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Max Pearson presents a collection of this week鈥檚 Witness History episodes from the 麻豆社 World Service.

We first hear about Uruguay鈥檚 tale of David v Goliath - when a tobacco giant took South America's second-smallest country to court over its anti-smoking laws.

Uruguay鈥檚 former public health minister Mar铆a Julia Mu帽oz describes the significance of the ban and its fallout.

And we shed some light on the wider history of the use of tobacco, its long and controversial history, with Dr Sarah Inskip, a bio-archaeologist at the University of Leicester in the UK.

Plus, the largest search operation in aviation history - ten years on, little is known of the fate of MH370 and the 239 people on board.

Also, Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe on how her sewing school in northern Uganda served as a place of rehabilitation for child soldiers escaping Joseph Kony鈥檚 Lord's Resistance Army.

Then, the Carnation Revolution - how Europe鈥檚 longest-surviving authoritarian regime was toppled in a day, with barely a drop of blood spilled.

Finally, in August and September 1939, tens of thousands of children began to be evacuated from Paris. Colette Martel, who was nine at the time, describes how a pair of clogs made her feel welcome.

Contributors:
Mar铆a Julia Mu帽oz - Uruguay鈥檚 former public health minister.
Dr Sarah Inskip - A bio-archaeologist at the University of Leicester in the UK.
Ghyslain Wattrelos - Whose wife and two children were on flight MH370.
Adelino Gomes - Witness of the 1974 Carnation Revolution.
Colette Martel - Child evacuee in World War Two.

(Photo: An anti-tobacco installation in Montevideo. Credit: Reuters/ Pablo La Rosa)

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