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Year in a Minute: 2014

SYDNEY MARTIN PLACE SIEGE REAX

A second floral memorial outside the fenced off Lindt Chocolate cafe in Martin Place in Sydney (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) Credit: AAPIMAGE

SBS celebrating 50 Years. This is a Year in a Minute 2014.


Pharrell Williams had a hit with the song, 'Because I'm happy...'

But the world was anything but, with Civil war in Ukraine.

Two hostages die in the Lindt café siege,

Boko Haram abduct nearly 300 schoolgirls,

And as Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 just disappears,

The world learns about the rise of ISIS.

“Ladies and Gentlemen, Rolf Harris.”

A London jury finds Rolf Harris guilty of indecently assaulting girls

And Hong Kong Police shut down mass civil disobedience student sit-ins.

William and Catherine visit Australia with new son George.

And it’s finally time for former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, passing away at 98.


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