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Chasing the Marcos millions

The lawyer who's spent decades tracking the fortune of the former Philippines president

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Meeting Picasso

A British art historian on becoming a friend of the great Spanish artist in the 1950s

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The last days of Frida Kahlo

The great Mexican artist remembered by a friend who lived with her at the end of her life

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The museum of banned Russian art

How Igor Savitsky saved thousands of works from Stalin's censors, and started a museum

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The World Festival of Black Arts

A landmark event for African artists was held in newly-independent Senegal in 1966

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Georgia O'Keeffe

One of the world's most famous woman artists remembered by her assistant

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The attack on Lod Airport

A survivor on how gunmen opened fire at an Israeli airport in 1972, killing 26 people.

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Civil Rights activist Ida B Wells

How a pioneering African-American journalist campaigned against lynching in the US

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Life in the biggest Syrian refugee camp in the world

A Syrian family living in Za'atari Refugee Camp for nine years share their experiences.

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Sarin attack in Syria

How UN inspectors investigated a devastating chemical weapons attack in Ghouta in 2013

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The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Two Maids of Honour at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II recall their memories

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The assassination of Bobby Kennedy

The killing of the US presidential candidate remembered by a friend who was also shot

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The Diary of Anne Frank

One of the most powerful accounts of the Holocaust was published in June 1947

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Saving Gabon's rainforest

How a network of national parks was set up to protect Gabon's forests in 2002

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How Sri Lanka's president survived a suicide bombing

A survivor of the 2006 suicide bombing attack shares their experience.

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The Gulabi Gang

Sampat Devi started a women's rights group in India which now has a national following.

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Holy Cross school dispute

A violent sectarian dispute took place outside a school in Northern Ireland in 2001

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Vietnam's 'Napalm Girl'

It’s 50 years since Kim Phuc's village in Vietnam was bombed with napalm

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New York's LGBT High School

A school offering specialised education for LGBT students opened in the city in 1985

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James Joyce and Ulysses

It's 100 years since one of the most influential novels of the 20th century was published

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Cambodia war crimes

In 2009 Rob Hamill came face-to-face with the man responsible for killing his brother

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India's surrogacy capital

In 2003, fertility expert Dr Nayana Patel carried out her first surrogacy procedure.

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Robot Surgeon

In 1985 the first robot-assisted medical surgery took place in Vancouver, Canada

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The killing of Vincent Chin

In 1982 a Chinese-American man was murdered with a baseball bat by white men in Detroit

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Egypt's first democratic presidential election

In June 2012, Mohamed Morsi was elected in Egypt's first free presidential election.

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The UK's first official gay Pride March

The UK’s first official gay Pride march took place 50 years ago – on 1st July 1972.

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Hong Kong: The handover

Chris Patten remembers the day Hong Kong was handed back to China from Britain

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Hong Kong: Democracy campaigner

In 1997 Britain handed Hong Kong back to China but Emily Lau campaigned for democracy

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Hong Kong: The 5-19 football riot in China

The 5-19 football riot after Hong Kong won their World Cup qualifying match over China.

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Hong Kong - Kowloon Walled City

The end of a unique way of life in one of the most densely populated places in the world.

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