In Britain, 2014 was the year of the floods, Ukraine saw a revolution, Scotland almost went indy and the deadly Ebola struck west Africa.
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North Korea suffers an internet outage for several hours before links were restored on Tuesday, but the US government refuses to say whether it is responsible.
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North Korea threatens the United States, calling it a "cesspool of terrorism" and accusing the Obama administration of being behind the satirical film The Interview.
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A threat is made to "stay away" from nuclear reactors in South Korea unless the government shuts three down before Christmas, after a cyber-attack on the power company running them.
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US President Barack Obama says the cyber hack against Sony, blamed on North Korea, is not an "act of war" - but is considering putting them back on the terror list.
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Everyone in business "has to be worried" about the cyber threat, if a country under strict sanctions like North Korea can force Sony to pull a film, says Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times.
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North Korea denies any involvement in the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures and offers to hold a joint inquiry with the United States.
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The FBI says it has determined that North Korea was behind the hacking of Sony Pictures, which the White House is treating as a "national security threat".
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Sony Pictures scraps its comedy film based on the fictional assassination of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, after embarrassing internal emails are leaked and further cyber hacks are threatened.
