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Buddhist on Death Row

How US inmates turned to Buddhism to face execution in 1990s Arkansas, and we look at the history...

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75 years of UNESCO

UNESCO - the United Nations Scientific, Cultural and Educational Organisation - was set up 75...

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Film special

We hear from eye-witnesses to some classic moments in cinema history – from It’s a Wonderful Life...

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The birth of Bangladesh

How Pakistan's first democratic elections in 1970 led to war, the break up of Pakistan and the...

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The first African to win the Nobel Peace Prize

When Chief Albert Luthuli won the Nobel Peace Prize he was living under a banning order in rural...

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The fall of Addis Ababa

In May 1991, the brutal Ethiopian dictator, Colonel Mengistu and his military regime were on the...

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Disability History special

We look back at the fight for disability rights in the UK and India in the 1990s, plus the...

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The world's first woman premier

Sirimavo Bandaranaike was elected prime minster of Sri Lanka, or Ceylon as it was known then, in...

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The Guerrilla Girls

In 1985 a group of anonymous female artists in New York began dressing up with gorilla masks on...

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The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin

In 1995, the Israeli prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin, was murdered at a peace rally in Tel Aviv. We...

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US presidential history special

Eyewitness accounts of moments in US presidential history: Inside JFK's election victory,...

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Why Portugal decriminalised all drugs

In the grips of a drug crisis, why Portugal took a radical approach in 2001 and became the first...

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CNN and the 24-hour news revolution

In June 1980, US media mogul Ted Turner launched the first TV station dedicated to 24 hour news,...

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British black history special

We present five eyewitness accounts of moments in British black history. Including the late Sam...

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The Mafia and Italian politics

The trial which linked a senior Italian politician to the Mafia, the death of the charismatic...

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Blackwater killed my son

An Iraqi father remembers the day in September 2007 when US private security guards opened fire...

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Stories of resistance and protest from around the world

Max Pearson brings you a roundup of this week’s Witness History stories of resistance from the...

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Prohibition in India

How Indian women in the 1990s campaigned to stop the sale of alcohol in the state of Andhra...

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Inventing James Bond

How author and former intelligence officer Ian Fleming created the British super-spy, James Bond...

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Margaret Ekpo - Nigeria's feminist pioneer

Margaret Ekpo helped establish Nigerian independence and became one of the country's first female...

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