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The History Hour

Iraqi Shia Uprising - 1991

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

At the end of the First Gulf War in 1991, thousands of Iraqis rose up against Saddam Hussein. Many were Shias who had suffered oppression at the hands of Saddam's regime. Show more

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The Real Story

Tanzania: Can Language Unite a Nation?

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

Available for over a year

In Tanzania, people say Swahili has brought them together. But has it been the language or the breaking of tribal structures that has unified the nation? Show more

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The World This Week

The Week when Terror Came to Brussels

Duration: 23 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

This week: the Brussels attacks and the threat from within; Radovan Karadzic's genocide conviction sends out a warning; The backhanded compliment that rocked tennis. Show more

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The Cultural Frontline

Culture that Travels

Duration: 27 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

Available for over a year

How art and culture travel from Japan to Australia, Syria to Germany and Iraq to Israel. Show more

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Boston Calling

Seeking Sanctuary

Duration: 27 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

Available for over a year

The sanctuary church movement is on the rise again in California Show more

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Elements

Copper

Duration: 27 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

Available for over a year

Why is copper the metal of generators and wiring? And does the advent of solar power and battery technology sound the death knell for the old copper-based AC electricity grid? Show more

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Heart and Soul

Marilynne Robinson on Fear

Duration: 27 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

Available for over a year

Author Marilynne Robinson, who talks about the role fear may play in faith, politics, democracy and culture. Show more

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Outlook

Outlook Weekend: Pick of the Week

Duration: 27 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

Available for over a year

The elderly Ukrainian couple who refuse to leave a war zone, and the Irish film-maker who rebuilt his life after a horrific car crash. Show more

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The History Hour

Iraqi Shia Uprising - 1991

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

At the end of the First Gulf War in 1991, thousands of Iraqis rose up against Saddam Hussein. Many were Shias who had suffered oppression at the hands of Saddam's regime. Show more

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