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Egypt's Rabaa massacre

In August 2013, the army killed hundreds of protestors in Cairo

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Saving Guadalupe from goats

An island expedition helped save Guadalupe's wildlife from extinction...and goats

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Leaving China to study after the Cultural Revolution

We hear from one of the first students to study overseas after the Cultural Revolution

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Arctic 30: Russian arrest of Greenpeace campaigners

In 2013, campaigners were arrested for protesting against oil drilling in the Arctic

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Bi Kidude: Zanzibar's 'golden grandmother of music'

Bi Kidude was one of the first women from Zanzibar to sing in public without the veil

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Murder of Swedish politician Anna Lindh

In 2003, Swedish politician Anna Lindh was attacked and killed in Stockholm

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Organising Chile's 1973 military coup

On 11 September, General Augusto Pinochet deposed President Salvador Allende

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Victor Jara: killed in Chile's coup

The musician's widow recounts his murder at the hands of Chile's army in 1973

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Oslo Peace Accords: The secret talks behind Middle East deal

How a couple in Oslo brokered peace in the Middle East

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Camp David Summit: How Middle East peace talks failed

President Bill Clinton鈥檚 failed attempt to end the conflict in the Middle East.

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Ariel Sharon visits al-Aqsa

In 2000, the Israeli opposition leader visited the al-Aqsa Mosque compound

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The siege at the Church of the Nativity

The final days of one of the most dramatic sieges of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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The Ramallah concert

In 2005, an orchestra made up of young Arab and Israeli musicians performed in Ramallah

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Nazi eugenics

In 1933, Adolf Hitler ordered the sterilisation of people with disabilities

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Fighting for legal abortion in Italy

In 1978, campaigners won their fight to legalise abortion in Italy despite the opposition

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The first person inside the 'Gates of Hell'

In November 2013, George Kourounis descended into the 'Gates of Hell'

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Kenya: Nairobi shopping mall attack

In 2013, a Somali militant group attacked the Westgate Mall in Nairobi

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The year of the vuvuzela

Freddie 'Saddam' Maake tells the story of how he became known as 'Mr Vuvuzela'

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Vietnam War: Stopping nuclear disaster

In 1975, physicist Wally Hendrickson prevented nuclear disaster in Vietnam

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Concorde's first flight

On 2 March 1969 Concorde took to the skies for the first time

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Kassandra: The peacekeeping telenovela in Bosnia

The Latin American soap opera Kassandra helped keep peace in Bosnia

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The Lampedusa shipwreck tragedy

In 2013, a ship carrying more than 500 migrants sank off the coast of Lampedusa.

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The first cat cafe

In 1998, the world鈥檚 first cat cafe opened in Taiwan

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The oil crisis of 1973

In October 1973, Arab nations slashed oil production causing prices to sky rocket

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The oilfield that changed Kazakhstan

In 1993 Kazakhstan partnered with Chevron and started drilling for oil

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Nigeria strikes oil

In 1956 commercial quantities of oil were discovered in Nigeria

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The Amoco Cadiz oil spill

In 1978, a crude oil tanker was shipwrecked off the coast of France

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Protectors of the Amazon

In 2003, the Sarayaku community began a legal battle against an oil company

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Yinka Shonibare: Nelson's Ship in a Bottle

On 24 May 2010, artist Yinka Shonibare unveiled his sculpture, Nelson鈥檚 Ship in a Bottle

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The 84-year-old primary school pupil

In 2004, Kenyan great grandfather Kimani Maruge became the oldest person to start school

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