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When the Egyptian president went to Israel

Why Anwar Sadat became the first Egyptian president to visit Israel in November 1977

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Helen Keller

The deaf and blind American writer who became famous around the world

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Britain's little blue disability car

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

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India's campaign for disability rights

How activists forced through the first law to help tens of millions of disabled Indians

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Rwanda at the Paralympics

In 2012, Rwanda's sitting volleyball team became their country's first Paralympians

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The fight for disabled rights in the UK

The wheelchair warriors who brought London to a standstill to make their point

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How Ethiopian rebels took power in 1991

In 1991 a Tigrayan-led rebel movement took power in Addis Ababa ending years of war

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Iraq's pioneering feminist

Dr Naziha Al-Dulaimi was the first woman to hold a ministerial office in the Arab world

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France's Muslim headscarf ban

A law banning religious clothing from French state schools came into effect in 2004

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The slaves who defeated Napoleon

The first successful slave uprising in modern times, it prompted the abolition of slavery

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The V1 flying bomb

How the first of the Nazi's new "revenge weapons" terrorised Londoners in WW2

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The life and work of Chester Himes

The African-American crime writer Chester Himes first found widespread success in France

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The pioneer of 'Mountain Filming'

How a German filmmaker, Arnold Fanck, shot films high in the mountains in the 1920s

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Chief Albert Luthuli wins the Nobel Prize for Peace

Albert Luthuli was the first African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

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Neanderthal cave mystery

A remarkable discovery in a cave at Bruniquel in southern France in 1990

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The return of the beaver

Why beavers were officially reintroduced to the UK 400 years after they were wiped out

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White Christmas

American entertainer Bing Crosby made 'White Christmas' one of the defining songs of WW2

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The birth of Bangladesh

Pakistan's first democratic elections led to the creation of a new country, Bangladesh

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British reality TV is born

The first British fly-on-the-wall documentary series aired on the 91热爆 in 1974.

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The blockade of Gibraltar

How a Spanish blockade of the disputed British territory ended in December 1982.

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The GDR's Namibian children

At Christmas 1979 hundreds of Namibian children were taken to East Germany

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The Great Dictator

Charlie Chaplin's classic satirical film about Adolf Hitler was released in 1940

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The Sound of Music

The real story behind the heart-warming musical released in 1965

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Satyajit Ray - India's master of film

An actor's memories of working with the Bengali director on the classic Apu trilogy

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Studio Ghibli - Japan's Oscar-winning animators

The early days of the studio which brought Japanese animation to a global audience

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It's a Wonderful Life

A former Hollywood child star remembers filming the classic Christmas movie in 1946.

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UNESCO and race and tolerance

How UNESCO fought racism and advocated tolerance.

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The building of the Aswan Dam

One of the largest dams in the world, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt was completed in 1970

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Le Corbusier and Chandigarh

The modernist architect Le Corbusier agreed to build a 'city of the future' in India

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Saving the Great Barrier Reef

In the 1960s the Queensland government wanted to mine and drill for oil on the reef

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