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China's breakthrough malaria cure
Chinese scientists used ancient traditional medicine to find a cure for malaria.
Lenin and the deadly mushrooms
A spoof TV show persuaded some Russians that Lenin took too many hallucinogenic mushrooms
The fall of Singapore
Life under Japanese occupation in Singapore during World War Two.
Britain's first female black headteacher
Yvonne Conolly was appointed head of Ringcross Primary school in North London in 1969
The woman who asked Britain to return the Parthenon marbles
Melina Mercouri asked Britain to return the Parthenon marbles removed by Lord Elgin.
Speaking out against my abuser: Daniel Ortega
How Nicaragua's president was accused of sexual abuse by his step-daughter
The creation of the Barbie doll
Hear from the woman who created the most famous doll in the world.
Britain's first Muslim woman in government
Sayeeda Warsi was appointed to the coalition government's Cabinet in May 2010
Happy Beer Day!
On March 1st 1989 Icelanders were allowed to buy beer for the first time in decades
Asama Sanso: Japanese hostage crisis
Armed left-wing extremists fought off Japanese police in the mountains in February 1972
