In December 2003 the former Iraqi leader was finally caught by American forces. He was found hiding in an underground bunker. Muwafaq al Rubaie helped to identify him, face-to-face.

Photo: AP/US Army

How one young Iraqi who took a job with the US military, was threatened with death as a traitor. Wisam worked as a delivery man and a translator for the Americans. He was sent a letter by the militias containing a bullet and told his days were numbered.

Photo: Wisam, Baghdad, 2009

In April 2003, Baghdad descended into chaos as American troops took control of the city. We hear the story of one Iraqi doctor who witnessed the lawlessness that engulfed Iraq's capital.

(Photo: Looters in Baghdad 11 April 2003. AFP/Getty)

John Crawford a college student and reserve soldier - was part of the US land invasion force that rolled into Southern Iraq in March 2003. Hear his story.

Photo: US soldiers on waiting on the border between Kuwait and Iraq. Scott Nelson/Getty Images

It is a decade since the US and its allies began their invasion of Iraq. For those living in Baghdad it meant three weeks of bombing and fear. Hear what life was like for an ordinary family in the capital.

Photo: Baghdad, March 20 2003, AFP/Getty Images

Two years ago Syria's conflict began with anti-government demonstrations in the southern city of Daraa. Citizens were driven to protest after children were arrested by the security services. Their crime - graffitti against Bashar al-Assad.

Photo: Demonstrators in Daraa later in March 2011. Credit: AP

The UN envoy who tried to secure the release of Western hostages in Lebanon. He allowed himself to be abducted by their kidnappers on the streets of Beirut, time after time. He managed to arrange for 11 hostages to be freed.

Photo: Giandomenico Picco in 1991. VT Freeze Frame.

In March 1921, Marie Stopes opened Britain's first birth control clinic in London. The Mother's Clinic in Holloway offered advice to married mothers on how to avoid having any more children. Hear testimonies on the early days of birth control in Britain from the BBC archive. Picture: Popperfoto/Getty Images.

In March 1978 thieves stole the body of Charlie Chaplin from a cemetery in Switzerland. They demanded a ransom of one million Swiss francs from the family of the silent movie star. After a two-month police hunt, the grave robbers were arrested and the body recovered.

In 1959 the people of Tibet turned against Chinese occupying forces. Their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, escaped across the border to India. A shortlived battle for independence followed.

Photo: Tibetan monks surrender their arms to members of the Chinese army (April 1959). AFP/Getty Images.