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The doctor who helped her mother to die
How a Dutch doctor’s euthanasia dilemma changed the world.
Estonia’s internet ‘Tiger Leap’
Estonia started connecting all schools to the internet in 1996 ahead of other countries
The assassination of the Mirabal sisters
Three sisters, all political activists, were murdered in 1960 in the Dominican Republic
The Aids 'patient zero' myth
How Gaetan Dugas was mistakenly identified as the 'patient zero' of the Aids epidemic.
The early days of HIV/Aids
The experience of a Ugandan-born woman diagnosed with HIV in the early days of the virus.
AZT: The breakthrough treatment for Aids
How the first successful Aids drug was developed and approved in record time in 1987
South Africa and Aids drugs
How activists fought successfully for cheaper Aids treatment in South Africa.
Derek Jarman
The British experimental film-maker who spoke out about Aids in the 1980s.
Fighting 'virginity tests' in the Indonesian police
How an Indonesian policewoman campaigned to ban intrusive examinations of female recruits
The V2 rocket
How the Nazis secretly developed the first modern ballistic missile
Spies or plane-spotters?
Why a group of British aircraft enthusiasts were arrested for spying in Greece in 2001.
The Aldi kidnap
The abduction of Theo Albrecht, co-founder of the discount supermarket chain ALDI.
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.
