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Singapore Independence
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:08:58
Publish Date: 2015-08-06 03:00:00
Description: On 9 August 1965 Singapore announced it had left the Federation of Malaysia and become an independent sovereign state. Explaining the separation at a news conference, the prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, was overcome with emotion. (Photo: Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. Credit: Associated Press Archive)
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