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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.
– DRISS CHEBLI
* Driss Chebli was born in 1972 in Morocco and lived in Spain. He was the alleged right hand and the operation officer of the Spanish Al Qaeda cell leader – Imad Yarkas. Driss Chebli was raising money and recruited volunteers to the war in Chechnya against the Russians and for Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Driss Chebli worked as a construction builder. According to his testimony he joined Imad Yarkas only at 06/2001, in the last days before the Tarragona Meeting. Driss Chebli helped to coordinate the Tarragona Meeting with some of the most dangerous terrorists, that later carried out The 9/11.
Driss Chebli was in charge of the connections with other international operatives of Al Qaeda such as Mustafa Setmarian and Loai al-Saqa.
Driss Chebli was arrested in 11/2001 with another 23 Islamic militant suspects of Imad Yarkas’s Al Qaeda cell. The Spanish Al-Qaeda trial was opened in Madrid on 04/21/2005. He was convicted on 09/26/2005 and sentenced to 6 years imprisonment for being a member in a terror organization.
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Driss Chebli was equated from al charges in the Spanish High Court and released from jail on 04/07/2006. Today (09/2007) Driss Chebli is a free man. According to his trial he was a good organizer but not really involved in the planning or masterminding of terror attacks.
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