Following are the top 10 world news events of the year 2000 selected by Xinhua. The events are arranged in chronological order:
- Vladimir Putin Elected Russian President
- Soaring Oil Prices Panic World Market (2000's aver. $1.4 vs 2008 $ 4, hum!)
- Detente Emerges on the Korean Peninsula After North-South Summit
- First Draft of Human Genome Completed
- Violence Plagues Middle East Peace Process
- Russian Nuclear Submarine "Kursk" Sinks
- Millennium Summit of Global Leaders Convened
- US Permanently Normalizes Trade Relations With China (US increased a large amount of imports from China, since then)
- US Presidential Election Becomes Extended Battle
- EU Integration a Step Further
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from english.peopledaily.com.cn
Oil price source: mass.gov
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