成人快手

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

• 9 mins

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.

• 9 mins

The Imprisonment of Irina Ratushinskaya

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

• 11 mins

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.

• 9 mins

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

• 9 mins

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.

• 9 mins

Digging up the Truth

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

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Soviet Woman Bomber Pilot

Yelena Malyutina was a Soviet female bomber pilot who fought in WW2.

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Wangari Maathai Wins Nobel Prize

In 2004, the Kenyan ecologist became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize

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Recreating Down Syndrome in Mice

Scientist Elizabeth Fisher created a new strain of mouse to help understand Down Syndrome

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Fighting for Rural Women in South Africa

Sizani Ngubane set up the Rural Women's Movement in South Africa in the 1990s

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Yoyes - Woman leader of ETA

The life and tragic death of the first woman leader of the Basque separatist group ETA.

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Sara Ginaite Lithuanian Jewish Partisan

A young Jewish woman escaped from the Kaunas Ghetto in Lithuania to fight the Nazis.

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The Hindu 'Milk Miracle'

Millions of Hindus were gripped by reports of their God, Ganesha, 'drinking' milk.

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Cot Death

The 'Back to Sleep' campaign was launched in 1991 to prevent babies dying in their cots

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The First Latin American 'Telenovela'

Brazil's Vida Alves starred in the first ever Latin American soap opera in December 1951.

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Death of an Anarchist

Giuseppe Pinelli was an Italian anarchist who died in police custody - but why?

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Derek Jarman

The experimental film-maker made his first feature film 'Sebastiane' in 1976.

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Turkey-Greece Island Dispute

How Greece and Turkey almost came to war over a tiny rocky island in the Aegean sea.

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Samuel Beckett

The great Irish playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett died on 22nd December 1989

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Apollo 8

How the first mission around the Moon captured the world's imagination at Christmas 1968

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The Break-Up of the Soviet Union

Hear from two of the key players who brought to an end over 70 years of communism

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Georgia In Crisis

After the breakup of the Soviet Union, Georgia found itself on the verge of civil war.

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The Nuclear Legacy

The story of how the world was made safe from the former Soviet Union's nuclear legacy

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The Launch of Vogue Russia

Aliona Doletskaya remembers starting post Soviet-Russia's biggest glossy fashion magazine

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