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| 1999 |
| | | Libya hands over, for trial in the Hague, two men suspected of causing the Lockerbie disaster of 1988 | |
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| 1999 |
| | | Two teenage boys in Littleton, Colorado, open fire on their fellow students in Columbine High School, killing twelve and one teacher | |
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| 1999 |
| | | Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the new president of Algeria, reveals that as many as 100,000 people have died in seven years of civil war and massacre | |
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| 1999 |
| | | The Scottish parliament and the Welsh assembly hold their first elections, both narrowly won by Labour | |
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| 1999 |
| | | UNITA's widespread advance in Angola's long civil war brings terror and starvation | |
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| 1999 |
| | | Buena Vista Social Club, a nostalgic documentary by Wim Wenders, triggers a cult for Cuban music | |
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| 1999 |
| | | A plebiscite in East Timor delivers a vote for independence from Indonesia | |
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| 1999 |
| | | Ehud Barak becomes prime minister after leading the Labour party to election victory in Israel | |
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| 1999 |
| | | NATO peacekeepers enter Kosovo after Milosevic agrees to withdraw Serb troops | |
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| 1999 |
| | | Nelson Mandela retires from active politics and is succeeded by Thabo Mbeki as South Africa's president | |
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