BBC News
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VIDEO: A history of calling Obama a Muslim September 18, 2015
After Donald Trump fails to correct one of his supporters calling Barack Obama a Muslim, we look back on the history of this phenomenon.
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VIDEO: Stars of the Frankfurt Motor Show September 18, 2015
As the Frankfurt Motor Show draws to a close, Theo Leggett looks at what you could be driving away after that big lottery win.
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VIDEO: Pianist of Yarmouk's journey to Europe September 18, 2015
Ayham al-Ahmad, the pianist of Yarmouk, records his journey, as he leaves Syria for Europe.
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VIDEO: Pressure on Zagreb reception centres September 18, 2015
The BBC's Christian reports from one of the registration centres in and around the Croatia capital Zagreb.
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VIDEO: Trump laughs off Obama 'Muslim' question September 18, 2015
Donald Trump is criticised for failing to correct a supporter who said US President Barack Obama was a Muslim and "not even an American".
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VIDEO: Turkey-PKK conflict 'escalating fast' September 18, 2015
The number of policemen and soldiers who have been killed in Turkey since a ceasefire with Kurdish militant group the PKK broke down in July, has risen to more than 120.
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VIDEO: German town 'running out of room' for migrants September 18, 2015
The BBC's Jenny Hill reports from the town of Rosenheim in Germany, where giant tents are being constructed to accommodate asylum seekers.
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VIDEO: Waxworks unveiled of F1 stars Vettel and Hamilton September 18, 2015
As Singapore's Formula 1 Grand Prix gets into gear, the BBC's Rico Hizon meets two of the top challengers, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel - in waxwork form.
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VIDEO: Motor racing hopeful, but no driving licence September 17, 2015
Kenyan Tejas Hirani has won 48 motor-racing championships despite being just 17 and not yet having a driving licence.
Women’s Rights
– 2 TEEN GIRLS EXECUTED IN SOMALIA FOR SPYING
Two young women have been publicly executed by Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, reports said on Thursday 10/28/2010. Continue reading
– 3 U.S MARINES KILLED IN PAKISTAN
A roadside bomb killed at least eight people, including 3 USA Marines and three school girls, near a girls' school in northwest Pakistan, on Wednesday 02/03/2010. Continue reading
– FEMALE BOMBER KILLED OVER 54 NEAR BAGHDAD
At least 54 people have been killed, on Monday 02/01/2010 at about 11:15, by a female suicide bomber in North-East Baghdad, an interior ministry spokesman has said. Continue reading
– PAKISTANI COURT ORDERED TO AMPUTATE EARS AND NOSES
A Pakistani court has ordered, on Monday 12/21/2009, that two men have their ears and noses cut off, as punishment for doing the same to a woman who refused to marry one of them. Continue reading
– SOMALI WOMAN STONED FOR ADULTERY
A 20-year-old Somali woman divorcee accused of committing adultery with an unmarried man in Somalia has been stoned to death, on Tuesday 11/17/2009. Continue reading
– SHEIKH TANTAWI ‘TO BAN FULL VEILS’
The highest Sunni Muslim authority in the Arab world, Sheikh Mohamed Tantawi, has said on Monday 10/05/2009, he will issue a religious edict -Fatwa against the growing trend for full women's veils, known as the niqab. Continue reading
– RIFKA BARY
Fathima Rifka Bary, born in 1992, is a daughter of a Muslim family, who immigrated from Sri-Lanka in 2000. Rifka Bary fled her home in Columbus, Ohio, to Florida, on 07/19/2009. Continue reading
– MUHAMMAD KAMAL MUSTAFA
Sheikh Muhammad Kamal Mustafa was born in Egypt in 1960. Since 1992 he served as the Imam of the mosque of the Southern city of Fuengirola, Costa del Sol, Spain. Continue reading
– MALI WOMEN’S RIGHTS
On Thursday 08/27/2009, the president of Mali, Amadou Toumani Toure, has announced that he is not going to sign the country's new family law. Continue reading
– RANIA IBRAHIM SNETENCED TO JAIL
A juvenile court in Iraq's Diyala province has sentenced, on Tuesday 08/04/2009, a 16-year-old girl, Rania Ibrahim, to seven-and-a-half years in prison for an attempted suicide attack. Continue reading