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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: Why have the tsar’s remains been exhumed? September 24, 2015
Russian investigators have exhumed the remains of the last tsar and his wife, as they re-examine their 1918 murders.
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VIDEO: Breakthrough in Colombia Farc talks September 24, 2015
Colombia's president and the leader of the Farc rebel group announce a deal on setting up special courts to try crimes committed during more than five decades of conflict.
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VIDEO: Bianchi's father remembers son Jules September 24, 2015
Jules Bianchi's father discusses the emotions he feels as the one-year anniversary of his son's fatal crash approaches.
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VIDEO: Journalist hears about Al Jazeera pardons on quiz show September 24, 2015
Australian Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste is taking part in a comedy quiz show for Australian television when he is given news that two of his colleagues in Egypt, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, have been pardoned.
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VIDEO: How to get in touch with your 'clown' September 23, 2015
A look at France's leading clown "guru" Philippe Gaulier and his school for clowns.
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VIDEO: World Cup will 'boost business of rugby' September 23, 2015
The Rugby World Cup is providing the opportunity for the game to sell itself both as a sport and a business, all around the globe, says the RFU's chief executive Ian Ritchie.
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VIDEO: 'Slow progress' to beat S Sumatra fires September 23, 2015
The BBC's Jerome Wirawan joins fire fighters trying to contain a massive blaze in a pulp and paper plantation in South Sumatra.
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VIDEO: EU talks prompt migrant 'rush' September 23, 2015
The growing number of refugees and migrants into Europe threatens to make any EU deal obsolete.
– AUSTRALIAN ACTIVISTS
* Abdul-Rahman Ayub and his twin brother Abdul-Rahim Ayub were born in Indonesia in the early 60s’. In the early 80s’ they went to fight in Afghanistan. See – Abdul Rahman Ayub .
* Bilal Khazal was born in 1970 in Lebanon. He arrived to Australia in the late 80s’ and is married with two children. He lives in Lakemba, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. The Lakemba Mosque’s Imam Taj el Din Hilaly was a controversial figure in Australia. See – Bilal Khazal .
* David Hicks, an Australian citizen, was born in Australia, on 08/07/1975, to a Christian family in the southern city of Adelaide. As a teenager, he experimented with drink and drugs and was expelled from school at 14. See – David Hicks .
* Faiz Muhammad was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1971. In his teens Faiz Muhammad was a boxer. He studied Islamic law in Saudi Arabia in the 90s’, which granted him the title ‘Sheikh’. See – Faiz Muhammad .
* Joseph Terrence Thomas, also known also as ‘Jihad Jack’, was born in Australia in 1973. He is married and a father of two and made his living as a Taxi driver in Melbourne. See – Joseph Thomas .
* Jack George Roche was born in 1953 as Paul George HOlland in Hull, Yorkshire, UK. In 1978 Jack Roche immigrated to Australia where he worked as a taxi driver and factory worker. See – Jack Roche .
* Izhar Ul-Haque was born in 1983 in Pakistan. He came to Australia with his parents in 1998 and in 2001 enrolled as a medicine student in Sydney. See – Izhar Ul-Haque .
* Mathew Stewart, an Australian citizen, was born in 1977. He joined the Australian army in 1997 and served with the army in East Timor, in a Muslim society. See – Mathew Stewart .
* Rayed Mohammed Abdullah Ali was born in 1978 in Saudi Arabia. He traveled on a Yemeni passport as his father was from Yemen descent. See – Rayed Abdullah Ali .
* Taj el-Din Hamid Hilaly was born in Egypt in 1941 and is a follower of Sayyid Qutb. He arrived to Australia from Lebanon in 1982 on a tourist visa. See – Taj el-Din Hilaly.
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