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The Romanian revolution

The fall of the Ceaușescus, a global panic over bees, WW2 black GIs finally recognised, plus building Abuja and a woman's right to pray in Hindu temples in India.

In this edition the fall of the Ceaușescus in Romania in December 1989, a global panic over bees in the early 2000s and WW2 black GIs finally recognised decades after the war. Plus the building of Abuja as Nigeria's capital and a woman's right to pray in some Hindu temples in India.

(Photo: The army join the revolutionaries in Romania 1989. Credit: Getty Images)

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