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The 1973 Oil Crisis

In October 1973 an Arab oil embargo caused prices to rocket.

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Brazil's Hidden War in the Amazon

How a small guerrilla group tried to start a revolution in the Brazilian jungle.

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The Pergau Dam Affair

In 1993 news broke about development aid linked to a British arms deal.

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When Belgium Banned Coca-Cola

When Belgian teenagers got sick they blamed Coca-Cola but the truth was more mysterious

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Desmond Tutu Wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Apartheid South Africa's outspoken critic Bishop Desmond Tutu wins the Nobel Peace Prize

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The Arrest in London of Augusto Pinochet

The former ruler of Chile, Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London in October 1998

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Maximilian Kolbe: 'The Saint of Auschwitz'

The Polish priest who was declared a saint for swapping his life for a stranger's

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When Russia's Richest Man Was Jailed

Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky was arrested in 2003

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The Day Nigeria Struck Oil

An eyewitness account of a discovery that changed Nigerian history

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The KGB's Whistleblower

KGB defector Vasili Mitrokhin's top secret archive was smuggled to Britain in 1992

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Life With America's Black Panthers

Memories of the radical African American leader, Eldridge Cleaver.

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Princess Margaret And The War Hero

How a love affair between the Queen's sister and Captain Peter Townsend gripped Britain.

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Why I Slapped the German Chancellor

In November 1968 a young activist hit Germany's leader to draw attention to his Nazi past

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A Kristallnacht story

Nora Krug investigated Nazi attacks in her German hometown on 9 November 1938

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The Battle of Passchendaele

It was one of the battles which symbolised the horror and futility of WW1

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African Troops during World War One

Thousands of East Africans were conscripted to fight for Britain and Germany during WW1

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Women Nurses during World War One

Thousands of women volunteered for war work during WW1. Hear archive from one of them.

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WW1: Revolution in Germany

Eyewitness accounts of the collapse of Germany in the final weeks of war in November 1918

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Armistice Day 1918

On November 11th 1918, at 11 o'clock, the guns of World War One finally fell silent

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How The Brazilian Dictatorship Made My Father Disappear

Writer Marcelo Rubens Paiva remembers the day his father was taken by the military.

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Jewish in Imperial Russia

A young woman's rare account of Jewish life in imperial Russia.

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The Shah in Exile

Iranians stormed the US embassy in Iran in November 79 after America allowed in the Shah

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Japanese Murders in Brazil

Fanatics killed Japanese immigrants who accepted that Japan had surrendered in WW2.

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Britain's Little Blue Disability Car

For decades disabled people in the UK were offered tiny, three-wheeled, turquoise cars

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The Funeral of the Duke of Wellington

Recorded memories of the funeral in 1852 of the Duke of Wellington who defeated Napoleon.

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The 'Braceros', America's Mexican Guest Workers

How hundreds of thousands of Mexicans were hired to work legally in US farms.

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The Story Behind The Man Who Shot JFK

What did Lee Harvey Oswald do for two years in the Soviet city of Minsk?

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The Last Days of Yasser Arafat

The Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died in November 2004

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The USSR Opens Up to the West

Four years after Stalin's death, Moscow threw a festival for 30,000 foreign students.

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The Destruction Of Iraq's Marshlands

When Iraq's marshes became a hiding place for rebels, Saddam Hussein destroyed them.

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