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In 1992 European ministers signed a treaty towards greater economic and political unity.
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The 1961 vote lies at the heart of the violent conflict in Cameroon's Anglophone region
Iceland Jails Its Bankers
The man who jailed forty top bankers in Iceland after the 2008 global credit crunch.
The Bombardment of Baghdad
The people of Baghdad faced death when the US and its allies began their invasion of Iraq
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The first Disney theme park in Europe took years of negotiations to get off the ground.
The Soweto Uprising
A former schoolgirl remembers the demonstration that sparked an uprising in South Africa.
The Death of Hitler
A first-hand account of Hitler from one of his secretaries who was there at the very end