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VIDEO: Blackphone 2 aims to protect privacy September 28, 2015
The maker of a second-generation Android smartphone that promises to protect its users' privacy explain how it works.
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VIDEO: 'Supermoon' around the world September 28, 2015
People around the world have been watching a rare lunar eclipse that coincided with a so-called "supermoon".
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VIDEO: Catalonia nationalists win elections September 28, 2015
Pro-independence parties in Spain's Catalonia region have won an absolute majority in regional elections, near complete results show.
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VIDEO: Hungary 'may close border with Croatia' September 28, 2015
The BBC's Nick Thorpe reports from Hungary's border with Croatia, as people prepare to enter Hungary in search of asylum despite reports the border may close soon.
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VIDEO: Xi's UN 'gender equality' pledge criticised September 28, 2015
Lu Jun, an NGO director in New York, describes the arrest and jailing of his some of his colleagues who were working in the field of women's rights in China.
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VIDEO: The magical science behind the 'supermoon' eclipse September 28, 2015
Keith Cowing, editor of nasawatch.com in Washington, explains the reasons for the unusual phenomenon of a ''supermoon'' eclipse.
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VIDEO: Modi tears up at Facebook Q&A session September 28, 2015
On a visit to Facebook headquarters in California, Indian PM Narendra Modi appeared to cry as he talked about the sacrifices made by his mother during his childhood.
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VIDEO: Hong Kong's protest art goes on display September 28, 2015
Democracy activists in Hong Kong are preparing to mark the first anniversary of the ''umbrella movement''- when tens of thousands of people paralysed key parts of the city, calling for greater democracy.
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VIDEO: Arctic trip to probe warming waves September 27, 2015
Oceanographers have been gathering evidence of a 'vicious circle' of wind-driven turbulence in the Arctic Ocean, stirring up heat from the depths.
– SAMPSON’S PRISONERS DEAL
In 06/2003 the Saudi Authorities released from jail in Saudi Arabia 7 Western citizens: a Canadian, a Belgian citizen Raf Schyvens, and five Britons, who were jailed for deferent offences of illegal alcohol trade (a serious offence in Saudi Arabia). They were permitted to leave the kingdom on 08/08/2003.
Among the released detainees was also the Canadian/British citizen William Sampson (pic), who was facing a public beheading in Saudi Arabia, having been convicted of carrying out bombings that killed a British engineer Christopher Rodway and injured several others. William Sampson was arrested on 12/17/2000 in Riyadh. The Saudis claimed that the bombings were part of a turf war within a Western liquor trafficking ring.
In 07/2004, it was revealed that the final release was part of a prisoner exchange for the release of five Saudis from the USA prison camp in Guantanamo. The Saudis claimed that the five former Guantanamo inmates were in Afghanistan on a humanitarian mission and were not involved in any terrorist acts. The five were identified as Fahd Abdallah Shabaani, Ibrahim bin Omer al-Omer, Mishale Ashadouki, Fawaz Zahrani and Khalid Zahrani probably a relative of Fawaz Zahrani.
The British Guardian quoted a brother of Fahd Abdallah Shabaani as saying his brother had been arrested in Afghanistan during the month of Ramadan in 2001 (11/2001) for being an active member of Al Qaeda.
* Related topics –
12/2003 -LIST OF 26 MOST WANTED SAUDIS
05/2003 -RIYADH SUICIDE ATTACK
PROFILE -KHALID AL-ZAHRANI
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