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1997
 
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Mexico's ruling party, the PRI, loses control of the lower house for the first time in nearly seventy years      
1997
 
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In referenda held by the new Labour government, Scotland votes conclusively for devolution but Wales is lukewarm      
1998
 
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A proposed referendum on northern Irish issues is accepted by all the relevant political parties in what becomes known as the Good Friday Agreement     
1998
 
   
In the referendum to endorse the Good Friday Agreement, the terms are accepted by majorities in both the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland      
1998
 
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The Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble becomes First Minister of the newly convened Northern Ireland Assembly       
1999
 
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The Scottish parliament and the Welsh assembly hold their first elections, both narrowly won by Labour        
1999
 
   
A plebiscite in East Timor delivers a vote for independence from Indonesia      
2000
 
   
Angry crowds drive Slobodan Milosevic from power after he denies defeat in the Serbian election      
2003
 
    
The 'Rose Revolution' in Georgia forces the resignation of president Eduard Shevardnadze after rigged elections       
2003
 
    
Ian Paisley's hard-line Democratic Unionist Party wins in elections to the suspended Northern Ireland Assembly