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VIDEO: Burkina Faso army 'marches' on capital September 21, 2015
Burkina Faso's military chiefs have demanded that the leaders of last week's coup disarm, saying the army is marching on the capital Ouagadougou.
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VIDEO: Austria now a 'humanitarian corridor' September 21, 2015
Austria's interior minister says a Europe-wide resettlement plan is needed, after thousands more people crossed into the country over the weekend.
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VIDEO: Why Afghans are leaving the country September 21, 2015
Afghans, the second biggest group of migrants into Europe after Syrians, tell the BBC's Harun Najafizada in Kabul, why they want to leave their country.
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VIDEO: A guide to Rugby Union September 21, 2015
The Rugby World Cup is now well under way in the UK, but what are the rules?
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VIDEO: Thailand tackles its monkey problem September 21, 2015
The Thai authorities round up scores of long-tailed macaque monkeys near Bangkok to relocate them after complaints from villagers.
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VIDEO: Thousands more migrants enter Austria September 21, 2015
Thousands more migrants and refugees entered Austria over the weekend, as European leaders are set to push for a unified response to the crisis.
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VIDEO: The lens that could shrink your camera September 21, 2015
Engineers at the California Institute of Technology are working on creating super-thin lenses.
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VIDEO: Game of Thrones, Veep win big at Emmys September 21, 2015
HBO programmes Games of Thrones and Veep dominate the 67th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
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VIDEO: Peston: How will China cope with slowdown? September 21, 2015
With China facing an economic slowdown, economics editor Robert Peston asks whether the government will let market forces work or go back to its old habit of intervening?
– ABDUL RAHMAN
* Abdul Rahman was born in Pakistan in 1972 and came to the UK in 09/2004 on a four-year student visa to study biotechnology at Dundee University. He quit the course after one day telling his tutors he had money problems. He worked as a mobile phone salesman in Manchester area and lived in Heywood Street, in Cheetham Hill, Manchester.
When arrested, on 01/23/2007, Abdul Rahman had a jiffy bag ready to send to Afghanistan containing two hunting knives and mobile phones. When police raided Abdula Rahman’s house, they found computer discs of speeches given to crowds in Pakistan claiming “Allah is calling for Jihad”.
Abdul Rahman had initially been charged with assisting others to commit or prepare a terrorist act, which carries a maximum life sentence on conviction.
Abdul Rahman was put on trial. The judge sentenced Abdul Rahman, on 11/21/2007, as a result of plea bargain, for a maximum of 6 years in jail for 3 lesser charges:
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1. Possessing a letter which amounted to a “call to arms” from a friend who was fighting in Afghanistan sent by his friend and former housemate Aslam Awan (pic), 25, who was fighting in Afghanistan and is now banned from entering the UK.
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2. Disseminating terrorist propaganda – the first person ever to be charged and convicted for this offence.
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