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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.
– ADIL CHARKAOUI
Adil Charkaoui was born in Morocco in 1974. He arrived to Canada in 1995 with his mother, father and sister. Adil Charkaoui graduated with an MA from Montreal University and is a French teacher. He is married and has three children.
Adil Charkaoui was arrested in 05/2003 officially under an Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). His arrest echoed Ahmed Ressam arrest on 12/21/1999. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service – CSIS issued a “security certificate”, based on Ahmed Ressam investigation and collaboration, that allowed evidence to be kept from the defense and the public.
CSIS alleges that Adil Charkaoui is a sleeper agent for Al Qaeda and participated in terrorist training camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan prior to The 9/11.
On 02/18/2005 Adil Charkaoui was released from prison on $50,000 bail. His bail conditions included a curfew, electronic monitoring, designated chaperones for leaving his home, restriction to the island of Montreal, 24-hour police access to his home without warrant, and a prohibition on access to the internet, on the use of cell phones and on the use of any telephone except the one in his home.
Adil Charkaoui came at the centre of a public campaign in Canada against the extension of state power in the name of the “war on terror”.
On Thursday 06/26/2008, the Canadian Supreme Court scolded the country’s spy agency CSIS for destroying evidence about Adil Charkaoui when he was fighting in court deportation over alleged terror links. Eventually Adil Charkaoui was never formally charged with any terror related charges.
Both Adil Charkaoui and Abousfian Abdelrazik sued the Canadian government with 25$ Millions for their alleged abuses of rights and falsely linked to terror schemes. On Thursday 08/11/2011, Adil Charkaoui denied, in a statement issued by his supporters, that he ever plotted to blow up a plane headed for France and called for a public inquiry over the issue.
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