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From Oscar Wilde to David Irving: 9 landmark libel & defamation cases through history
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Franz Ferdinand
“This mythologised murder did not trigger WW1”
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Richard Nixon's war on drugs
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The secrets and lies of Cold War spies
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Corruption in the ancient world
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Why do we say “Read the Riot Act”?
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