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Back to SearchThe Siege of Yarmouk
During the early years of Syria’s brutal civil war, one neighbourhood close to the Syrian capital, Damascus, bore the brunt of the government’s vicio…
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Iran's secret Christian 'house churches'
After Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979, some Christians faced persecution. Between 2002 and 2005, Naghmeh Panahi and her husband, Saeed Abedini, set…
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German naturists
Since the 19th Century, Germans have been bathing nude at the beach.
The naturist movement, known as the FKK, was banned under the Nazis.
People also …
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Luana Mansilla: Changing gender aged six
In 2013, a six-year-old from Argentina became one of the youngest people in the world to legally have their gender changed on official documents thro…
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India's capsule coal mine rescue
In November 1989, mining engineer Jaswant Singh Gill saved 65 miners from the Mahabir Coal Mine, in India.
The miners, who had been trapped for three …
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How Greece got rid of their king
In 1974, Greece held a referendum to decide the future of the country’s monarchy, and whether Constantine II would remain their king.
Constantine had …
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The Pakistan mountain massacre
In 2013, 11 people were shot dead in base camp of the Nanga Parbat mountain in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan.
The gunmen were associated wi…
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The invention of the ‘Baby’ computer
In June 1948, the ‘Baby’ was invented. It was the first stored-program computer, meaning it was the first machine to work like the ones we have today…
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The woman who saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto
Irena Sendler was a Polish social worker who risked her life to save 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto during World War Two.
Irena, a Cath…
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The Shah of Iran's party
In 1971, the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, celebrated 2,500 years of the Persian Empire by throwing a huge three-day party.
Trees were planted…
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