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Idris Elba (Nelson Mandela) in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
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Khudadad Khan
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Ed Morrison with Nelson Mandela. (Image: Ed Morrison)
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When I met Mandela: 1995 Rugby World Cup final

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Chinese irregular cavalry and infantry from the north-western provinces move towards the front during the 1894–95 war
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China’s wars

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Nelson and Winnie Mandela days after his release, 1990. (Photo by Gideon Mendel/Corbis)
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Nelson Mandela: “a symbol of the struggle against racism”

John and Jackie Kennedy shaking hands with a crowd. Jackie continued to fight her husband's corner after his death, says Mark White. (Photo by Art Rickerby/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
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Was JFK a good president?

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Unseen photos of John F Kennedy and family

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Robert Baden-Powell in the 1920s.
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American poet Ezra Pound, a major figure of the early modernist movement. (Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty Images)
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The march of the Green Shirts

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President John F Kennedy speaking at a press conference, c1963. (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)
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Q&A: If President Kennedy hadn’t been wearing a back brace when he was assassinated, would he have lived?

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Q&A Why did Britain and France not declare war on the Soviet Union when the Red Army marched on Poland in September 1939?

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