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Watergate at 50: the making of an American scandal . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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US president Richard Nixon in 1970
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After Watergate: the fallout of an American scandal . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bernstein and Woodward, the journalists who broke the Watergate scandal
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Your guide to the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon

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Richard Nixon: the rise and fall of an American president . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Shady deals & rigged elections: the changing face of corruption . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The historians’ view: what are the real issues in the US gun control debate? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Irish people demonstrate in Downing Street in London in 1921. The partition of Ireland between the six north-eastern counties and the rest of Ireland took place on 3 May 1921 under the Government of Ireland Act 1920
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A brief history of the partition of Ireland

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The Interregnum: Britain’s republican decade . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Eurovision: a political history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Q&A How old is the Auld Alliance between France and Scotland?

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Training of young Rwandan Hutu on the road to Kigali, 27 June 1994
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Genocide: what can we learn from history? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Corruption in the ancient world . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Trade unions: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Poland and Ukraine’s shared history: how dreams of nationhood endure . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A cartoon published by Benjamin Franklin c1770 urging the colonies to unite and resist British rule. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)
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Benjamin Franklin: from British patriot to American hero . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.