Son Joseph Kabila takes over amid continuing civil war. Ariel Sharon wins election in Israel (Feb. 6). Right-wing leader chosen overwhelmingly as nation's fifth prime minister in just over five years during worst Israeli-Palestinian violence in years. Background: Middle East.

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Officially the first year of the new millennium, 2001 is remembered now for a single day: September 11, when terrorist-hijacked airliners brought down the Twin Towers, slammed into the...

2001年12月28日 · Jan. 20: President Joseph Estrada of the Philippines resigns following charges of corruption. Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo assumes the presidency. Jan. 26: A massive earthquake hits...

2001年12月31日 · Eight of the top 10 stories on Pew’s U.S. news interest index for 2001 related to the terrorist attacks and the U.S. military response. The year’s top foreign story, aside from the war against terrorism and the release of the U.S. crew in China, was violence in the Middle East, watched closely in December by 31 percent of Americans.

2001年12月10日 · WWD THE TOP TEN STORIES 2001: A NEW ERA. Sept. 11, 2001. When the history of the year, perhaps the decade and, quite possibly, the 21st century is written, that date will stand out as a...

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