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When Santa fought for the Union
The Explainer How the bloodshed and turmoil of the Civil War helped make the modern American Christmas.
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Israel-Palestine: why did the Oslo accords fail?
The Explainer 1993 peace deal recognised state of Israel and authority of PLO, but major stumbling blocks remained
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Ukraine's fraught relationship with Russia: a brief history
In Depth Russia and Ukraine are bound together by history and geography, but Putin sees danger in that symbiosis
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Who killed JFK? The assassination that spawned 60 years of conspiracy theories
In depth Sixty years ago, on 22 November 1963, the US president was shot dead in Dallas, Texas
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New report sheds light on Colorado's history of forced Indigenous assimilation
Under the Radar An investigation found that forced assimilation in schools brought 'immense harm' to Native American communities
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Music explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world
In Depth This emotive but hard-to-define art form has played a pivotal role in human evolution
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Vegetarianism explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world
In Depth How meat-free diets went from religious abstention to global sustainability trend
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Germ theory in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world
In Depth How a new understanding of bacteria revolutionised medicine
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The contraceptive pill explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world
In Depth The tiny tablet revolutionised the lives of women in the US and UK when it became available in the 1960s
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98-year-old charged with accessory to murder during Holocaust
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The discovery that sheds new light on the Knights Templar
In Depth Medieval tombs linked to the Holy Grail crusaders have been uncovered in a Staffordshire churchyard
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The novel explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world
In Depth How a new way of portraying existence transformed literature
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The Geneva Conventions explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world
In Depth How the international community brought humanity to warfare
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Fairtrade explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world
In Depth How paying farmers fairly went from niche to necessary
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