Witness
Summary: History as told by the people who were there. Witness talks to people who lived through moments of history to bring you a personal perspective on world events. Broadcast on weekdays.
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Podcasts:
In September 1979 the Central African dictator was pushed from power by French troops.
In September 1970 the Jordanian military took up arms against the Palestinian Liberation Organisation and its fighters.
In 1998 South Africa sent troops into Lesotho to quell opposition protests, many died in the ensuing violence.
How a horrific earthquake in Mexico in 1985 led to the creation of an elite rescue force.
60 years ago William Golding's acclaimed novel about schoolboys marooned on an island was published.
In September 1993 the Israeli and Palestinian leaders signed an historic agreement.
Just three days after the 9/11 attacks on America, Congress gave the President the power to order military action against any person, organisation or country suspected of involvement in the attacks - without needing congressional approval. Witness speaks to the only member of the legislature to oppose the new powers
The song which became Scotland's unofficial anthem
The killing of 184 Tamils by the Sri Lankan army in 1990 during the country's civil war.
Professor Alec Jeffreys tells how he discovered how to identify individuals by their DNA.
Sidney Rittenberg looks back at the rise and fall of Chairman Mao's wife, Jiang Qing.
In September 1974 Pakistan declared followers of the Ahmadiyya sect to be non Muslims.
In 1987 the authorities in Myanmar suddenly announced that most of the banknotes in circulation in the country were invalid. Crisis followed.
Kitty Hart-Moxon and her mother were sent to the Nazi's most notorious death camp in April 1943 and survived.
How a young Italian communist smuggled Pasternak's great romantic novel out of the USSR.
