成人快手

The Pitcairn Sex Abuse Trial

In 2004 a child sex abuse trial on a remote island in the Pacific shocked the world.

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The First Loebner Prize

On 8 November 1991, a competition which judged artificial intelligence was held.

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Rolling Stone Magazine

Writer and musician Michael Lydon recalls the birth of an iconic magazine.

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Kurdish Singer Ahmet Kaya

The widow of the famous folk singer recalls the night that changed her husband's life.

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The James Bond Theme Tune

In 1962 Monty Norman wrote the music for the first James Bond film, Dr No.

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The Burning of the Satanic Verses

The publication of Salman Rushdie's book outraged many Muslims around the world

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East Timor Massacre

In November 1991 Indonesian troops opened fire on independence activists in Dili.

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The Madagascar Palace Fire

In 1995 one of Madagascar's most historic sites was destroyed by fire

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Smuggling Endangered Birds

In Nov 1996 leading ornithologist Tony Silva was convicted of smuggling endangered birds.

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The Musical Cabaret

Director Hal Prince remembers the hit musical opening on Broadway in November 1966

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The Stockholm Syndrome

One of the original Stockholm hostages talks about her kidnap ordeal.

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Marcel Duchamp in New York

Remembering a wartime surrealist exhibition put on by Marcel Duchamp.

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Plane spotters arrested in Greece

In Nov 2001 a group of British tourists was arrested in Greece and charged with spying.

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Saving Orphaned African Elephants

How a Kenyan woman, Dame Daphne Sheldrick, first raised orphaned baby African elephants

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The Concordski Crash

A fateful day in the race to develop the first supersonic passenger plane.

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The Abduction of Mehdi Ben Barka

In 1965 a Moroccan disappeared from the streets of Paris. His body has never been found.

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The Silk Letters Movement

In 1916 the authorities in India uncovered plans to overthrow British rule

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The 1948 French Miners' Strike

How coal miners in France went from post-war heroes to pariahs

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The Bugging of the US Embassy in Moscow

How the Soviets hid hi-tech bugs deep inside the walls of the new US embassy in Moscow.

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The Assassination of the Mirabal Sisters

3 sisters in the Dominican Republic were beaten to death on the orders of the dictator

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A Black GI in China

How did a black American soldier end up living a privileged life in communist China?

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Car Safety and Ralph Nader

In the early 1960s there were virtually no laws covering car safety in the USA.

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The Imprisonment of Irina Ratushinskaya

The dissident poet spent four years in Soviet prisons and labour camps.

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The US School Bible Controversy

How a schoolboy challenged the practice of daily Bible reading in US schools - and won.

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India's City of the Future: Chandigarh

World famous architect Le Corbusier built a city to revive Indian pride after Partition.

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The Capture of Abimael Guzman

Tracking down Peru's public enemy number one, leader of the Maoist Shining Path rebels.

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Colombia's 'Lost City'

In 1976, archaeologists found the ruins of a huge indigenous settlement hidden in forest

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The Attica Prison Riot

One man's memories of a very public siege in a high security jail in the USA.

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Bob Marley Survives Assassination Attempt

In December 1976 gunmen tried to kill the legendary reggae singer at his home in Jamaica.

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Digging up the Truth

Mercedes Doretti has spent her life uncovering mass graves around the world.

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