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The Aids 'patient zero' myth

How Gaetan Dugas was mistakenly identified as the 'patient zero' of the Aids epidemic.

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The early days of HIV/Aids

The experience of a Ugandan-born woman diagnosed with HIV in the early days of the virus.

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AZT: The breakthrough treatment for Aids

How the first successful Aids drug was developed and approved in record time in 1987

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South Africa and Aids drugs

How activists fought successfully for cheaper Aids treatment in South Africa.

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Derek Jarman

The British experimental film-maker who spoke out about Aids in the 1980s.

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Fighting 'virginity tests' in the Indonesian police

How an Indonesian policewoman campaigned to ban intrusive examinations of female recruits

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The V2 rocket

How the Nazis secretly developed the first modern ballistic missile

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Spies or plane-spotters?

Why a group of British aircraft enthusiasts were arrested for spying in Greece in 2001.

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The Aldi kidnap

The abduction of Theo Albrecht, co-founder of the discount supermarket chain ALDI.

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The explosion heard by millions

In 2005 people across southern England woke up when a huge fuel depot exploded.

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The Bengali language movement

How a march in defence of Bengali galvanised demands for an independent Bangladesh.

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The birth of Bangladesh

How Pakistan's first elections sparked civil war and the creation of a new country

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Rape as a weapon in Bangladesh

How Bengali women suffered appalling sexual violence during the war of independence.

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On the front line in Bangladesh

A Pakistani soldier's account of fighting in the Bangladesh war of independence in 1971.

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Bangladesh wins independence

An inside account of the moment Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan in 1971.

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Tanzania's first elected albino MP

How Salum Barwany overcame discrimination and fear to make history in Africa

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Rudolf Nureyev defects

In 1961 the great ballet dancer stunned the world by defecting from the Soviet Union.

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The right to drive in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi women who used social media to campaign against being banned from the roads.

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Bahrain's 2011 protests

In 2011 thousands of protestors occupied Pearl Roundabout in Bahrain’s capital.

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The home of Santa Claus

How Rovaniemi, a small town in Lapland, became the centre of Christmas tourism.

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Pong and the birth of computer games

The pioneering table tennis simulator which started the video games industry.

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Grand Theft Auto

The controversial action-adventure gaming series developed in Scotland in the 1990s.

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Tetris

In 1984 one of the most popular computer games ever was invented in Moscow.

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Lego

One of the world's most popular toys was invented in a small Danish town in 1958.

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The secret history of Monopoly

The true story of one of the world's most popular board games, Monopoly.

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The "Wild Lily" protests in Taiwan

In 1990, Taiwan’s students took to the streets in their thousands to demand democracy.

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The end of Stalinist rule in Albania

In 1990 Albania’s communist government agreed to allow independent political parties.

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Marcel Proust

The great French writer remembered by one of his friends and by his faithful maid.

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Mozambique's Eduardo Mondlane: From professor to freedom fighter

The leader of Mozambique's fight against colonial rule remembered by his daughter

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The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

In January 1945, nearly 10,000 people died in the worst maritime disaster in history.

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