29/2008, following a specific request from the FBI is charged in the UAE with supporting terrorism and belonging to Iraqi militant group Ansar al-Sunna, an offshoot of Ansar al Islam. his interrogation, which he claimed included severe torture, appears to have been done with participation of U.S. federal officials.
At the beginning of August 2008, FBI agents contacted him by telephone and asked him to come to the Embassy of the United States in Abu Dhabi. He was again questioned at length by two U.S. officials.
According to the UAE public prosecutors Naji Hamdan, while living in the USA, Haji Hamdan donated US $2,000 to an unnamed . This is alleged to have financed the firing of two rockets on Israel.
On 11/26/2008, one week after his brother and wife filed a lawsuit against United States officials in a Washington, D.C. court seeking his release, Naji Hamdan was transferred from U.A.E. State Security custody to the Al Wathba prison in Abu Dhabi.
The charges carry a penalty of 10 to 15 years in jail followed by deportation. A verdict is due on 10/12/2009.
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