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The Battle for Votes for Women

The voices of the suffragettes who led the campaign for the women's vote in Britain

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Andes Survivor

One man's remarkable story of survival in the Andes mountains.

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UN Peacekeepers

How the first United Nations Peacekeeping Force came into being.

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Ebola

Two doctors tell how they dealt with one of the first outbreaks of Ebola fever.

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Lancaster House Agreement

It's exactly 30 years since an agreement signed in London framed the future for Zimbabwe.

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Pong

Pong - the computer game that launched a multi-billion dollar industry.

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Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: Part One

It's exactly thirty years since Soviet forces overthrew the Afghan government.

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Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: Part Two

It's exactly thirty years since Soviet soldiers invaded Afghanistan - part two.

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Saddam Execution

What was it like growing up in the shadow of Saddam Hussein?

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The Millenium Bug

Ten years ago on New Year's Eve computer experts were preparing themselves for disaster.

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Ghana coup

How a New Year's coup in Ghana led to changes for the country's journalists.

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Airlift to America

In the late 1950s a plan to educate young Africans leaders is born.

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Ethiopian Jews

How one Ethiopian jew made the trip to Israel and the culture shock that awaited him.

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Kidnap in Ethiopia

How a young journalist ended up spending rather more time in Ethiopia than he'd planned.

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Korean War

It's sixty years since the beginning of the Korean War - one man remembers that time.

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Irish War of Independence

Memories of the Irish war of independence which began over 90 years ago this month.

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Revolution at the LSE

How students in the sixties brought the London School of Economics to a halt.

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Yemen

Yemen is the news because of al-Qaeda, but in the 90s, its civil war made the headlines.

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Armenian killings

Remembering the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Armenians over 90 years ago.

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Biafra

It's exactly 40 years since the Biafran war of independence from Nigeria ended in failure.

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Shah into Exile

Two women tell their stories of exile because of the revolution in Iran over 30 years ago.

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Soviet Veterans

Over twenty years ago Soviet troops were fighting in Afghanistan - we hear from veterans.

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History of TV

How John Logie Baird tried to convince people that TV could work.

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Haiti Duvaliers

How the father and son regime of the Duvaliers affected the already poor country of Haiti.

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Witness

Queen Victoria died exactly 109 years ago today - we hear from her shocked subjects.

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Idi Amin

Ugandan dictator Idi Amin took power in 1971, but it ended in disarray in 1979

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Somalia 1991

What was it like living in Mogadishu at the height of Somalia's civil war?

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Hitler's Book

The story of a young American soldier and the book he found in Hitler's house.

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Meeting Osama

What is Osama bin Laden really like? Witness talks to someone who knows.

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Gandhi

The assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948

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