The Disappearing Sea

In 1990, the first international conference was held on the shrinking of the Aral Sea

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Sri Lanka Killings

In 1995 during Sri Lanka's brutal civil war Tamil rebels attacked a Sinhalese village.

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Iceland's Women Strike

In October 1975, 90% of all women in Iceland took part in a massive nationwide protest

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The birth of the United Nations

In October 1945, the United Nations was born, in the hope of preventing future wars

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The Nuclear Spy Alan Nunn May

In 1945 the English physicist was exposed as a nuclear spy for the Soviet Union.

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The First Lady of Cuban Ballet

World-famous prima ballerina Alicia Alonso talks about founding Cuba's National Ballet

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The Great Depression: Harry Leslie Smith Remembers

Harry Leslie Smith grew up in England during the Great Depression of the 1930s

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A Jewish Homeland in Siberia

In 1930 the USSR created a Jewish Region in Siberia, a homeland for Soviet Jews

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The Jarrow Crusade

In 1936 men from the North of England marched to London to protest at mass unemployment.

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Britain's Executioner - Albert Pierrepoint

Archive interviews with Britain's most famous hangman, who executed more than 400 people.

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The Green March

In November 1975 a huge crowd of Moroccans marched into a Spanish colony in the desert

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The Battle of El Alamein

In 1942, the Allies launched an offensive in Egypt that helped shape the course of WW2

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The Russian Revolution: Alexander Kerensky

Alexander Kerensky, overthrown by Lenin in 1917, comments on the Russian Revolution

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The Amman Bombings

On 9 November 2005, nearly 60 people were killed in Jordan's worst terror attack

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India Anti-Sikh Riots

Following the assassination of Indira Gandhi, India was gripped by anti-Sikh riots

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The Fall of the Taliban

On 13 November 2001, the Taliban administration collapsed in Afghanistan

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Kenya’s Torture Chambers

In 1986 the Kenyan government began a programme of secretly torturing suspected opponents

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Fire: Bollywood Explores Lesbian Love

Indian film star Shabana Azmi recalls playing a lesbian in the controversial film, Fire

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Attack on the US Embassy in Islamabad

In late November 1979 a mob set fire to the US Embassy in Islamabad

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Racial Equality on the Dance Floor

A nightclub in the British city of Birmingham was forced to lift its racial restrictions

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Surviving Ravensbruck

The story of a survivor of Ravensbruck, the Nazis' concentration camp for women

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Nigeria's "War Against Indiscipline"

In 1984 General Buhari's military regime launched an unusual campaign to clean up Nigeria

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The Bari Raid 1943

How a devastating air raid on Bari during WW2 led to the deadly release of mustard gas

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Surviving Pearl Harbor

How one US Navy mechanic made it through the surprise Japanese attack on his Pacific base

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The First Heart Transplant

On 3 December 1967, two brothers carried out the first heart transplant operation

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Gay and lesbian support for the British miners' strike

In 1984 a group of lesbians and gay men organised to support striking coal-miners.

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WW1: The Siege of Kut, Iraq

Thousands of British and Indian troops spent five months trapped in Kut, Iraq in WW1

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The KKK and the Killing of Viola Liuzzo

In 1965, three KKK members were convicted of conspiring to kill a civil rights activist

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The Velvet Underground

The seminal alternative rock band play their first gig at a high school in New Jersey.

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The 1960 Coup Against Haile Selassie

How Ethiopia's Emperor was almost overthrown in a bloody coup

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