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VIDEO: Kunduz bombing survivors speak to BBC October 5, 2015
Some of those injured in the bombing of a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, speak to the BBC about their ordeal.
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VIDEO: Fresh wave of migrants arrive in Lesbos October 5, 2015
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VIDEO: Can Turkey stop the migration flow? October 5, 2015
The Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has gone to Brussels to discuss the migration crisis with EU leaders.
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VIDEO: Deadly flooding halts South Carolina October 5, 2015
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VIDEO: Roseburg: 'Don't take our guns' October 5, 2015
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VIDEO: Refugees: Turkey is gateway to Europe October 5, 2015
EU calls for Turkey to encourage refugees to stay.
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VIDEO: How plastic may end up in your food October 4, 2015
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VIDEO: Synod opens amid gay priest row October 4, 2015
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– CANADIAN COURT REJECTED MOHAMED HARKATS’ PLEA
* On 05/15/2008 evening a Federal Court in Ottawa, Canada, ruled that Mohamed Harkat cannot move to a new condominium townhouse until he meets the security concerns raised by government officials. Therefore he will not be able to leave his basement apartment in Ottawa anytime soon.
Mohamed Harkat was born in Algeria and arrived to Toronto, Canada, in 1995 via Malaysia, using a faked Saudi passport. He applied for refugee status. Mohamed Harkat claimed that he was persecuted by the Algerian regime.
In Toronto he moved to live with another Algerian, Mohamed el-Barseigy, and was also introduced to Ahmed Said Khadr but there was no continuation to their relation. In 02/1997 his refugee status in Canada was granted. Mohamed Harkat worked as a gas station attendant and a deliveryman for Pizza during his seven years in Canada, and married Sophie Lamarche.
As a result of Abu Zubaydah’s interrogation in Guantanamo and a request of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service – CSIS, Mohamed Harkat was placed under administrative arrest in mid 2002. On 12/30/2005 a federal court dismissed Mohamed Harkat’s application for release. In 04/2006, he was moved along with other four detainees to Millhaven Institution, into a new section specifically built for those held without conviction under security certificates.
On 05/23/2006 Mohamed Harkat was released under strict condition by a Canadian Federal Court. On 01/29/2008, Mohamed Harkat was arrested again for, according to Canadian authorities, breach of bail condition and released on bail after few days.
According to court documents, published on Monday 03/09/2009, Mohamed Harkat was taped by the Canadian intelligence, in 03/1997, talking with a certain unidentified man he was ready to pay $1,000 to help out Abu Messab al-Shehre if ordered so by Abu Zubaydah, while Abu Messab al-Shehre was held at an Ottawa detention centre. Mohamed Harkat said also he did not fear being contacted by him at home, although in previous testimony, Mohamed Harkat denied any association with Abu Zubaydah.
Mohamed Harkat acknowledges in court visiting Abu Messab al-Shehre in the detention center before he was deported from Canada to Saudi Arabia, later in 1997, as a security risk.
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