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06/07/2014
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From Kurdish Child Bride to Mayor
Berivan Kilic escaped a violent marriage, went back to school and then took to politics
I Exposed Drug Cheat Lance Armstrong
Emma O'Reilly on blowing the whistle on Lance Armstrong and cycling's doping culture
Battling Ebola in Guinea
The American doctor treating victims of Guinea's deadliest Ebola Outbreak
Giving a Voice to Kidnapped Eritreans
Meron Estefanos broadcasts the stories of Eritreans being held for ransom in torture camps
Campaigners, Lost Voices, and Song
Hear my voice: Eritrean hostages, Indian streetchildren and Lance Armstrong whistleblower
Justice for my Daughter's Murder
The father fighting for justice for his daughter's murder
Surviving Antarctic Shipwreck
Matt Lewis lost seventeen fellow crew members when his ship went down in Antarctic waters
"Father" to 15 Migrant Children
How an Eritrean refugee posed as husband to 15 different women to help them give birth
My Time on Iran's Death Row
The man who faced execution in an Iranian prison accused of helping his brother spy
Shipwreck, Jail, Inferno and Comedy
Surviving Iranian death sentence, Arctic shipwreck, and an inferno. Plus a little comedy
Undercover with Afghan Tribesmen
The US soldier and his wife who lived among Afghan villagers
My Face Transplant Transformation
Carmen Blandin Tarleton on living with a face transplant after a horrific attack
Fighting for Gay Asylum Seekers
S Chelvan - 'a mouthpiece for those who have no voice'
Iraqi Priest: We Live in Fear
The Iraqi priest staying with his Christian flock despite threats from Islamist militants
My New Face, Lambada and Poisonous Frogs
My new face; dancing lambada around the world; and a passion for poisonous frogs
I Found my GI Father on Facebook
The 'Amerasian' woman and her US soldier dad who have been reunited online
My Father was a Serial Killer
What is it like to grow up as the child of a serial killer?
Hunting Honduras' Child Smugglers
The Honduran police unit tackling child trafficking across the border
I Survived Three Lightning Strikes
Eric Brocklebank has had three close encounters with lightning
Baby Smugglers, Land Art, Family Split
Child trafficking in Honduras; ploughing portraits on fields; my Jewish-Palestinian family
Naming the Gaza Dead
Michal Rotem, the Israeli woman who translates the names of the Gaza dead into Hebrew.
Ex-Nun who ran Sierra Leone Elections
Dr Christiana Thorpe has just stepped down as head of the National Electoral Commission.
I Survived the Ebola Virus
Saa Sabas from Guinea who survived the Ebola virus
Ex-Child Soldier Adopted By Film Stars
The former child soldier from Rwanda adopted by Emma Thompson
Ebola, Violinist, Typhoon Doctor
Surviving Ebola in Guinea; violinist Nicola Benedetti; Doctor burying the typhoon dead
Fighting For Gay Rights in India
Ashok Row Kavi is one of India's most prominent gay rights activists
Gulalai Ismail: Speaking Out at a Cost
The Pakistani campaigner for equality and peace whose life is under threat as a result
An Unlikely Friendship Across Apartheid
The ex-South African policeman taken in by a woman he would once have seen as the enemy
Nepal 'Orphan': My Two Families
The Nepalese girl who was adopted even though she was not an orphan
Love From Hate
The South African ex-policeman cared for by a woman he would once have seen as the enemy
