
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


In May 2009 the Sri Lankan army defeated the Tamil Tigers, ending a brutal 25-year civil war; also, the economists who predicted the 2008 global economic crash, plus the Nazis' stolen children, a victim of China's One Child policy, and the building of the great Karakoram Highway.
Photo: Tamil civilians standing on the roadside after crossing to a government-controlled area 2kms from the front-line, 2009 (Getty Images)
By BBC World Service4.3
556556 ratings
In May 2009 the Sri Lankan army defeated the Tamil Tigers, ending a brutal 25-year civil war; also, the economists who predicted the 2008 global economic crash, plus the Nazis' stolen children, a victim of China's One Child policy, and the building of the great Karakoram Highway.
Photo: Tamil civilians standing on the roadside after crossing to a government-controlled area 2kms from the front-line, 2009 (Getty Images)

7,595 Listeners

1,087 Listeners

378 Listeners

1,057 Listeners

5,462 Listeners

1,799 Listeners

3,218 Listeners

968 Listeners

1,878 Listeners

732 Listeners

1,749 Listeners

1,041 Listeners

2,087 Listeners

477 Listeners

357 Listeners

588 Listeners

4,789 Listeners

969 Listeners

744 Listeners

3,193 Listeners

1,032 Listeners

2,474 Listeners

503 Listeners