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US Family's Shipwreck
How one US family's dream sailing holiday turned into a nightmare
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New Schools for the Burmese Delta
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First Saudi Woman to Climb Everest
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Rebuilding the World Trade Center
Marcus Robinson, the artist documenting the rebuilding of the World Trade Center
The 'Lost Hero' of 9/11
A former US marine who was revealed to be the mysterious rescuer of 9/11.
Tunisia's Ex-PM: My 17 years in prison
Hamadi Jebali was the first Prime Minister of post-revolutionary Tunisia
Afghanistan's Unstoppable Teacher
Chantal V茅ron has devoted herself to teaching Afghans through war, exile and regime-change
Memorial in the Sahara Desert
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Shot Seven Times in Fort Hood Massacre
Sergeant Alonzo Lunsford barely survived the 2009 massacre at the Fort Hood army base
Torn Between Two Countries
How Harvard scholar Majid Rafizadeh faced the challenges of a Syrian-Iranian dual identity
Calcutta Rape Victim: Why I Spoke Out
Suzette Jordan defied social stigma by identifying herself as a rape victim
Bill Bryson: America's Greatest Year?
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Ewan Clayton: Scribe of Silicon Valley
Calligrapher Ewan Clayton went from monastic life in England to advising digital pioneers
The 19th Wife: Escaping Polygamy
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A Mauritanian slave's extraordinary journey to freedom - and how he freed his family
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Acclaimed Kenyan author Ngugi Wa Thiong'o on the power of writing and life in exile
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The nun devoted to helping women and girls traumatised by the Lords Resistance Army