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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.
– IQBAL, ELASMAR & BASIRU GASSAMA
* Zahoor Iqbal a teaching assistantof Perry Barr, Birmingham, was born in 1978 to a family from Pakistani descent. Zahoor Iqbal sent through Parviz Khan, in the years 2005-6, £12,000 to an office in Pakistan for Parviz Khan to collect. The purpose of the money remains unclear.
Zahoor Iqbal was asked by Parviz Khan to help him to obtain and to use video camera equipment in order to make films of operations and suicide bombers.
Zahoor Iqbal was arrested, on Wednesday 01/31/2007. When Zahoor Iqbal’s home was searched, a bag was found with a CD “jihad encyclopedia”. He was charged for possessing a document or record likely to be useful to a terrorist and an intention to assist others to commit acts of terror. The Birmingham beheading plot was not mentioned. His trial began in Leicester Crown Court on 01/29/2008. Zahoor Iqbal denied all the charges against him.
Zahoor Iqbal was convicted, on 02/15/2008, of helping fanatic Parvis Khan to supply equipment to people in Pakistan.
* Hamid Elasmar, alias Abu Tariq, of Edgbaston, Birmingham, was born in 1964. He was arrested, on Wednesday 01/31/2007, in connection with the Birmingham beheading plot . Hamid Elasmar was charged for intention to assist others to commit acts of terror between 03/2006 and 01/2007.
Hamid Elasmar pleaded guilty to helping Parviz Khan supply equipment to Afghanistan but denied knowing about the plot and failing to disclose information about it. His trial began in Leicester Crown Court on 01/29/2008.
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Basiru Gassama was born in Brikama Mansanringsu, Gambia in 1978. He attended a local Quraanic school before his parents sent him to Senegal to study the Quraan. Later Basiru Gassama went to Saudi Arabia to further his education before moving to the UK where he acquired British citizenship.
Basiru Gassama owned a grocery shop in Alum Rock, Birmingham, the neighborhood of Parviz Khan. He is married to the daughter of a former Gambian Foreign Affairs Minister.
Basiru Gassama was approached by Parviz Khan in late 2005 and was asked to provide details about a Muslim British soldier that Parviz Khan planned to kidnap and behead. Basiru Gassama found ways to avoid the request. In 11/2006 Basiru Gassama was shown by Parviz Khan video footages from atrocities and beheadings in Iraq in yet another attempt to convince Basiru Gassama to cooperate with the plot.
Basiru Gassama was arrested, on Wednesday 01/31/2007, and charged of withholding information about a potential act of terrorism referring to the Birmingham beheading plot . Basiru Gassama admitted knowing about the plot and not telling anyone about it.
Zahoor Iqbal, Basiru Gassama and Hamid Elasmar were released from jail, along with Mohammed Irfan, on Sunday 10/25/2009.
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