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The attack on India's parliament
In December 2001 armed men attacked India's parliamentary compound in broad daylight
The killing of Amadou Diallo
When New York police shot a young immigrant 41 times, thousands took to the streets
The IRA siege at Balcombe Street
In December 1975, the IRA took a middle-aged couple hostage in Central London.
The battle of the Louvre pyramid
How Paris was eventually won round to the Louvre museum's great glass pyramid
The Cuban writer who defied Fidel Castro
In 1990 Reinaldo Arenas died of Aids in New York, leaving behind a powerful autobiography
Jaslyk – Uzbekistan’s infamous prison
A prison camp in the Uzbek desert became notorious for torture and human rights abuses.
The British sculptor who won over the world
Henry Moore revolutionised sculpture by creating immense works and setting them outside.
The killing of Pablo Escobar
The Colombian drug trafficker was shot dead by police on December 2nd 1993
The first confirmed case of HIV in America
Robert R was a teenager who died of an undiagnosed illness in Missouri in 1969