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Storming the Stasi HQ
East Germany's secret police; killing Osama Bin Laden; saving aristocrats' houses
The Computers for Schools revolution
Bringing laptops into education; the battle for Fallujah; environmentalist Chico Mendes.
The book that warned of an end to civilisation
Environmental warnings from 1972, El Salvador, East German punks and the Chippendales.
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
The Soviet-Afghan war, the invention of chemotherapy, and Cirque du Soleil.
The Romanian revolution
In December 1989 a wave of protests finally deposed communist dictator Nicolae Ceau葯escu.
The Awakenings
A medical experiment that brought the catatonic back to life; and an IRA siege in the 70s
The Cuban writer who defied Castro
The life and death of Reinaldo Arenas, plus Henry Moore and tracking down Pablo Escobar
The man who gave his voice to Stephen Hawking
The scientist who pioneered synthesised speech. Plus the first US AIDS case. .
I saw the soldiers who killed El Salvador's priests
An atrocity in El Salvador, the first Taser, and building the Delhi metro
Rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean
Rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean; the demolition of the Ayodha mosque; Wilfred Owen
