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2000
 
  
The Burmese junta again places Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest, a restraint that has continued - with one break - till the present time     
2000
 
     
Mao Zedong inspires German artist Anselm Kiefer's Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom        
2000
 
 
Ang Lee directs Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a martial arts film notable for its magical special effects    
2000
 
     
A visit by Ariel Sharon to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem sparks off a new intifada        
2000
 
   
Suicide bombers kill 17 crew members of the destroyer USS Cole in Aden harbour      
2000
 
     
Hafiz al-Assad dies and is succeeded by his son Bashar as president of Syria        
2000
 
   
Angry crowds drive Slobodan Milosevic from power after he denies defeat in the Serbian election      
2000
 
   
Alerto Fujimori resigns after a corruption scandal during his third term as president of Peru      
2000
 
    
Aboriginal sprinter Cathy Freeman lights the cauldron to launch the Sydney Olympic Games       
2000
 
    
Vicente Fox wins the presidential election in Mexico (the first time that an opposition politician has done so since 1911)