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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.
– EIFFEL PLOT
On 01/11/2005, French intelligence officers arrested three French-born of Algerian descent: Khaled Ouazane, 38, his brother Maamar Ouazane, 22, and Hassen Habbar, 35,suspected of plotting to blow up the Eiffel Tower. The threat was uncovered in a “vague and muffled” radio conversation picked up by air traffic controllers in Lisbon, Portugal, on Thursday 01/06/2005. According to the police, the suspects began smuggling bomb-making equipment into France over three years with the intention of amassing enough explosives to collapse the landmark. The plot came to the attention of the French security service in late 2002 when police raided a flat near Paris and found electronic parts used in detonators and chemicals that can be used in explosives.
According to Maamar Ouazane, the cells planned to attack the Russian Embassy in Paris, the Eiffel Tower, a large department store and a police station. The investigation revealed that the three detainees, led by Maamar Ouazane, were an extension of the Lyon Cell and had a minor role in the cell.
On 02/17/2005 the three suspects Khaled Ouazane, Maamar Ouazane and Hassen Habbar, were indicted of being associates to a terror group and put on trial with other suspects of the Lyon Cell.
Maamar Ouazane collaborated with the French authorities and became the main witness in the trial of 25 defendants of the Lyon Cell. He was convicted and sentenced to two years in jail, on 06/14/2006, already served. Khaled Ouazane and Hassen Habbar received also short terms of few months in jail.
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