成人快手

The killing of Amadou Diallo

When New York police shot a young immigrant 41 times, thousands took to the streets

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El Salvador's stolen children

During El Salvador's civil war, soldiers abducted children in rebel areas

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The attack on India's parliament

In December 2001 armed men attacked India's parliamentary compound in broad daylight

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Black GIs during World War Two

How soldiers who had been relegated to support roles were asked to volunteer for combat

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Women and the Sabarimala temple

How Indian women fought for the right to be allowed into a Hindu holy site

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The Romanian revolution

In December 1989 a wave of protests finally deposed communist dictator Nicolae Ceau葯escu

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Bee crisis: Colony Collapse Disorder

Why the mysterious loss of honey bees in the US triggered a global panic.

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The creation of Abuja

Why Nigeria built a brand new capital city from scratch.

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Fighting cancer

Pioneering work in the 60s into combination chemotherapy to try to find a cure for cancer

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The invasion of Afghanistan

On 24 December 1979 Soviet troops started pouring into Afghanistan

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The secret history of Monopoly

The true story of one of the world's most popular board games, Monopoly.

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Cirque du Soleil

The ground-breaking circus was formed by a group of street performers in Quebec in 1984.

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Vietnam war: Surviving the 'Christmas bombing' campaign

In December 1972 the US military launched its heaviest bombardment of Hanoi.

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The Chippendales

The male stripper troupe was founded in Los Angeles in 1979

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Britain's GI babies

The story of children born to British mothers and black GIs during WW2

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Negotiating an end to El Salvador's civil war

The UN's top negotiator Alvaro de Soto recalls his part in bringing peace to El Salvador

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Chester Williams - South African rugby legend

The story of the only black player in the Springbok team that won the 1995 Rugby World Cup

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The book that predicted an end to civilisation

The Limits to Growth was published in 1972 and suggested global decline from 2020

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Desmond's: A sitcom that changed Britain

Desmond's was the most successful black sitcom in British TV history

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The battle for the Woman in Gold

How an elderly refugee fought the Austrian government to get back a painting by Klimt

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East Germany's punks

How the communist secret police, the Stasi, tried to crush a youth subculture.

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German atrocities in Poland during WW2

The memories of a survivor of Nazi atrocities in the final months of the war in Europe

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The exodus of Kashmiri Hindus

In January 1990 over 100 000 Hindus fled the Kashmir valley

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The murder of environmentalist Chico Mendes

The killing of the man who'd become a powerful symbol of the fight to save the Amazon

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The Computers for Schools revolution

In 2009, Uruguay became the first country to give every schoolchild a laptop computer.

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The battle for Fallujah

A US Marine's account of the massive operation against Iraqi insurgents in 2004

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Britain's National Trust

How some of the great stately homes of Britain were saved from demolition and decay

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Storming the Stasi HQ

After the fall of the Berlin Wall East German citizens stormed the secret police HQ

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The woman who negotiated peace with a rebel group

The female negotiator who agreed a deal with Muslim rebels in the Philippines.

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The story of George Stinney Jr

How a 14-year-old boy became the youngest person executed in the USA in the 20th century

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