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Poet Salma Shut Away For 25 Years

During years of confinement Tamil poet Salma smuggled poems out and got them published

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Surviving the Costa Concordia Disaster

A dancer who worked on the sinking cruise liner on how the experience still haunts her.

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The Truth Behind the Movie Argo

How six American embassy staff escaped during the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979

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Carpet Weaver to University Founder

Afghan Masoud Juya went from weaving carpets to founding a school and now a university.

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NFL star to give his brain to science

US football star Thomas Jones supports research into effects of repeated head injuries.

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Inside Lebanon's Civil War

Ex-intelligence officer in the Lebanese Civil War tells how he ordered murders & torture

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Shirley Chambers: 'I lost my four children to gun violence'

American mother Shirley Chambers tells how she lost her four children to gun violence.

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Mali: 'I witnessed Sharia amputation'

The Malian doctor who treated Islamist militants and their victims.

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New Zealand Shark: The Lifeguard's Story

"We shot a shark in an attempt to save swimmer" - the lifeguard and paramedic speak out.

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Afghanistan's First Female Mayor

Azra Jafari, the Afghan woman mayor who would be president.

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Virtual Reality Visionary Jaron Lanier

The one-time midwife and goat herder from Texas who changed the way we see the world.

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African Bishop Wins Prize For Peace

South Sudan bishop Paride Taban's peace village is bringing hostile tribes together

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Iraqi Doctor Battling to Save Children

Iraqi paediatric cardiologist on carrying out his first hole in the heart operation

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Japan's Nuclear Zone Barber

The Japanese barber who has re-opened his shop in the Fukushima nuclear exclusion zone

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Maria Toor Pakay: 'I Risked My Life To Play Squash'

Maria Toor Pakay, the Pakistani squash player who defied death threats to play the sport.

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Syria's Secret Doctors

The Syrian doctors who risk their lives to treat the wounded in makeshift hospitals.

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Dr Mukesh Kapila: 'I Blew Whistle on Darfur Massacres'

Dr Mukesh Kapila who became famous for blowing the whistle on the Darfur massacres.

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'Why I Regret Smashing Saddam's Statue'

The man who took a sledgehammer to a Saddam Hussein statue during the US invasion of Iraq.

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Catholic Priest and Star of Syrian TV

Father Paolo Dall'Oglio has started his own show on Syrian opposition TV.

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Doctor Making Legs From Drainpipes

How the lives of some of the world's poorest amputees are being transformed.

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Fighting for Pakistan's 'disappeared'

Pakistani Amina Janjua Masood, who's never given up hope of finding her missing husband.

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Why I Love My Mafia Killer Dad

The daughter of a Mafia boss, describes growing up with a man who killed 19 people.

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After Malala Yousafzai: Life for girls in Swat

Students, parents and a local politician on the challenges facing girls and women in Swat.

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Rwanda's first female pilot

Esther Mbabazi is Rwanda's first woman pilot, flying jets for Rwandair.

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Life after killing an intruder

Dr Johnny Slaughter talks about the aftermath of killing someone who broke into his home.

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The Afghan "Love Doctor"

Marriage tips from Afghanistan's "love doctor".

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Giles Duley: Why I had to go back

British photographer Giles Duley explains why he had to return to Afghanistan.

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Navi Pillay: My fight for Human Rights

Navi Pillay - from bus driver's daughter to UN Human Rights Chief

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Carol Brothers: 'I was dead for forty-five minutes'

The incredible story of a woman who came back from the dead.

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Schoolgirl Blogger from Brazil

Isadora Faber blogged about the state of her school and began a national movement.

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