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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.
– SURANTO ABDUL-GHONI
* Suranto Abdul-Ghoni, alias Umar or Wayan, was born in the early 70s’ in Central Java, Indonesia. He is from the village of Dukuh Karangrejo in Karanganyar. In 1989 Suranto Abdul-Ghoni enrolled to the mechanical engineering faculty at the Muhammadiyah University in Solo but attended only 3 semesters.
Suranto Abdul-Ghoni was among 18 INDONESIAN JI members arrested on 04/24/2003 in a police swoop in central Java in the manhunt after the Bali ‘02 Bombings perpetrators.
According to the Indonesian persecution Suranto Abdul-Ghoni participated in the 08/2002 meeting at Hernianto’s house in the Central Java town, Surakarta. The plan to bomb Bali was conceived during the meeting.
Suranto Abdul-Ghoni has admitted to mixing chemicals, with his co-defendant Zaenal Abidin, for the bomb at the home of convicted bomber Ali Amrozi in Java in September 2002, and taking four boxes of the powdered chemicals to Bali by bus. But he claimed that until he arrived in the island he did not know what the chemicals were for.
Both Abdul-Ghoni and Ali Amrozi were also responsible for packing at least 800 kg’ of potassium chlorate, 150 kg’ of sulfur and 80 kg’ of aluminum powder into 26 boxes prior to their delivery to Bali.
On 02/09/2004, Suranto Abdul-Ghoni was convicted in the Denpasar district court of Bali and sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the Bali 2002 Bombings .
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