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The Amman Bombings

On 9 November 2005, nearly 60 people were killed in Jordan's worst terror attack

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India Anti-Sikh Riots

Following the assassination of Indira Gandhi, India was gripped by anti-Sikh riots

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Romany: Pioneer Wildlife Broadcaster

Romany of the 麻豆官网首页入口 was a pioneer naturalist broadcaster of Roma Gypsy origin

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The Fall of the Taliban

On 13 November 2001, the Taliban administration collapsed in Afghanistan

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Kenya鈥檚 Torture Chambers

In 1986 the Kenyan government began a programme of secretly torturing suspected opponents

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Fire: Bollywood Explores Lesbian Love

Indian film star Shabana Azmi recalls playing a lesbian in the controversial film, Fire

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Fear of Flying: The Best Selling Book About Sex, Creativity And Love

Erica Jong, a feminist author from New York, talks about her novel on female sexuality

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The CIA's Cultural War: how the CIA secretly funded the magazine Encounter

How the CIA secretly funded the hugely influential cultural magazine Encounter.

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Attack on the US Embassy in Islamabad

In late November 1979 a mob set fire to the US Embassy in Islamabad

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Racial Equality on the Dance Floor

A nightclub in the British city of Birmingham was forced to lift its racial restrictions

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Cuba's 'Special Period'

In the 1990s the Cuban economy came close to collapse after Soviet aid dried up

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Britain's Palestine Patrols

How the Royal Navy stopped Jewish refugee ships trying to reach Palestine in the 1940s.

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Surviving Ravensbruck

The story of a survivor of Ravensbruck, the Nazis' concentration camp for women

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Nigeria's "War Against Indiscipline"

In 1984 General Buhari's military regime launched an unusual campaign to clean up Nigeria

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The Bari Raid 1943

How a devastating air raid on Bari during WW2 led to the deadly release of mustard gas

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Surviving Pearl Harbor

How one US Navy mechanic made it through the surprise Japanese attack on his Pacific base

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The First Heart Transplant

On 3 December 1967, two brothers carried out the first heart transplant operation

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Cuban Fighters in Angola

Thousands of Cuban troops fought with Angola's Marxist government forces in the civil war

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Gay and lesbian support for the British miners' strike

In 1984 a group of lesbians and gay men organised to support striking coal-miners.

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WW1: The Siege of Kut, Iraq

Thousands of British and Indian troops spent five months trapped in Kut, Iraq in WW1

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The Battle of Tora Bora

After the Taliban lost control of Afghanistan in 2001 the hunt for Osama bin Laden began.

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The KKK and the Killing of Viola Liuzzo

In 1965, three KKK members were convicted of conspiring to kill a civil rights activist

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The Velvet Underground

The seminal alternative rock band play their first gig at a high school in New Jersey.

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The 1960 Coup Against Haile Selassie

How Ethiopia's Emperor was almost overthrown in a bloody coup

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A Pakistani View of the Bangladesh War of Independence

The story of a Pakistani soldier caught up in the Bangladesh liberation war.

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Star Wars: C3PO's Story

The actor behind the galaxy's most famous protocol droid remembers the first Star Wars

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India Disability Rights

In 1995 the first disability rights legislation was passed by India's parliament.

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The Death of General Patton

America's legendary military commander, General George Patton, died in December 1945

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Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita

One of the 20th Century's most scandalous books was published in 1955

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Michael Jackson's Thriller

In 1982 the world's best selling album was released

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