Following the death of Vidal Sassoon this week, the director who made a film about the hair stylist shares his memories with the BBC.

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VIDEO: Sassoon film-maker recalls icon

LIKUANGOLE, SOUTH SUDAN — Nothing is intact in this town, save the memories. Every hut was burned to the ground. The only health clinic and the only school were torched. Hundreds were killed or injured. Thousands more fled. Read full article > >

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In South Sudan, a wave of tribal killings tests fragile independence

SAS veterans from the WWII campaign in the Mediterranean have been recounting their memories of the war.

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VIDEO: SAS WWII veterans on Mediterranean campaign

The last time Washington Capitals Coach Bruce Boudreau was on the home bench in Baltimore, he was member of the minor league Skipjacks. The year was 1985, and his memories of how that season ended aren’t too fond. Down a goal with a minute to go in Game 6 of the Calder Cup finals, Boudreau hit the knob of Sherbrooke goaltender Patrick Roy’s stick on an odd-man rush and the Skipjacks were eliminated. Read full article > >

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Capitals head to Baltimore for preseason game, happy to find more hockey fans

Thanks for the memories: Princess Beatrice’s famous royal wedding hat has sold for $130,000 on eBay. The hat, which designer Philip Treacy described as a “sculptured ribbon pillbox, in blush,” became the object of much Photoshop fun after it caught…

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Princess Beatrice’s Hat Sells for $130K

As the UK prepares to host a torch relay for the 2012 Olympic Games, two men who took part in the 1948 torch relay have shared their memories.

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VIDEO: Memories of the 1948 torch relay

Thanks Mr. Coover, for the memories: Harry Coover, the inventor of Super Glue, died on Saturday at the age of 94. Coover invented the formula during World War II while trying to come up with an adhesive for use in clear plastic gun sights-but canned it…

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Super Glue Inventor Dies

Again this year, Moisza did not celebrate her birthday. That day, January 22, once again brought back the memories of her maternal uncle, Rauf Ahmad, who laid down his life to save hundreds of people. It was January 20, 1990, just a year after the Kashmiri insurgency against Indian occupation began. Faced with massive unrest as the insurgency swelled, the Indian government, unable to restore law and order, dismissed Kashmir’s democratically elected National Conference government; the legislature and cabinet was dissolved and governor rule was declared. Indian bureaucrat Jagmohan Malhotra was appointed governor. That night, in response to militant attacks and the kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed – daughter of the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mufti Sayeed – the Indian paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) conducted warrantless house-to-house searches, arresting hundreds of people, beating them and allegedly harassing women. read more

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"Do Not Waste Your Bullet": Over 20 Years After Gawkadal Massacre, Human Life Is Still Cheap in Kashmir

For the better part of three decades, she struggled with anorexia, panic attacks and two failed marriages – all propelled by her attempts to ignore what happened.

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After braving memories, could rape victim face attacker at Md. parole hearing?

Blue Peter presenters loom large in the memories of many people, so becoming one is daunting, says new recruit Barney Harwood.

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‘Here’s one I made earlier’

Readers send their memories of actress Susannah York

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‘She was a legend’

Readers of the new edition of the Times Atlas of Britain are being asked to send their memories of some of the villages and towns that have been abandoned during the last 100 years.

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The abandoned villages of Britain

Readers of the new edition of the Times Atlas of Britain are being asked to send their memories of some of the villages and towns that have been abandoned during the last 100 years.

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The abandoned villages of Britain

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The abandoned villages of Britain

Readers of the new edition of the Times Atlas of Britain are being asked to send their memories of some of the villages and towns that have been abandoned during the last 100 years.

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