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When Britain tried to censor the Troubles in Northern Ireland
Paul McLoone recalls the time he was the voice of Martin McGuinness

Swine flu vaccine and narcolepsy
In 2009 a vaccine designed to stop swine flu appeared to trigger a sleep disorder

France's nuclear tests in Algeria
Between 1960 and 1966, France carried out 17 nuclear tests in the Algerian Sahara

Kosovo’s house schools
In the 1990s a generation of Albanians got their education crammed into private homes

Europe's horse meat scandal
In 2013, horse meat was discovered in beef products across Europe

Miracle on the Hudson
On 15 January 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 landed in the Hudson River in New York

World’s first tidal power station
French President Charles De Gaulle opened the power station in 1966.

Galápagos Islands’ sea cucumber dispute
A demand for sea cucumbers set off a confrontation between fishermen and conservationists

Paul Robeson and the transatlantic phone line
In 1957, Paul Robeson used a new undersea phone line to perform a transatlantic concert.

Dutch North Sea flood
In 1953, a storm combined with high tides breached sea defences in the Netherlands