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Apartheid

An Afrikaans word meaning "the state of being apart", literally "apart-hood".

• 13 mins

Ozone Depletion

The moment when world leaders acknowledged an environmental crisis

• 13 mins

The European Economic Community (EEC)

Reconstructing Europe after the Second World War

• 13 mins

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Described as a cartel that manipulated the price of a commodity the world relied on

• 13 mins

Gibraltar

Gibraltar has been fought over for centuries

• 13 mins

Sino-Soviet Tensions

When Russia refused China a nuclear bomb - a symbiotic relationship broke down.

• 13 mins

Antarctica

What lead to the commercialisation of Antarctica?

• 13 mins

Chemical Weapons

The effectiveness and cost of chemical weapons

• 13 mins

Khmer Rouge

The fatal relations between the people of Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge

• 13 mins

Greece and Turkey

"Condemned to be friends" - Georg Mavros

• 13 mins

Northern Ireland

How did mistrust between Catholic nationalists and Protestant unionists come about?

• 13 mins

The Russian Empire

Retaining identity in a consolidated Russian empire

• 13 mins

Indo-Pakistan Tensions

Partitioning India involved moving 8 million people and dividing the land

• 13 mins

Ethiopia - Eritrea Conflict

Eritrea became a disputed territory following the downfall of Mussolini

• 13 mins

The Nuclear Arms Race

A look back at the nuclear arms race and the Cold war

• 13 mins

Hong Kong

Hong Kong was known as the business mecca of the east

• 16 mins

Berlin

The Yalta agreement that split Germany

• 13 mins