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VIDEO: Beckham: 'Don't ignore children in crisis' September 24, 2015
In an interview with the BBC, David Beckham said his experience of being a father has driven him to speak out on behalf of the world's disadvantaged children.
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VIDEO: Huts that tell of Tasmania's past September 24, 2015
Tasmania was once home to hundreds of huts, built by people seeking new lives in the wild - and a group of volunteers is trying to preserve them.
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VIDEO: Reporter at Hajj: 'My aunt is missing' September 24, 2015
A BBC Hausa Service correspondent who was at the scene of a deadly stampede near Mecca, says she has lost her aunt, and some members of her group are missing.
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VIDEO: Migrants' hopes of reaching EU 'dashed' September 24, 2015
Syrian migrants camped out on Turkey's frontier with Greece are being bussed to other locations in the country after the EU strengthened border controls, as Mark Lowen reports.
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VIDEO: African musicians create jazz fusion September 24, 2015
Hugh Masekela and Oliver Mtukudzi are bringing together a collaboration of Jazz and Tuku
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VIDEO: 'End poverty' - and 16 more UN Global Goals September 24, 2015
Ending poverty is one of 17 goals outlined by the UN to replace the Millennium Development Goals which expire this year, as Naomi Grimley explains.
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AUDIO: Girl migrant 'travelled alone for two weeks' September 24, 2015
A girl migrant tells the BBC how she travelled alone from Iran to Greece for two weeks, despite being just 12 years old.
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VIDEO: Hajj in numbers - in 60 seconds September 24, 2015
Numbers involved with this year's Hajj pilgrimage - in 60 seconds.
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VIDEO: Paraplegic man walks after spine 'bypass' September 24, 2015
A paraplegic man has been able to walk a short distance after scientists used a computer which read signals from his brain and then sent stimulus to his legs.
– KANDAHAR JAIL RAID
On 06/14/2008 at about 04:00 Taliban raided the central jail of Kandahar, the second important city in Afghanistan and blew up the entrance gate to the prison compound. The blast had been enough to blow out windows up to 3km (1.7 miles) from the prison.
Kandahar, in South East Afghanistan, is in the heartland of the Pashtu tribes in the country and the epicenter of Taliban activity. Under the cover of RPG rockets a car bomb, probably driven by a suicide bomber, speeded to the entrance and exploded blowing away the main gate to the prison. Eight Afghani guards were killed in the audacious attack and about 1000 prisoners escaped the jail, 400 of them Taliban members.
A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, told The Associated Press that 30 fighters on motorbikes and two suicide bombers had attacked the prison, freeing about 400 Taliban members.
Prison chief Abdul Qabir said some of the prisoners had chosen to stay behind during the breakout. Officials with NATO-ISAF said they were aware of the attack but did not have any details.
The successful Taliban attack is a major setback for the Afghan government in the war on terror.
-* On 07/11/2005, 6 of the most dangerous Al Qaeda operatives managed to escape Bagram Air Base underground jail, just North of Kabul, which was supervised by the CIA.
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