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Shambo The Sacred Bull

How a bull's health led to a stand-off between monks and the Welsh government in 2007.

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The Retirement 麻豆约拍 For Dancing Bears

The Bulgarian sanctuary that cares for bears once forced to dance.

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The Search for Iran's Nuclear Programme

In 2003 Iran agreed to let the IAEA into the country to inspect its nuclear facilities.

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The First CIA Coup in Latin America

Guatemala's president was ousted from power by army officers backed by the CIA in 1954.

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The Azeri-Armenian Village Swap

How two villages, Armenian and Azeri, managed to avoid ethnic violence by swapping homes

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When Buckingham Palace Opened Its Doors

Queen Elizabeth II first opened her home to the paying public on August 7th 1993.

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The Battle of the Potato Beetles

Communist East Germany claimed US planes were dropping beetles on their crops

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Israel's Secret Peace Envoy

In August 1994 Yitzhak Rabin became the first Israeli leader to visit Jordan

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The Burma Uprising of 1988

On August 8th 1988 the Burmese military cracked down on anti-government demonstrators.

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Vera Brittain: Anti-Bombing Campaigner

During WW2 the feminist and writer Vera Brittain spoke out against the bombing of Germany

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Photographing Martin Luther King and His Family

Moneta Sleet, the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism.

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The Omagh Bombing

In August 1998, 29 people died in a massive car bombing in Omagh, Northern Ireland.

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When TV Came To South Africa

Apartheid South Africa finally launched the country's first TV service in 1976.

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The Invention of Instant Noodles

The creation in 1958 of a new product that would revolutionise mealtimes worldwide.

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The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis

A bank robbery, a three-day car chase and a journalist who got too close to the story.

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Prague Spring

The student who appealed for the world's help when Soviet tanks invaded Czechoslovakia

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USSR Wages War on Alcohol

Sales of alcohol in the USSR were limited in 1985 in a bid to fight drunkenness.

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Baba of Karo

The groundbreaking autobiography of a woman who grew up in 19th century Nigeria

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Hitler's Architect

Albert Speer was Hitler's architect. We talk to a journalist who interviewed him.

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Benidorm

The story of the mayor who created one of the world's biggest holiday resorts.

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Hitler's League Of German Girls

An elderly German recalls her years as a leader in the Hitler Youth for girls.

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The Lake Nyos Disaster

The mysterious death of villagers and livestock in north-western Cameroon

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The Mine Disaster That Devastated Post-War Italy

How an accident at Marcinelle in Belgium killed more than 100 Italian migrant workers.

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Surviving the "Death Railway"

A prisoner of war describes the deadly conditions building the bridge over the River Kwai

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The First MRI Scan

Dr Raymond Damadian attempted the first magnetic resonance scan of a human body.

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The Battle for Brick Lane

In 1978 the racist murder of a young Bengali galvanised an immigrant community in London.

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Living Under Gaddafi

A military coup in Libya in September 1969 brought Muammar Gaddafi to power.

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From Leningrad to St Petersburg

In a hugely symbolic act Leningrad returned to its historic name of St Petersburg in 1991

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WWI: The Hundred Days Offensive

First-hand accounts of the Allied offensive that finally brought the bloody war to an end

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The Ship that Dumped America's Waste

How campaigners fought to stop the 'Khian Sea' from off-loading tons of US waste abroad

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