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Airlift to America

In the late 1950s a plan to educate young Africans leaders is born.

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Ethiopian Jews

How one Ethiopian jew made the trip to Israel and the culture shock that awaited him.

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Kidnap in Ethiopia

How a young journalist ended up spending rather more time in Ethiopia than he'd planned.

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Korean War

It's sixty years since the beginning of the Korean War - one man remembers that time.

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Irish War of Independence

Memories of the Irish war of independence which began over 90 years ago this month.

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Revolution at the LSE

How students in the sixties brought the London School of Economics to a halt.

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Yemen

Yemen is the news because of al-Qaeda, but in the 90s, its civil war made the headlines.

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Armenian killings

Remembering the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Armenians over 90 years ago.

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Biafra

It's exactly 40 years since the Biafran war of independence from Nigeria ended in failure.

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Shah into Exile

Two women tell their stories of exile because of the revolution in Iran over 30 years ago.

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Soviet Veterans

Over twenty years ago Soviet troops were fighting in Afghanistan - we hear from veterans.

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History of TV

How John Logie Baird tried to convince people that TV could work.

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Haiti Duvaliers

How the father and son regime of the Duvaliers affected the already poor country of Haiti.

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Witness

Queen Victoria died exactly 109 years ago today - we hear from her shocked subjects.

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Idi Amin

Ugandan dictator Idi Amin took power in 1971, but it ended in disarray in 1979

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Somalia 1991

What was it like living in Mogadishu at the height of Somalia's civil war?

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Hitler's Book

The story of a young American soldier and the book he found in Hitler's house.

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Meeting Osama

What is Osama bin Laden really like? Witness talks to someone who knows.

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Gandhi

The assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948

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Palestine Post

In the months before the creation of Israel -Jerusalem was a dangerous place to be.

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Rationing in Britain

In the early 1950s Britain was still so badly-off that food and fuel had to be rationed.

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The Wind of Change

It's 50 years since Harold Macmillan spoke of a wind of change blowing through Africa.

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Northern Ireland Hunger Strikes

In 1981 Republican prisoners in Northern Ireland staged a series of hunger strikes.

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Cambridge Spies

The Cold War came to life in Britain when two spies went public in Moscow in 1956.

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The Rivonia Trial

In 1964, Nelson Mandela was put on trial for treason with seven other ANC activists

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Surviving Robben Island

Ahmed Kathrada's time in prison alongside Nelson Mandela on Robben Island, South Africa

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Charlie Wilson

Former US Congressman Charlie Wilson, who has just died, left his mark on Afghanistan.

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Salman Rushdie's Fatwa

Salman Rushdie's novel Satanic Verses enraged Muslims around the world.

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Bombing of Dresden

Witness hears from a survivor of the firebombing of Dresden.

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Zimbabwe Referendum

Ten years ago Zimbabweans thought a vote against President Mugabe was a new beginning.

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