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  1. Week ending 2nd January 1990

    The world comes to Romania's aid; Gorbachev and Bush welcome a new decade.

  2. Week ending 26th December November 1989

    Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu is captured and executed.

  3. Week ending 19th December November 1989

    FW de Klerk meets Nelson Mandela, Chile elects a civilian president to replace Pinochet.

  4. Week ending 12th December 1989

    Mrs Thatcher faces her first leadership challenge and East Germany elects a new leader.

  5. Week ending 5th December 1989

    Mikhail Gorbachev and George Bush meet in Malta and declare the Cold War over.

  6. Week ending 28th November 1989

    The Czech leadership are forced to resign but demonstrators in Prague keep up the pressure

  7. Week ending 21st November 1989

    Bulgaria witnesses its biggest demonstrations in 40 years; Lebanon's president is killed.

  8. Week ending 14th November 1989

    Hundreds of thousands of East Germans flood into West Berlin, as the Wall comes down.

  9. Week ending 7th November 1989

    Protests in East Germany force the resignation of the Mayor of Leipzig.

  10. Week ending 31st October 1989

    Another chance to look back at the events making the news 20 years ago, with Sir John Tusa

  11. Week ending 24th October 1989

    Another chance to look back at the events making the news in 1989, with Sir John Tusa.

  12. Week ending 17th October 1989

    Another chance to look back at the events making the news 20 years ago, with Sir John Tusa

  13. Week ending 10th October 1989

    Another chance to look back at the events making the news 20 years ago, with Sir John Tusa