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Contested islands and Miss World protests
How four islands complicate the post World War Two relationship between Japan and Russia

Anwar Ibrahim and road safety inventions
Malaysia's Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, on being put on trial among other stories

Arabian Peninsula
Stories from the Arabian Peninsula to mark the start of the World Cup in Qatar

Racist raids, protests and a political assassination
Racism led to raids in the 1970s, protests in the 1980s, and a political assassination

The best Championship Manager player ever
The best Championship Manager player ever and sex-selective abortion in India

Women taking a stand
A focus on global events where women have taken a stand for equality from Sudan to Iran

Cuban boxing and the brink of nuclear war
Cuban boxing, the brink of nuclear war and baseball as diplomacy

Global strikes and industrial action
When workers around the world took industrial action in pursuit of better conditions

Caribbean carnivals and a racially inclusive nightclub
Racially inclusive clubbing arrives in Manchester and the release of Gilad Shalit

Dassler brothers' rift
The Dassler brothers' rift, castrating Pablo Escobar's hippos and Jomo Kenyatta's rule