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Olympics: Zamzam Farah at London 2012
Somali sprinter Zamzam Farah at the London 2012 Olympics

The first Olympic ‘mascot’
The creation of Shuss for the 1968 Winter Games in Grenoble, France

The 1924 Paris Olympics
The last time Paris held the Olympic Games was 100 years ago in 1924

How Ayia Napa became a clubbing capital
In the 1990s, Ayia Napa, in Cyprus, went from quiet fishing village to party resort

The missing people of Cyprus
Between 1963 and 1974, more than 2,000 people in Cyprus went missing

Cyprus 2003: Crossing the ceasefire line
In April 2003, people in Cyprus crossed the ceasefire line for the first time in 29 years

Cyprus 1974: The Final Landing
In July 1974, Captain Adamos Marneros landed the last flight at Nicosia Airport in Cyprus

Cyprus 1974: The Greek coup
How a coup in Cyprus led to the division of the island’s communities

Arrested for playing football in Brazil
For nearly 40 years, women in Brazil were banned from playing football

Italy's 'poison ships'
In 1988, a ship carrying toxic waste arrived in Manfredonia, Italy