How an Alien and a BMX Changed My Life

John Buultjens ended up playing the role of his violent father in a Hollywood film

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I Wrote an SOS Note in my Own Blood

Minor Vidal was the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Amazon jungle

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The Female Hunter Tracking Boko Haram

Aisha Bakari Gombi defied expectations when she took up arms against the militants

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Inspirations: My Wheelchair Superhero

Today we reveal more nominees for this year's Outlook Inspirations Awards.

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Outlook Weekend: The Voyage of Meg and Elena

The couple met online then had to battle the human and natural worlds to be together.

• 23 mins

Inspirations: Orchestra for the Dying

Jorge Bergero is a cellist who performs for people who can't make it to concert halls

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Inspirations: Namibia's Outcast Mayor

Livey van Wyk went from being an HIV-positive teenager to the youngest mayor in Namibia

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Top Indian Runner's Landmark Win

Dutee Chand - the fastest woman in India - won a historic case for the right to compete

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A Hitman was Hired to Kill Me

Nancy Shore survived being shot in the head by a hitman at her home in Texas in 2012

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Outlook Weekend: What's Up Chapo?

Drew Hogan made it his mission to take down the world's most wanted drug lord, El Chapo

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My Son Didn't Talk to Me When I Fled Syria

Musician Raghad Haddad claimed asylum in the UK and fought for her family to join her

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Flint: the Water Crisis that Poisoned my Kids

Mother of four LeeAnne Walters helped to expose the water crisis in Flint, Michigan

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Inspirations: Me and My Wheelchair in Space

South African activist Eddie Ndopu wants to be the first wheelchair user in space

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Life as the Enemy of the Mafia

Anti-mafia chief prosecutor Nicola Gratteri lives under 24/7 armed protection

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Outlook Weekend: Am I Baby Paul?

A kidnapped baby, an abandoned child and a web of secrets that spanned over 40 years

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The Chicago Bar Set Up as a Sting

True Journalists Pam Zekman and Zay Smith opened a bar in Chicago to expose corruption

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Trying to Prove My Father Was a Killer

Sandra Brown believes her dad, a child rapist, was behind her schoolmate's disappearance

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My Camera Gave Me the Family I Never Had

Tom Saater didn't have a family, so he photographs himself with other people's

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Dancing Blind With My Horse

Verity Smith is a blind international dressage rider but competes against sighted riders

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What Susan Did on Death Row

Susan Kigula led a choir, got a degree and changed Ugandan law as she waited to be hanged

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Global Protests After my Fiancée was Shot

Monica Benicio tells us her memories of her fiancée who was killed in March this year

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How I Solved my Best Friend's Murder

Sheila Wysocki became a Private Investigator to solve her friend's cold case murder

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Fighting Deadly Cough Syrup Addiction

The Nigerian doctor willing to risk her life to end codeine cough syrup addiction

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Inspirations: Comforting My Dead Son's Fans

Alison Cope's son Joshua Ribera - known as Depzman to his fans - was killed in 2013.

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Outlook Weekend: Literary SOS

Sally Bayley was rejected by her family but eventually found solace in Shakespeare

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Saving Lives Before They Get to ER

As well as treating bullet wounds, Dr Rob Gore wants to stop violence in the community

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My Appointment with a Serial Killer

Canadian journalist Lorraine Murphy's encounter with the notorious Robert Pickton

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Hunting Down the Feather Thief

How a fishing enthusiast tried to solve the mystery of a heist of rare bird feathers

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The Policeman Who Toppled a Guru

Police officer Ajay Pal Lamba who brought down Indian demigod Asaram Bapu accused of rape

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Outlook Weekend: The Blink

Rikke Schmidt Kjaergaard was trapped inside her own body, all she could do was blink

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