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Michelle Knight: Held Captive for 11 Years

Michelle Knight was held captive in a house in Cleveland, Ohio for 11 years. She explains how she survived 'hell' as a prisoner of Ariel Castro and why she forgave her tormentor.

Beaten, starved and forced to miscarry: Michelle Knight talks about how she survived 11 years of 'hell' as a prisoner of Ariel Castro in Cleveland, Ohio. And why she decided to forgive her tormentor.

The distinguished Czech writer Ivan Klima reflects on his Crazy Century - from a Nazi concentration camp, to persecution by the Communist government and the euphoria of the Velvet Revolution.

Anolyn Lulu, a table tennis player from Vanuatu - an archipelago of more than 80 islands in the South Pacific - tells us about the music that reminds her of home.

(Photo: Michelle Knight by Deborah Feingold)

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