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Year in a Minute: 2012

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Malala Yousufzai (C) of Pakistan sharing a moment with nurses as she leaves the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after been discharged. Yousufzai, 15, was shot by Taliban in an attack on her school bus on 09 October 2012 (EPA) Credit: /EPA

SBS celebrating 50 Years. This is a Year in a Minute 2012.


China sends the first woman into space

Prime Minister Julia Gillard introduces a carbon tax, as world’s biggest power outage in India, affects 620 million or 9% of the world’s population.

..outraged and angry in Sydney’s CBD.

A Youtube film titled ‘Innocence of Muslims’ prompts worldwide riots which kill more than 50,

14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai survives after being shot by the Taliban.

An Austrian base jumper free falls 36 kilometres to earth,

God save the queen….

And the colonies gather celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee - 60 years on the throne.


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