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My Journey to Freedom
Personal journeys to freedom from around the world
French Sheep Farmer Fighting Wolves
The French sheep farmer who is in a battle for survival - with wolves
Rwanda: Forgiving My Parents' Killer
Rwandan musician Jean Paul Samputu forgave his close friend for killing his parents.
Forgiveness, Freedom and Botany
Rwandan forgave parents' killer and freedom stories from captured botanist to 60s hippies
Being a Sole Survivor of a Plane Crash
American George Lamson Jr felt guilty he was the only survivor of a plane crash in 1985
The Child Star Who Grew Up
Charlotte Church became a famous singer at the age of 11 after performing in a TV show
I Fell From the Sky
British paraglider Guy Anderson survived a near-fatal crash in a remote area of Idaho, US
How Do I Tell My Child?
The women who had children after being raped during the Rwandan genocide
Music, Magic and Antarctic Babies
Singing Samoans, sole survivor guilt, nature reserves, snow babies and Quidditch
Trafficked into Prostitution at 14
Sunita Danuwar was just a teenager when she was forced into India's sex industry
I Witnessed the Hillsborough Tragedy
Novelist Danny Rhodes watched as 96 people were crushed to death in a football stadium
A Voice for the 'Untouchables'
Indian writer Meena Kandasamy on shedding light on a 1968 massacre of 'untouchables'
I Was Buried by a Mudslide
Robin Youngblood from Oso, Washington State remembers the day a wall of mud engulfed her.
Survival, Solitude and Singing
The American mudslide survivor; the babies named with a tune; sheep farmer living alone
My Australian Camel Journey
Trekking 1700 miles across the Australian outback with four camels and a dog for company
US Hikers: Freedom after Evin Prison
How three American hikers ended up in Tehran's notorious Evin prison
The Bishop and the Gang Members
How Bishop Romulo Emiliani brought a truce between two of the largest gangs in Honduras
The Chernobyl Dynasty
Three generations of the Kupny family have worked at the nuclear power station
Radiation, Redemption and Tap Dancing
Chernobyl family, Honduran Bishop, imprisoned hikers, message in a bottle.
David Baldacci: Fact Meets Fiction
Author David Baldacci on how his plots are based on real experiences of undercover agents
Love in the Aftermath of War
Two American veterans on how their relationship survived brain injury and PTSD.
My Fight for Prisoners' Rights
Juliet Lyon is head of the Prison Reform Trust, a UK-based charity.
Cécile Kyenge: Italy's First Black Cabinet Minister
Cécile Kyenge on her journey from the DRC to high political office in Italy.
Prejudice, Thrillers and Reggae
Italy's first black cabinet minister Cécile Kyenge, writer David Baldacci, Ziggy Marley
Desmond Tutu: Family and Forgiveness
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter Mpho talk about reconciliation and compassion
Getting News from the Nuba Mountains
Journalist Ahmed Khatir reports on the forgotten conflict in Sudan's Nuba Mountains
Saving Egypt's Treasures
Egyptian archaeologist Monica Hanna risks her life to save the world's oldest treasures
Italy MP: I Feel Guilty for Surviving
Antonio Boccuzzi has campaigned for work safety since surviving a notorious factory fire
Forgiveness, Treasures and Guitars
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter Mpho, Egyptian antiquities and books on wheels
Frieda Hughes: The Trouble With Death
Daughter of renowned poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath on carving her own path in life
Face of Typhoon Appeal - What Happened Next
The boy who became the defining image of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines