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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.
– KHALED SHARROUF
Khaled Sharrouf was born in 1981 in Australia to a family from Lebanese descent. When he was still young the father left the family and returned to Lebanon. Khaled Sharrouf is married and a father of four. He was described as a troubled young man suffering physical and emotional problems. According to a psychiatrist report he is “extremely irate and agitated”.
Khaled Sharrouf was arrested already in 10/2005 after trying to steal six digital timers and about 130 batteries from a hardware store (see – Sydney Cell). Khaled Sharrouf’s family was close to Willie Brigitte and the Australian woman he married, whom Khaled Sharrouf helped to shelter in summer 2003.
Khaled Sharrouf’s trial was opened, eventually, on 10/27/2008. He pleaded guilty to acts in preparation for a terrorist act, sentenced to time already served and was released in mid 2009 (see – Conviction 10.16.09).
In 12/2013 Khaled Sharrouf, along with Mohammed El-Omar , went to Syria to fight with I.S.I.S (see – Western-Jihadists), a configuration of the Islamic State of Iraq – now the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, known as ISiS, led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (see – Statement – 07.21.12). He flew abroad from Sydney using his brother’s passport. His wife Tara Nettleton followed soon after with the five children. It is understood to have flown the children to Malaysia with her mother Karen on return tickets to avoid suspicion.
In early 08/2014 a photograph of Khaled Sharrouf’s son, age 7, holding the severed head of a slain Syrian soldier, in the Syrian city of Raqqa, was distributed on the web. The shocking photograph — posted on Twitter by a proud father with the words “Thats my boy!”
Arrest warrants have been issued for Khaled Sharrouf and Mohammed el-Omar for posting images on social media, in 08/2014, that appear to show them posing with decapitated heads and standing over bloodied bodies.
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