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21/02/2012
Extraordinary personal stories from around the world.
22/02/2012
The British undercover policeman who became confused about his own identity.
27/02/2012
An American bounty hunter says why he's determined to give closure to grieving families.
28/02/2012
The journalist determined to go on after losing colleagues in the Christchurch earthquake.
01/03/2012
The ousted president of the Maldives on his worries for himself and his country.
29/02/2012
Extraordinary personal stories from inside Bush House - home of the World Service.
05/03/2012
The former Ethiopian maid whose experiences drove her to make a film on domestic slavery.
06/03/2012
A Spanish woman on her struggle to cope after losing both legs in a bomb attack.
07/03/2012
The Japanese doctor helping survivors of last year's tsunami cope with their grief.
08/03/2012
The Ugandan woman abducted by the LRA now helping other victims deal with their past.
12/03/2012
The Syrian doctor who risks his life treating wounded activists in secret clinics.
13/03/2012
The Swiss man forced to become a 'contract child' speaks out about his stolen childhood.
14/03/2012
The librarian who risked his life to save antique books during the siege of Sarajevo.
15/03/2012
The Palestinian couple who fell in love despite not being allowed to meet.
19/03/2012
Former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos on his struggle to topple General Pinochet.
20/03/2012
The woman who fell from the sky: the aircrash sole-survivor's story.
21/03/2012
The Egyptian psychiatrist treating the country's torture victims.
22/03/2012
After the tsunami: the man who cared for the dead.
26/03/2012
Life under siege in Sarajevo - on an extraordinary street.
27/03/2012
The German pensioner on a mission to scrub out neo-nazi propaganda in Berlin.
28/03/2012
Fighting the fear: reporting from the frontline of the Libyan uprising.
29/03/2012
The woman who discovered her long-lost brother was in jail for murder.
02/04/2012
How a lost camera began a friendship between former enemy soldiers.
03/04/2012
The widow of a British bomb disposal expert on coping with her grief by going public.
04/04/2012
The musical life of the Senegalese musician Baaba Maal.
05/04/2012
The Somali doctor who's been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
09/04/2012
The legendary musician and producer Nile Rodgers.
10/04/2012
A Syrian doctor who taught President al-Assad, describes losing seven family members.
12/04/2012
Jo Fidgen meets Cedella Marley, the eldest child of Jamaican musician Bob Marley.
11/04/2012
The former street kid from Lebanon who's now conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
16/04/2012
A former Taliban commander on why he's now joined the Afghan government.