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Saddam Hussein after he was captured, photo from http://www. ... Saddam Hussein after he was captured, photo from http://www. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks carried out in the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. ... The New Era is a term used in political and communications media to describe the time of American response to terrorism following the September 11 Terrorist Attacks. ... The war on terrorism or war on terror (abbreviated in U.S. policy circles as GWOT for Global War on Terror) is an effort by the governments of the United States and its principal allies to destroy groups deemed to be terrorist (primarily radical Islamist organizations such as al-Qaeda... The United States, with support from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and the Northern Alliance, invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 as part of its War on Terrorism campaign. ... The Taliban (Pashtun and Persian: طالبان; students of Islam), also transliterated as Taleban, is an Islamist movement which ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, despite having diplomatic recognition from only three countries: the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. ... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: December 2 - Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection five days after Dynegy canceled a US$8. ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The European Convention, sometimes known as the Convention on the Future of Europe, was a body established by the European Council in December 2001 as a result of the Laeken Declaration. ... The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, commonly referred to as the European Constitution, is an international treaty intended to create a constitution for the European Union. ... May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, as defined by several international agreements, most prominently the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. ... A war crime is a punishable offense, under international law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Look up Genocide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Genocide has been defined as the deliberate killing of people based on their ethnicity, nationality, race, religion, or (sometimes) politics, as well as other deliberate action(s)leading to the physical elimination of any of the above categories. ... The 2003 invasion of Iraq, also called the Iraq War or Operation Iraqi Freedom, began March 20, 2003, initiated by the United States, the United Kingdom and a loosely-defined coalition. ... The war on terrorism or war on terror (abbreviated in U.S. policy circles as GWOT for Global War on Terror) is an effort by the governments of the United States and its principal allies to destroy groups deemed to be terrorist (primarily radical Islamist organizations such as al-Qaeda... The country of Sudan The Darfur conflict is an ongoing conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan, mainly between the Janjaweed, a government-supported militia recruited from local Arab tribes, and the non-Arab peoples of the region. ... Orange Revolution - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Ющенко) (born 23 February 1954) is the president of Ukraine. ... Viktor Yanukovych Campaign Poster 2004 Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (Russian: Виктор Федорович Янукович, Ukrainan:Янукович Віктор Федорович 1) (born July 9, 1950 in Yenakiieve, Donetska oblast) was Prime Minister of Ukraine from November 21, 2002 to December 31, 2004 and current leader of Ukrainian Party of Regions. ... The Tulip Revolution refers to the overthrow of President Askar Akayev and his government in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan after the parliamentary elections of February 27 and of March 13, 2005. ... Askar Akayev Askar Akayevich Akayev (Аскар Акаевич Акаев) (born November 10, 1944 in Kyzyl-Bairak, Kirghiz SSR) served as President of Kyrgyzstan from 1990 to March 2005, when he was deposed by a popular uprising dubbed the Tulip Revolution. ... Aftermath of the gym in School Number One The Beslan school hostage crisis (also referred to by the media as the Beslan school siege) began when armed terrorists took hundreds of schoolchildren and adults hostage on September 1, 2004, at School Number One in the Russian town of Beslan in... Map of North Ossetia Beslan (Russian: Бесла́н) is a town located in the Russia and is the administrative center of the Pravoberezhny District. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... 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Economics

Globalization (or globalisation) is a term used to describe the changes in societies and the world economy that are the result of dramatically increased trade and cultural exchange. ... ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The flag of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is the international organization entrusted with overseeing global financial system‘s current trade account balances of member states. ... For other uses of the initials WTO, see WTO (disambiguation). ... Dot-com (also dotcom or redundantly dot. ... Google, Inc. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... During the Cold War, the Eastern Bloc (or Soviet Bloc) comprised the following Central and Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Albania (until the early 1960s, see below), the Soviet Union, and Czechoslovakia. ... The word commodity is a term with distinct meanings in business and in Marxist political economy. ... Upon completion, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline will transport crude oil from the offshore Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli oil field in the landlocked Caspian Seato the Mediterranean. ... Enron Corporation Enron Corporation is an energy trading and communications company based in Houston, Texas that employed around 21,000 people in mid-2001 (before bankruptcy). ... Accountancy (British English) or accounting (American English) is the process of maintaining, auditing, and processing financial information for business purposes. ... Corporate governance is the method by which a corporation is directed, administered or controlled. ... Before the signing ceremony of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, President George W. Bush meets with Senator Paul Sarbanes, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao and other dignitaries in the Blue Room at the White House July 30, 2002. ...

Culture and religion

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Map of results by state of the 2004 U.S. presidential election, representing states as either red or blue.
  • The decline of newspapers and the vast proliferation of information technology and digital media leads to many cultural paradigm shifts as people grapple with information overload. Generation Y (Millennials) are said to be adept at these technological developments.
  • Reality television becomes a well-established sector of the television programming industry. Nightly news broadcasts continue to lose viewership to 24-hour internet news coverage. Changing television habits that involve increased use of the internet and the preponderance of TiVo make marketers rethink the paradigm of the 30-second TV ad. Viral marketing, and Product placement within reality television shows and movies are some increasingly used alternatives. Spam is utilized as an alternative, making people irritated.
  • In partial reaction to Turkish immigration, European society continues to become more secular; in contrast, religious groups increase their political influence in the United States and the Middle East
  • The divisive US presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 leads to commentators describing the country as split between Red States and Blue States.

Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Categories: Information technology ... Information overload is a term that is usually used in conjunction with various forms of computer-mediated communication such as electronic mail. ... Generation Y, sometimes called Generation Why? or the Millennial Generation, is a term used in demographics to describe a particular generational cohort in Western societies. ... An anniversary is a day that commemorates an event that occurred on the same day of the year some time in the past. ... Reality television is a genre of television programming which generally is unscripted, documenting actual events over fiction, and featuring ordinary people over professional actors. ... The TiVo (tē-vō) personal video recorder is a consumer video device allowing users to capture television programming to internal hard drive storage for later viewing (called time shifting). TiVo systems function similarly to VCRs, but use non-removable hard-disk storage, and contain much more sophisticated software to record... Viral marketing and viral advertising refer to marketing techniques that seek to exploit pre-existing social networks to produce exponential increases in brand awareness, through viral processes similar to the spread of an epidemic. ... Product placement is a promotional tactic used by marketers in which characters in a fictional play, movie, television series, or book use a real commercial product. ... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses. ... Religion—sometimes used interchangeably with faith or belief system—is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the moral codes, practices, values, and institutions associated with such belief. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Map of results by state of the 2004 U.S. presidential election, representing states as either red or blue. ...

Other

The coronavirus suggested as a causative agent of SARS.
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The coronavirus suggested as a causative agent of SARS.

A coronavirus that may cause SARS. From the CDC http://www. ... A coronavirus that may cause SARS. From the CDC http://www. ... Species see text Coronaviruses are the viruses belonging to the family Coronaviridae, which is in the order Nidovirales. ... Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is an atypical form of pneumonia. ... 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for November, 2002. ... Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is an atypical form of pneumonia. ... }|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Official Flag]]|Coat Image=[[Image:{{{Coat Image}}}|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Coat of Arms]]}} {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Diversity Our Strength {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|250px|City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Location. ... Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998 An earthquake is a trembling or a shaking movement of the Earths surface. ... Bam - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... The December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hits Thailand The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26, 2004. ... The tsunami that struck Malé in the Maldives on December 26, 2004. ... The Republic of Maldives is a country consisting territorially of a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was prompted by one of the major natural disasters of modern times. ... Avian influenza (also known as bird flu) is a type of influenza virulent in birds. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... 2 April is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The Servant of God Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), born Karol Józef WojtyÅ‚a [1] (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005), reigned as pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City and of the Holy See for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978 until his... Term of office: December 31, 1999 – Preceded by: Boris Yeltsin Succeeded by: Date of birth: October 7, 1952 Place of birth: Leningrad First Lady: Liudmila Putina Political party: None Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Путин   pronunciation?; born October 7, 1952) is a Russian politician and the current President of the Russian Federation. ...

People

World leaders

State leaders by year: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... Hamid Karzai, (Pushtu: حامد کرزي Dari: حامد کرزی) (born December 24, 1957) is the current and first democratically elected President of Afghanistan (since December 7, 2004). ... A prime minister may be either: the chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives... John Howard John Winston Howard (born July 26, 1939), is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, coming to office on March 11, 1996 and winning re-election in 1998, 2001 and 2004. ... Wolfgang Schüssel Wolfgang Schüssel (born June 7, 1945) is a Christian Democratic Austrian politician. ... Guy Verhofstadt Guy Verhofstadt  Pronunciation (born April 11, 1953) is the current Prime Minister of Belgium. ... Term of office: January 1, 2003 – present Preceded by: Fernando Henrique Cardoso Succeeded by: incumbent Date of birth: October 6, 1945 Place of birth: Vargem Grande (now Caetés), Garanhuns, Pernambuco First Lady: Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva Political party: Workers Party Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (born... The Right Honourable Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, PC (born January 11, 1934) was the twentieth Prime Minister of Canada, serving from November 4, 1993, to December 12, 2003. ... Paul Martin - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (born March 2, 1938) is a Socialist politician and the president of Chile since 2000. ... Jiāng Zémín (born August 17, 1926) was the core of the third generation of Communist Party of China leaders, serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002, as President of the Peoples Republic of China from 1993 to 2003, and as Chairman of... Hú Jǐntāo (born December 21, 1942) became General Secretary of the Communist Party of China on November 15, 2002. ... Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard dEstaing (born February 2, 1926 in Koblenz, Germany) is a French politician who was President of the Republic from 1974 until 1981. ... The European Convention, sometimes known as the Convention on the Future of Europe, was a body established by the European Council in December 2001 as a result of the Laeken Declaration. ... Anders Fogh Rasmussen Anders Fogh Rasmussen (born 26 January 1953) is the current Prime Minister of Denmark. ... Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt Muhammad Hosni Said Mubarak (Arabic : محمد حسنى سيد مبارك ) commonly known as Hosni Mubarak has been the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt since 14 October 1981. ... Tarja Kaarina Halonen (born December 24, 1943) is a Finnish lawyer and politician. ... Paavo Tapio Lipponen (b. ... Matti Taneli Vanhanen (born November 4, 1955, in Jyväskylä) is the current Prime Minister of Finland (as of July 2003) and chairman of the Centre Party. ... Jacques René Chirac (born November 29, 1932) is a French politician. ... Chancellor (Latin: cancellarius), an official title used by most of the peoples whose civilization has arisen directly or indirectly out of the Roman empire. ... Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder [] (born April 7, 1944), a German politician, has been serving as Chancellor of Germany since 1998. ... Atal Bihari Vajpayee (often wrongly spelt Behari; अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी in Devnagari) (born December 25, 1924) was the Prime Minister of India in 1996 and again from 1998 until May 19, 2004. ... Manmohan Singh (ਮਨਮੋਹਨ ਸਿੰਘ in Gurmukhi) (born September 26, 1932 in Gah, West Punjab -- now in Pakistan -- is the fourteenth prime minister of India. ... Megawati Sukarnoputri Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri (born 23 January 1947), was President of Indonesia from July 2001 to 20 October 2004. ... Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (born September 9, 1949), Indonesian retired military general and stateman, is the sixth President of Indonesia, and the first to be elected directly by voters. ... President Mohammad Khatami Hojjat ol-Eslam Seyyed Mohammad Khatami (حجت‌الاسلام سید محمد خاتمی; born October, 1943 in Ardakan, Yazd province) is the fifth and current President of Iran. ... Saddam Hussein Saddām Hussein Ê»Abd al-MajÄ«d al-TikrÄ«t, spelled Husayn or Hussain; Arabic صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي; born April 28, 1937 1) was President of Iraq from 1979 until 2003. ... Ghazi al-Yawer Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (born 1958? in Mosul, Iraq) is the interim President of Iraq. ... Jalal Talabani (born in 1933), is a seasoned Iraqi Kurdish politician, who was named State President of Iraq on April 6, 2005 by the Iraqi National Assembly. ... Vaira Vike-Freiberga Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (Born December 1, 1937 in Riga, Latvia) is the current president of Latvia. ... The Taoiseach (plural: Taoisigh) or, more formally, An Taoiseach, is the head of government of the Republic of Ireland and the leader of the Irish cabinet1. ... Patrick Bartholemew Ahern (Irish name: Pádraig Parthalán Ó hEachthairn) (born September 12, 1951), commonly called Bertie Ahern, is an Irish politician. ... Mary Patricia McAleese (born 27 June 1951) is the eighth, and current, President of Ireland. ... Ehud Barak Ehud Barak (Hebrew: אֵהוּד בָּרָק) (born February 12th, 1942) was the 10th Prime Minister of Israel from 1999 to 2001. ... Ariel Sharon, the eleventh Prime Minister of Israel, spent many years in the Israel Defense Forces before being elected in March 2001. ... Silvio Berlusconi   listen? (born September 29, 1936 in Milan) is the current Prime Minister of Italy and is the leader of the Forza Italia political movement, a party which was established for his entry into politics. ... See also The Emperor disambiguation page. ... His Imperial Majesty Emperor Akihito His Imperial Majesty Emperor Akihito (明仁), tennō heika (天皇陛下), (born December 23, 1933) is the 125th, and current, Emperor (天皇 tennō) of Japan. ... Junichiro Koizumi Junichiro Koizumi (小泉 純一郎 Koizumi Junichirō, born January 8, 1942) is a Japanese politician and the 87th, and current, Prime Minister of Japan. ... Vicente Fox Quesada (born July 2, 1942) is the current president of Mexico. ... Beatrix is a latin name for Blessed woman . Beatrix may refer to: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Asteroid 83 Beatrix Beatrix Potter, childrens author This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden). ... Prime Minister of the Netherlands Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende  listen (* May 7, 1956) is Prime Minister of The Netherlands since July 22, 2002. ... The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden). ... This entry is about the New Zealand Prime Minister. ... General Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: ; born August 11, 1943, Delhi, India) became de facto Head of Government (using the title Chief Executive and assuming extensive powers) of Pakistan on October 12, 1999 following a bloodless coup détat. ... Yasser Arafat Yasser Arafat (August 4 or August 24, 1929 – November 11, 2004), born Muhammad `Abd ar-Rauf al-Qudwa al-Husayni (Arabic محمد عبد الرؤوف القدوة الحسيني) and also known as Abu `Ammar (ابو عمّار), was co-founder and Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (1969–2004); President1 of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA... The West Bank The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA) is a semi-autonomous state institution nominally governing the bulk of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (which it calls the Palestinian Territories). It was established as a part of Oslo accords between the PLO and Israel. ... Mahmoud Abbas (Arabic: محمود عباس) (born March 26, 1935), commonly known as Abu Mazen (ابو مازن), was elected President (Raees) of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) on January 9, 2005 and took office on January 15, 2005. ... The West Bank The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA) is a semi-autonomous state institution nominally governing the bulk of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (which it calls the Palestinian Territories). It was established as a part of Oslo accords between the PLO and Israel. ... PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES Joseph Estrada Joseph Estrada, original name Joseph Marcelo Ejercito, and widely known as Erap (born April 19, 1937) is a popular film actor in the Philippines and was the 13th President of the Republic of the Philippines from June 30, 1998 to January 20, 2001. ... Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born April 5, 1947) is a politician and the current (14th) president of the Philippines. ... Term of office: December 31, 1999 – Preceded by: Boris Yeltsin Succeeded by: Date of birth: October 7, 1952 Place of birth: Leningrad First Lady: Liudmila Putina Political party: None Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Путин   pronunciation?; born October 7, 1952) is a Russian politician and the current President of the Russian Federation. ... A monarch is a type of ruler or head of state. ... King Fahd bin Abdelaziz Al Saud King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud (born in Riyadh in 1923) is the king and prime minister of Saudi Arabia and leader of the House of Saud. ... Zoran Đinđić Zoran Djindjic  listen (Zoran Đinđić, in Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Ђинђић) (August 1, 1952 – March 12, 2003) was Serbian prime minister, long-time opposition politician and philosopher by profession. ... Serbia and Montenegro  â€“ Serbia    â€“ Kosovo and Metohia        (UN administration)    â€“ Vojvodina  â€“ Montenegro Official language Serbian1 Capital Belgrade Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % water  88,361 km²  n/a Population  â€“ Total (2002)     (without Kosovo)  â€“ Density  7. ... Goh Chok Tong (Chinese: 吴作栋, Hanyu Pinyin: Wú Zuòdòng; born May 20, 1941), was the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore from November 26, 1990 to August 12, 2004, having had succeeded Lee Kuan Yew. ... Lee Hsien Loong (Hanzi: 李显龙/李顯龍; pinyin: Lǐ Xiǎnlóng; born February 10, 1952) is the third Prime Minister of Singapore. ... President Thabo Mbeki Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (born June 18, 1942) is the President of the Republic of South Africa. ... Hans Göran Persson  listen? (born January 20, 1949) is a Swedish politician. ... Joseph Deiss (born January 18, 1946) is an economist and Swiss politician. ... Chen Shui-bian, President of the Republic of China Chen Shui-bian (ch. ... The Republic of China (Traditional Chinese: 中華民國; Simplified Chinese: 中华民国; Wade-Giles: Chung-hua Min-kuo, Tongyong Pinyin: JhongHuá MínGuó, Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó, Taiwanese POJ: Tiong-hoâ Bîn-kok) is a multiparty democratic state that is effectively composed of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Quemoy... A monarch is a type of ruler or head of state. ... Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor), styled HM The Queen (born 21 April 1926) is the Queen regnant and head of state of Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent... A Commonwealth Realm is any one of the 16 sovereign states of the Commonwealth that recognize Queen Elizabeth II as their Queen and head of state. ... The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... Order: 42nd President Vice President: Al Gore Term of office: January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 Preceded by: George H. W. Bush Succeeded by: George W. Bush Date of birth: August 19, 1946 Place of birth: Hope, Arkansas First Lady: Hillary Rodham Clinton Political party: Democratic William Jefferson Clinton (born... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is a politician and currently the 43rd President of the United States. ... The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches. ... The Servant of God Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), born Karol Józef WojtyÅ‚a [1] (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005), reigned as pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City and of the Holy See for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978 until his... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches. ... His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: ; born April 16, 1927 as Joseph Alois Ratzinger in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria) is the 265th and reigning pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City. ... Hugo Chavez in 1999, as President of Venezuela Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (born July 28, 1954) is the President of Venezuela. ... 1999 state leaders - Events of 2000 - 2001 state leaders - State leaders by year See also: List of religious leaders in 2000 List of international organization leaders in 2000 Africa Algeria President - Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria (1999-present) Prime Minister - Ahmed Benbitour, Prime Minister of Algeria (1999–2000) Ali Benflis... 2000 state leaders - Events of 2001 - 2002 state leaders - State leaders by year See also: List of religious leaders in 2001 List of international organization leaders in 2001 Africa Algeria President - Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria (1999–present) Prime Minister - Ali Benflis, Prime Minister of Algeria (2000–2003) Angola President... 2001 state leaders - Events of 2002 - 2003 state leaders - State leaders by year See also: List of religious leaders in 2002 List of international organization leaders in 2002 List of colonial governors in 2002 List of foreign ministers in 2002 Africa Algeria President - Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria (1999–present... 2002 state leaders - Events of 2003 - 2004 state leaders - State leaders by year See also: List of religious leaders in 2003 List of international organization leaders in 2003 List of colonial governors in 2003 List of foreign ministers in 2003 Africa Algeria President - Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria (1999–present... 2003 state leaders - Events of 2004 - 2005 state leaders - State leaders by year See also: List of religious leaders in 2004 List of international organization leaders in 2004 List of colonial governors in 2004 List of foreign ministers in 2004 List of current national leaders Africa Algeria President - Abdelaziz Bouteflika... 2004 state leaders - Events of 2005 - 2006 state leaders - State leaders by year See also: List of religious leaders in 2005 List of international organization leaders in 2005 List of colonial governors in 2005 List of foreign ministers in 2005 List of current national leaders // Africa Algeria President - Abdelaziz Bouteflika...


Entertainers

Ben Affleck Benjamin Geza Affleck (born August 15, 1972), is an American actor. ... For other persons named Jack Black, see Jack Black (disambiguation). ... High Fidelity is also the title of a book by Nick Hornby and a film directed by Stephen Frears, based upon Hornbys book. ... Shark Tale movie poster Shark Tale is a computer animated movie produced by DreamWorks SKG and was released on October 1, 2004. ... The School of Rock (2003) is a comedy film starring Jack Black. ... Ice Age is a feature-length computer-animated film created by Blue Sky Studios and released by 20th Century Fox in 2002. ... Emily playing Violet Baudelaire in Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events Emily Browning (born December 7, 1988) is a child actor. ... Kelly Clarkson Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is an American singer who won the first season of American Idol and has since gone on to have a successful recording career. ... A promotional poster for the fourth season of American Idol, in International Plaza Mall in Tampa. ... Thankful is the debut album by Kelly Clarkson released on 15 April 2003 (see 2003 in music). ... Breakaway is the second album by Kelly Clarkson released on November 30, 2004 (see 2004 in music). ... From left: Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Chris Martin, and Will Champion Coldplay is a post-Britpop/alternative rock band from London, United Kingdom well known for their rock melodies and introspective lyrics. ... Ellen DeGeneres, on her talk show. ... Finding Nemo is a computer-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released to theatres on May 30, 2003 by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. ... Ellen DeGeneres, on her talk show. ... Johnny Depp John Christopher Depp II, widely known as Johnny Depp (born June 9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky), is an American film actor. ... Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a movie of adventure and romance set in the Caribbean during the seventeenth century. ... The movie poster for Finding Neverland. ... Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 movie based on the novel by Roald Dahl, the British childrens author. ... Hilary Duff as she appears in A Cinderella Story Hilary Ann Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American film actress and pop music singer. ... Evanescence is a rock band from Little Rock, Arkansas, consisting of: Amy Lee - Vocals and Piano (co-founder) John LeCompt - Guitar Rocky Gray - Drums William Boyd - Bass Terry Balsamo - Guitar (replacement for co-founder Ben Moody) Past Band members: Ben Moody - Lead guitar (co-founder - left October 2003) David Hodges... Eminem Eminem is the stage name of Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972 in St. ... 50 Cent 50 Cent (a. ... Ricky Gervais in The Office Ricky Gervais (born June 25, 1961) is a comic writer and performer who grew up in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. ... Ricky Gervais as David Brent in The Office The Office is a British and American television comedy series. ... Green Day is a pop punk band consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong (lead vocals, guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass) (born Michael Ryan Pritchard), and Tré Cool (drummer) (born Frank Edwin Wright III). ... American Idiot is also the name of an American Idol parody sketch on the TV series All That. ... Tom Hanks in February 2004 Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor famous for playing notable roles in many popular and critically acclaimed movies. ... The Terminal (2004) is a movie about a man trapped in an airport terminal when he is denied entry into the United States, but cannot return to his country of origin due to a revolution. ... Castaway is a 1986 movie based on a book of the same name. ... Poster of the 2002 movie Catch Me If You Can Catch Me If You Can is a 2002 motion picture set in the 1960s. ... The Ladykillers is a 1955 British film. ... Peter Jackson in Wellington (New Zealand) Peter Jackson CNZM is a film writer, director and producer born in Pukerua Bay, New Zealand to Bill and Joan Jackson on October 31, 1961. ... Wikicities has a wiki about The Lord of the Rings: The Lord of the Rings Wiki The Encyclopedia of Arda - Mark Fishers tribute site to the works of Tolkien Tolkien Gateway Tolkien Collectors Gateway The Tolkien Wiki Community TheOneRing. ... Samuel L. Jackson Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor. ... Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... Angelina Jolie at the premiere of Alexander in Cologne. ... Nicole Kidman Nicole Mary Kidman (born June 20, 1967) is an Academy Award winning Australian actress, producer, and singer. ... Linkin Park is (left to right) Joe Hahn, David Michael Farrell (Phoenix), Chester Charles Bennington, Rob Gregory Bourdon, Mike Kenji Shinoda, Brad Phillip Delson. ... Hybrid Theory is an album by nu metal band Linkin Park, released on October 24, 2000 (see 2000 in music). ... Meteora is an album by Linkin Park, first released on March 25 2003. ... Lindsay Lohan publicity still, c. ... Mean Girls movie poster Mean Girls is a 2004 film written by and costarring Tina Fey. ... Freaky Friday is the name of three different movies with similar plots made by the Walt Disney Company where a teenage girl and her mother switch bodies and learn to understand each other better. ... Marilyn Manson Marilyn Manson is an American band based in Hollywood, California that can be described as shock rock, neo-glam rock, and arguably industrial metal. The lead singer of the band, Brian Warner, also performs under the name Marilyn Manson. ... Holywood Location Holywood (Ard Mhic Neasca in Irish) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the shores of Belfast Lough. ... Madonna Ciccone Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958 in Bay City, Michigan), simply known by the stage name Madonna, also occasionally referred to as Madonna Ciccone Ritchie, is an American singer frequently referred to as the Queen of Pop music. ... Moby at NASA Rewind, a 2004 rave on Manhattan Island. ... My Chemical Romance is a Alternative Rock band with members hailing from Belleville & Kearny, New Jersey (other than drummer Bob Bryar who comes from Chicago, Illinois). ... No Doubt No Doubt is an American alternative rock group whose music was initially influenced heavily by ska, punk and New Wave. ... Return of Saturn is the third album by ska punk band No Doubt, released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). ... This article is about the Jamaican music. ... With Teeth album cover Nine Inch Nails (NIN) is a critically and commercially successful American band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1988 by Trent Reznor. ... With Teeth (also known as Halo 19) is an album by Nine Inch Nails released on May 3 2005. ... Conan OBrien hosts the NBC television talk show Late Night with Conan OBrien. ... Oasis as of 2005, left to right: Andy Bell, Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher and Gem Archer Oasis are a British rock band. ... Standing on the Shoulder of Giants is the fourth studio album by Oasis, released in 2000. ... Heathen Chemistry is the fifth studio album by Oasis, released in 2002. ... Dont Believe the Truth is the sixth studio album by Oasis (the bands eighth release overall), released on May 30 2005 internationally and a day later in the United States. ... Kelly Osbourne Kelly Michelle Lee Osbourne was born on October 27, 1984 in London, England and is the daughter of rock legend Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon Osbourne. ... Wiktionary has a definition of: Shut up Shut up is a commonly used phrase by the public, similar to be quiet, only angrier, meaner, more commanding. ... Brad Pitt William Bradley Pitt, widely known as Brad Pitt (born December 18, 1963), is an American film actor. ... Natalie Portman Natalie Hershlag (stage name Natalie Portman; born 9 June 1981) is an Israeli-born American actress. ... From left to right: Ed OBrien, Jonny Greenwood, Thom Yorke, Phil Selway and Colin Greenwood Radiohead are a British alternative rock band from Oxford. ... Keanu Reeves Keanu Charles Reeves (born Wednesday, September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon) is an Anglo/Canadian Hollywood film actor. ... The Matrix - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Julia Roberts (born Julie Fiona Roberts on October 28, 1967, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA) is a movie star who shot to fame during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy Pretty Woman opposite Richard Gere. ... Erin Brockovich-Ellis (born June 1960) is a woman who, despite lack of formal law school education, in 1993 was instrumental in constructing a case against the $30 billion Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), of California, alleging contamination of drinking water with hexavalent chromium in the southern California town... Oceans Eleven is the name of two American crime movies: the original of 1960, and the remake of 2001. ... The Perfect Storm is a book (ISBN 039304016X) written by Sebastian Junger and published by Little, Brown and Company in 1997. ... M. Night Shyamalan (surname pronounced , born Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan, on August 6, 1970 in Pondicherry, India) is a screen writer and director. ... This article is about the Signs movie. ... There are a number of things called The Village: The Village is the title of a book by Ivan Alexeyevich Bunin The Village is also the title of a film by M. Night Shyamalan. ... Will Smith For the geologist who invented fossil correlation, see William Smith. ... I, Robot is a science fiction film released on July 16, 2004, loosely based on Isaac Asimovs Robot Series. ... Adam Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is a Jewish American actor, comedian, producer, and musician who was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Manchester, New Hampshire. ... Britney Spears Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American pop music singer. ... Gwen Stefani Gwendolyn Renée Stefani (born October 3, 1969) is an American singer and the frontwoman of the band No Doubt who launched a successful solo career in late 2004. ... Love, Angel, Music, Baby is the debut solo album by No Doubt lead singer Gwen Stefani, released on November 23, 2004 in the United States (see 2004 in music). ... Jon Stewart Jon Stewart (born November 28, 1962 as Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz) is an American comedian, actor, author, and producer, best known as host of The Daily Show. ... 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Sports figures

Lance Armstrong (born September 18, 1971) is an American cyclist from Texas. ... A cyclist is a person who engages in cycling whether as a sport or rides a bicycle for recreation or transportation. ... David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born May 2, 1975) is an English footballer born in Leytonstone, London. ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... Tom Brady, two-time Super Bowl MVP. Thomas Edward Brady, Jr. ... This article deals with the history and development of the different sports around the world known as football. For links to articles on each of those sports, please se