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Fate and faces: The artist who 鈥榮old stars鈥� to make a living

Lita Cabellut is successful Spanish painter but grew up on the streets of Barcelona

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The girl who heckled the President

At 11 Zarifa heckled Hamid Karzai, by 24 she was Afghanistan's youngest female Mayor

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Uncle Jack Charles, the story of an Indigenous film star

'Uncle Jack' was a pioneering actor, elder and champion of Aboriginal Australians

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The sailor and the pirate king

Indian sailor Sudeep Choudhury was kidnapped at gunpoint by pirates in the Niger Delta

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My Lego invention that silenced the bullies

Aged 17, David Aguilar built a record-breaking prosthetic that brought global recognition

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How The Beatles inspired me to rock against Cuba鈥檚 regime

Inspired by The Fab Four, Nilo Nu帽ez set up a secret rock band in Communist Cuba

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I see my son in the Northern Lights

Hugo Sanchez photographs the mesmerising Aurora Borealis to grieve the loss of his son

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The backing singer who stepped out from the shadows

Merry Clayton, the voice behind Gimme Shelter, reveals why she was haunted by the song

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Who was the stranger who saved my life?

Sonia Solorzano spent years seeking the unknown man who rescued her from a destroyed bus

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Hip-hop, lies, and the ultimate prize, part 1

The Scottish rappers who fooled the music industry

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Hip-hop, lies, and the ultimate prize, part 2

Silibil N鈥� Brains found fame as fake American rappers - but how long can you live a lie?

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I found my 'sister-in-arms' through a newspaper cutting

Canadians Leslie McBain and Petra Schulz united in grief after losing their sons to drugs

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How the girl who was denied an education created a school

As a girl Ashwini Angadi was turned away from school because of her visual impairment

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My unknown song became a political anthem in Hong Kong

How Matthew Keegan found out he had become an overnight pop star 5,000 miles away

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Black, Korean, stateless: A 'slickyboy鈥檚' American dream, part 1

An outcast from birth and a petty thief by seven, all Milton wanted was to find his dad

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Black, Korean, stateless: A 'slickyboy鈥檚' American dream, part 2

An outcast from birth and a petty thief by seven, all Milton wanted was to find his dad

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The marathon runner and Gobi the stray dog

Dion Leonard found an unlikely running partner during a race in China

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My life, painting Iran鈥檚 rebellious women

Soheila Sokhanvari grew up in a very fashionable home in Iran but, in 1978 it all changed

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Steve Van Zandt on bands, bandanas and Bruce Springsteen

Guitarist Steve Van Zandt tells us why he's been happy being the man behind the boss

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Rickie Lee Jones: From life on the breadline to stardom

The US singer hit the big time in her early 20s, winning a Grammy for her first album

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The student journalist who risked it all to report in Russia

Armen Aramyan's student paper became one of Russia's last independent news outlets

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A fake billionaire in North Korea

Jim Latrache-Qvortrup posed as a weapons dealer to expose a North Korean criminal network

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The playwright, the school teacher and the lost Xhosa king

How South Africa鈥檚 first published black female playwright restored her people鈥檚 history

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鈥楳y heart goes out to the mums鈥�

The mum who鈥檚 found compassion for the mothers of murderers after her own family tragedy

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Witness to a gangland murder: a mediator鈥檚 dilemma

Roegchanda Pascoe put her own safety and freedom on the line to take on Cape Town鈥檚 gangs

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Glitter, high kicks and finding freedom

The joy that dance brings us in extraordinary and sometimes surprising ways

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Saving the lost tapes of a musical genius

A grieving lover鈥檚 mission to share his partner鈥檚 unknown music with the world

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How the kindness of strangers stopped my terror attack

Ex-US Marine Mac McKinney planned to bomb a mosque but ended up converting to Islam

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The drag queen who ran for president of the United States

Joan Jett Blakk ran for office in 1992 to raise awareness about the Aids crisis

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The battlefield of the mind

Toby Gutteridge was one of the best soldiers in the world when he was shot in the neck

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