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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.
– CLINTON QUESTIONED PAKISTAN OVER AL QAEDA
Hillary Clinton, the USA secretary of state, during her visit to Pakistan, has questioned, on Thursday 10/29/2009, Pakistan’s commitment to the fight against Al Qaeda, saying she found it hard to believe that no-one in the government knows where senior figures are hiding (see the case of Aleem Nasir).
“I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn’t get them if they really wanted to,” she told a group of newspaper editors during a meeting in the city of Lahore on Thursday. Hillary Clinton said that Al Qaeda had enjoyed a “safe haven” in Pakistan since 2002.
One woman asked whether the US can be expected to commit long term in Afghanistan after abandoning the country after Russian occupiers retreated in 1989 (see – Afpak-War ). “What guarantee can Americans give Pakistan that we can now trust you – not you but, like, the Americans this time – of your sincerity and that you guys are not going to betray us like the Americans did in the past when they wanted to destabilise the Russians?” the woman asked.
Clinton responded that the question was a “fair criticism” and that the US did not follow through in the way it should have. Hillary Clinton’s comments comes amide a travel alert on India, issued on Thursday 10/29/2009 by the USA, saying Washington ‘continues to receive information that terrorist groups may be planning attacks in India’. The alert comes even as former president George W. Bush is in India to attend a ‘Leadership Summit’ in New Delhi Oct 30-31, in first anniversary of the Mumbai Carnage.
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