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The Man Who Inspired Britain's First Aids Charity

The first man in Britain to die of AIDS, whale hunting in the 1950s, how Norway voted not to join the EU, the real man behind Indiana Jones, and Iraq's southern marshes

The first man in Britain to die of AIDS, whale hunting in the South Atlantic in the 1950s, how Norway voted not to join the EU, the American adventurer who inspired the Indiana Jones stories, and Saddam Hussein's draining of Iraq's southern marshes in a bid to flush out his opponents.

Picture: Terrence Higgins (Courtesy: Dr Rupert Whitaker)

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53 minutes

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Tue 4 Dec 2018 00:06GMT

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