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The explosion heard by millions
In 2005 people across southern England woke up when a huge fuel depot exploded.
The Bengali language movement
How a march in defence of Bengali galvanised demands for an independent Bangladesh.
The birth of Bangladesh
How Pakistan's first elections sparked civil war and the creation of a new country
Rape as a weapon in Bangladesh
How Bengali women suffered appalling sexual violence during the war of independence.
On the front line in Bangladesh
A Pakistani soldier's of fighting in the Bangladesh war of independence in 1971.
Bangladesh wins independence
An inside of the moment Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan in 1971.
Tanzania's first elected albino MP
How Salum Barwany overcame discrimination and fear to make history in Africa
Rudolf Nureyev defects
In 1961 the great ballet dancer stunned the world by defecting from the Soviet Union.
The right to drive in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi women who used social media to campaign against being banned from the roads.
Bahrain's 2011 protests
In 2011 thousands of protestors occupied Pearl Roundabout in Bahrain’s capital.
The home of Santa Claus
How Rovaniemi, a small town in Lapland, became the centre of Christmas tourism.
Pong and the birth of computer games
The pioneering table tennis simulator which started the video games industry.
Grand Theft Auto
The controversial action-adventure gaming series developed in Scotland in the 1990s.
Tetris
In 1984 one of the most popular computer games ever was invented in Moscow.
Lego
One of the world's most popular toys was invented in a small Danish town in 1958.
The secret history of Monopoly
The true story of one of the world's most popular board games, Monopoly.
The "Wild Lily" protests in Taiwan
In 1990, Taiwan’s students took to the streets in their thousands to demand democracy.
The end of Stalinist rule in Albania
In 1990 Albania’s communist government agreed to allow independent political parties.
Marcel Proust
The great French writer ed by one of his friends and by his faithful maid.
Mozambique's Eduardo Mondlane: From professor to freedom fighter
The leader of Mozambique's fight against colonial rule ed by his daughter
The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff
In January 1945, nearly 10,000 people died in the worst maritime disaster in history.
India's freedom fighter: Subhas Chandra Bose
The man who campaigned against colonial rule, allying himself with Hitler during WW2
Kazakhstan's nuclear legacy
The secret plan to clear a huge nuclear testing site after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Malick Sidibé: Mali's superstar photographer
How a Malian photographer's pictures of Mali's swinging '60s and '70s amazed the world.
Costa Concordia
The dramatic story of the cruise ship which sunk in the Mediterranean, killing 32 people.
The first silicone breast implants
How a Texas woman became the first in the world to have the popular cosmetic procedure.
The rise of Boko Haram
How a small Nigerian Islamist group launched a brutal insurgency
The first bicycle-sharing scheme
How a Dutch engineer invented a scheme to share bikes and cut pollution in the 1960s.
The Stanford Prison Experiment
The story of the famous psychology study, the Stanford Prison Experiment, of 1971
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The story of Coretta Scott King’s campaign to have her late husband honoured in the US.
A Cold War love affair
The story of a West German woman who crossed the Iron Curtain for love.
