[A new year =
often means looking back. In this case, only a couple of decades =
back]
1. 2000 =
– Health fears over ____________________ spread over Britain and =
Europe from tainted food.
2. 2001 =
– The ____________ government in Afghanistan fail to hand over =
Osama Bin Laden (mastermind of 9/11) and comes under attack and =
toppled.
3. 2002 =
– After a decade of =
preparations and three years of an ‘invisible’ currency (used for =
accounting purposes) the _________ was launched in the biggest cash =
changeover in history
4. 2003 =
– Alabama Chief Justice Roy S. Moore was forced from office after =
refusing to remove a monument of =
______________________.
5. 2004 =
– The U.S. returns sovereignty to an interim government in =
_________, but maintains roughly 135,000 troops in the country to fight =
a growing insurgency.
6. 2005 =
– Hurricane ____________ wreaks catastrophic damage on Mississippi =
and Louisiana; 80% of New Orleans is flooded and government response =
woefully inadequate.
7. 2006 =
– The richest =
man in the US, ______________________ announces that he will donate 85% =
of his $44 billion fortune to five philanthropic organizations. =
8. 2007 =
– California Democrat =
______________________ becomes the first female U.S. Speaker of =
the House of Representatives.
9. 2008 =
– The first person of partial African descent, Democrat =
________________ is elected 44th President of the =
USA.
10. 2009 =
– WHO declares over 208 countries have _______ virus cases and =
deaths and was now a global pandemic. =
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Dr Bob Griffin =
[email protected] =
www.grif.net
"Jesus =
Knows Me, This I Love!"