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Colonel Joe Kittinger, the first man to jump from space
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The Swimming Coach Who Changed Lives
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Shirin Ebadi: The Iranians Took My Nobel Prize
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The Man Who Gets Bones To Tell a Story
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I Was Blinded By My Boyfriend
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Father of Indian Rape Victim
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Staying on air in eastern Mali
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Soldiers' mothers united by grief
The mothers of two British soldiers tell how their deaths have brought them together
Life After the Haiti Earthquake
Maryse Etrenne lost her lower leg and now helps other disabled people
A Kurdish Family Divided
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Persecuted For Being Gay in Uganda
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Paul Conroy: My Escape From Homs
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Held For Years By Somali Pirates
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Jineth Bedoya Lima
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Friendship Forged Under Fire
Blake Hall, former US Army ranger, on the young Iraqi who worked for him as an interpreter
I saw my own death reported on TV
Abdoul Kader Toure on watching his own death reported on TV
Bahraini Banker Turned Human Rights Activist
Bahraini investment banker turned human rights campaigner Jihan Kazerooni on her new life
Chris Kyle, US Lethal Sniper Shot Dead
As USA's most lethal sniper is shot dead, we bring you the interview he gave us in 2012.
Innocent But Behind Bars For 21 Years
The Italian jailed for a murder he didn't commit and how his true love waited for him
Murilo de Toledo: I Survived the Brazilian Nightclub Fire
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Lesbian Footballer Fights For Equality
Tumi Mkhuma on how football is helping her to heal
The Dangers of Being an Iranian Journalist
Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad on the recent government crackdown on her colleagues
Survivor of the Magdalene Laundries
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The Woman Who Forgave Her Rapist
The Sierra Leonean woman who made a dance of reconciliation with her rapist
"Maimed To Make Me a Better Beggar"
The little boy from Bangladesh who was brutally maimed to make him a better beggar.
Poet Salma Shut Away For 25 Years
During years of confinement Tamil poet Salma smuggled poems out and got them published
Surviving the Costa Concordia Disaster
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