Witness is the daily history programme from the BBC World Service. We're no longer using this account, but have preserved it for archiving purposes.
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The day troops burst into Spain’s parliament and held 350 MPs hostage bbc.in/1DoRI7Y
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Great tale from the slopes @rebeccakesby1 @bbcwitness The ski school that defied the Taliban bbc.in/1KQXYZm
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I've been to #Damascus to interview President Assad. It's on tomorrow (Tuesday) on the BBC from 0600 GMT.
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This is lovely. @bbcwitness talks to Jimmy Cobb, the drummer on Miles Davis' Kind of Blue: albumhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30688107
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Today @joelockhart tells me about beers, cigars and a tough day @WhiteHouse on @BBCWitness: bbc.in/1xDTMIg
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Arguably the greatest signing in sport! 30 years since Michael Jordan joined the Chicago Bulls bbc.in/1mgJo4P
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Two pioneering women cricketers and their struggles to establish the game in Pakistan bbc.in/1G7D7Nf
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At 5.15pm, 23 Nov 1963 the 1st episode of #DoctorWho was broadcast @BBCDoctorWho #OTD bbc.in/1xKCfPh
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#onthisday 1917, Psychiatrist W.H. Rivers presents his report on the phenomenon of shell shock, of which 80,000 cases were dealt with in WWI
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Hear what it was like to survive Stalin's gulag or live on Alcatraz in these oral histories. @BBCWitness tw.itunes.com/W7J
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#rugby fans, check out my latest for @BBCWitness on #NZ #Springbok 'flour bomb test' 1981 "blood on the streets" bbc.in/YMROFb
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Anyone looking forward to #rugby #sixnations might like to hear my @bbcwitness on Radio4 Sunday1445 on #springbok 'flour bomb' tour of #NZ
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LISTEN: BBC reporter @JonDonnison when huge blasts hit Gaza bit.ly/Saiwmc
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down in flames in North Sea. 167 workers killed, 59 escape Listen to grim tale of flaming-sea survival on BBC World Service Radio, "Witness"