BBC World Service - Outlook

Afghan Cosmonaut Stuck in Orbit

Afghanistan's only cosmonaut was returning from space in 1988 when his engines failed.

Road to recovery; a homeless addict saved by books and a disastrous start to a friendship

How Philani Dladla sold books on the streets of Johannesburg and taught kids how to read

Life as the son of notorious Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar

Ashwin Willemse went from Cape Town gang member to South African Springbok rugby star

American Matthew Boger made friends with his aggressor, former white supremacist Tim Zaal

We go on a journey: walking 8,000 miles and dancing from China to America

Deng Adut was raised in war torn Sudan but has now rebuilt his life in Australia.

The woman who grew up living a secret life on the run with her father.

When his brother died in the Lockerbie bombing, Ken Dornstein tried to find his killer