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The 2000s (pronounced "two-thousands") was a decade that began on January 1, 2000, and ended on December 31, 2009.

The early part of the decade saw the long predicted breakthrough of economic giants in Asia, like India and China, which had double-digit growth during nearly the whole decade. It is also benefited from an economic boom, which saw the two most populous countries becoming an increasingly dominant economic force. The rapid catching-up of emerging economies with developed countries sparked some protectionist tensions during the period and was partly responsible for an increase in energy and food prices at the end of the decade. The economic developments in the latter third of the decade were dominated by a worldwide economic downturn, which started with the crisis in housing and credit in the United States in late 2007 and led to the bankruptcy of major banks and other financial institutions. The outbreak of this global financial crisis sparked a global recession, beginning in the United States and affecting most of the industrialized world.

The decade saw the rise of the Internet, which grew from covering 6.7% to 25.7% of the world population. This contributed to globalization during the decade, which allowed faster communication among people around the world;^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The war on terror and War in Afghanistan began after the September 11 attacks in 2001. The International Criminal Court was formed in 2002. In 2003, a United States-led coalition invaded Iraq, and the Iraq War led to the end of Saddam Hussein's rule as Iraqi President and the Ba'ath Party in Iraq. Al-Qaeda and affiliated Islamist militant groups performed terrorist acts throughout the decade. The Second Congo War, the deadliest conflict since World War II, ended in July 2003. Further wars that ended included the Algerian Civil War, the Angolan Civil War, the Sierra Leone Civil War, the Second Liberian Civil War, the Nepalese Civil War, and the Sri Lankan Civil War. Wars that began included the conflict in the Niger Delta, the Houthi insurgency in Yemen, and the Mexican drug war.

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In the history of video games, the sixth generation era (in rare occasions called the 128-bit era; see "bits and system power" below) is the era of computer and video games, video game consoles, and handheld gaming devices available at the turn of the 21st century, starting on November 27, 1998. Platforms in the sixth generation include consoles from four companies: the Sega Dreamcast (DC), Sony PlayStation 2 (PS2), Nintendo GameCube (GC), and Microsoft Xbox. This era began on November 27, 1998, with the Japanese release of the Dreamcast, which was joined by the PlayStation 2 on March 4, 2000, the GameCube on September 14, 2001 and the Xbox on November 15, 2001, respectively. On March 31, 2001, the Dreamcast was among the first to be discontinued. Xbox in 2006, GameCube in 2007 and PlayStation 2 was the last, in January 2013. Meanwhile, the seventh generation of consoles started on November 22, 2005, with the launch of the Xbox 360.

The major innovation of this generation was of full utilization of the internet to allow a fully online gaming experience. While the prior generation had some systems with internet connectivity, such as the Apple Pippin, these had little market penetration and thus had limited success in the area. Services such as Microsoft's Xbox Live became industry standard in this, and future, generations. Other innovations of the Xbox was its being the first system with an internal ethernet port and the first to utilize an internal hard disk drive to store game data. This led to many improvements to the gaming experience, including the ability to store program data (rather than just save game data) that allowed for faster load times, as well as the ability to download games directly from the internet rather than to purchase physical media such as a disk or cartridge. Soon after its release other systems, like the Sony PlayStation 2, produced peripheral storage devices to allow similar capabilities, and by the next generation internal storage became industry standard. ( Full article...)

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Katherine Anne Couric ( /ˈkɜːrɪk/ KURR-ik; born January 7, 1957) is an American journalist and presenter. She is founder of Katie Couric Media, a multimedia news and production company. She also publishes a daily newsletter, Wake Up Call. From 2013 to 2017, she was Yahoo's Global News Anchor. Couric has been a television host at all of the Big Three television networks in the United States, and in her early career she was an assignment editor for CNN. She worked for NBC News from 1989 to 2006, CBS News from 2006 to 2011, and ABC News from 2011 to 2014. In 2021, she appeared as a guest host for the game show Jeopardy!, the first woman to host the flagship American version of the show in its history.

In addition to her roles in television news, Couric hosted Katie, a syndicated daytime talk show produced by Disney–ABC Domestic Television from September 2012 to June 2014. Some of her most important presenting roles include co-host of Today, anchor of the CBS Evening News, and as a correspondent for 60 Minutes. Couric's 2011 book, The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives, was a New York Times bestseller. In 2004, Couric was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. ( Full article...)

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Image 1 Ashley Tisdale and Lucas Grabeel are members of the High School Musical, Disney's most successful musical and soundtracks of the 2000s.
Image 2 Nintendo DS (2004) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 3The euro became the currency of members of the Eurozone. (from 2000s)
Image 4In 2005, The New York Times wrote, "Reggaetón has conquered parties, clubs and lately radio; Daddy Yankee's hit " Gasolina" reached MTV and the playlists of many hip-hop stations." (from 2000s in music)
Image 5 Modest Mouse (from 2000s in music)
Image 6 Britney Spears was the best-selling women artist of the decade.
Image 7 Snake II on a Nokia 3310 (2000) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 8An orchestra performing a Video Games Live event. (from 2000s in video games)
Image 9 Shakira was the best selling Latin female artist, also one of the best selling women of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 10 Nintendo DSi XL (2009) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 11 Beyoncé was one of the best selling female performers of the 2000s.
Image 12The rise of MP3 players, downloadable music, and cellular ringtones in the mid-2000s ended the decade-long dominance that the CD held up to that point. (from 2000s)
Image 13Swedish Raggare, 2005. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 14People in Mexico City wear masks on a train due to the swine flu outbreak, April 2009 (from 2000s)
Image 15 Live 8 concert in Rome, Italy, 2005 (from 2000s)
Image 16 Ayumi Hamasaki was one of the most popular Japanese stars of the 2000s, known as " The Empress of Japanese Pop". (from 2000s in music)
Image 17Kiff No Beat is an Ivorian hip-hop group from Abidjan. It was formed in 2009, and composed of five members. (from 2000s in music)
Image 18 Aerosmith toured for every year of the 2000s except 2008. (from 2000s in music)
Image 19 Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters performing in 2005. Foo Fighters are widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant rock bands of the 2000s. The decade saw Foo Fighters win the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album a record-breaking three times; in 2001, 2004, and 2008. (from 2000s in music)
Image 20Singer Mary J. Blige topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2001 with her smash single, " Family Affair", taken from hit album No More Drama. (from 2000s in music)
Image 21Young American woman in 2007 wearing a white miniskirt, a blue bikini top, and sunglasses (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 22 Lady Gaga's single, " Poker Face", reached number one in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the UK. (from 2000s in music)
Image 23 Collision Warning with Brake Support on the 2009 Lincoln MKS (from 2000s)
Image 24 Winklepicker boots fashionable in England, Italy and Mexico from 2005 onwards. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 25 Good Charlotte received platinum status and gained a large fan base worldwide. (from 2000s in music)
Image 26Tattoos and extreme body piercings went mainstream in the late 2000s. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 27Swedish teenagers wearing typical late 2000s male hairstyles, 2008 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 28 Leeann Tweeden, 2003, wearing an off-the-shoulder top and cargo pants. She also sports highlights on her hair. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 29 Game Boy Advance SP is upgraded version of the original Game Boy Advance system and it is the second last Game Boy handheld (from 2000s)
Image 30English-Australian singer Peter Andre in 2004 wearing ripped and sandblasted baggy jeans influenced by surfer and hip-hop fashion. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 31 Benazir Bhutto (from 2000s)
Image 32 BoA's No. 1 was the fourth-best-selling record of 2002 in South Korea. (from 2000s in music)
Image 33 Robyn on tour in 2003. (from 2000s in music)
Image 34 Offshore outsourcing of jobs, such as this call centre in India, significantly increased during the decade as many multinational corporations moved their manufacturing and services from western countries to developing countries. (from 2000s)
Image 35American rapper Eminem is the most commercially successful artist of the decade.
Image 36Young woman in 2003 wearing a horizontal striped shirt and boot-cut jeans. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 37On September 23, 2004, the RIAA certified Up! at 11× Platinum, giving Shania Twain the distinction of being the only female artist to have three consecutive diamond albums released in the United States. (from 2000s in music)
Image 38Mariah Carey's 2008 album E=MC² spawned her 18th chart-topper, " Touch My Body", with which she surpassed Elvis Presley to become the solo artist with the most Hot 100 No. 1 songs in history. (from 2000s in music)
Image 39 Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy García, Julia Roberts, and Steven Soderbergh wearing brown leather jackets in December 2001 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 40The war on terror (from 2000s)
Image 41 Zoë Bell in 2006 sporting a medium length hairstyle and blended highlights (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 42 Soulja Boy's 2007 debut single " Crank That" was considered the biggest dance fad since the Macarena. (from 2000s in music)
Image 43 Bon Jovi's Lost Highway Tour was the highest-grossing tour of 2008. (from 2000s in music)
Image 44Young women in Portugal with straightened hair and thick makeup, in 2007 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 45Irregular combatants in North Darfur. The Arabic text on the bumper reads "The Sudan Liberation Army" (SLA). (from 2000s)
Image 46 Google becomes the Internet's most visited website. (from 2000s)
Image 47The television genre Reality TV gained massive popularity in America over the decade with reality TV programs such as Survivor, The Simple Life, Jersey Shore, American Idol (pictured) and Big Brother, for which local adaptations were produced in many countries (from 2000s)
Image 48Close-fitting vintage printed T-shirt (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 49 Barack Obama, the first African American president of the United States, was inaugurated in 2009 (from 2000s)
Image 50Slim-fit tweed popular in the late 2000s (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 51Slim-fitting plaid Western shirt gained popularity in the UK in the late 2000s (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 52Anti-aircraft guns guarding Natanz Nuclear Facility in Iran (from 2000s)
Image 53 Janet Jackson was awarded the American Music Awards' Award of Merit in March 2001 for "her finely crafted, critically acclaimed and socially conscious, multi-platinum albums". (from 2000s in music)
Image 54 Nuon (2000) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 55 2006 Thai coup d'état (from 2000s)
Image 56The Da Vinci surgical robot which enables doing accurate robotic surgeries was introduced in the 2000s (from 2000s)
Image 57Protesters in Tehran during the 2009 Iranian election protests (from 2000s)
Image 58 Gas prices in late May 2008 (from 2000s)
Image 59 Nintendo DSi (2008) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 60 Taylor Swift rose to fame in the late 2000s, with her unique country-pop style, spawning global hits like " Love Story" and " You Belong with Me". (from 2000s in music)
Image 61Navel piercings were popular from 1995 all the way to the mid-2000s. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 62Artist Concept of a NASA Mars Exploration Rover on Mars (from 2000s)
Image 63A cybergoth with goggles, synthetic blue hair and shaved head, 2005 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 64 Darius Rucker, had three No. 1 country hits in 2008–09: " Don't Think I Don't Think About It", " It Won't Be Like This for Long" and " Alright". (from 2000s in music)
Image 65In 2003, the vape was invented by Chinese pharmacist, Hon Lik (from 2000s)
Image 66The highest-grossing film of the decade was Avatar (2009) (from 2000s)
Image 67 Delta Goodrem released her debut album Innocent Eyes in 2003 which became a monster smash hit – it went to No. 1 and stayed for 29 non-consecutive weeks, being certified 14× Platinum for selling over 1 million copies, the second most of all time in Australia. (from 2000s in music)
Image 68 GameCube (2001) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 69 Dennis Rodman wearing an Ed Hardy shirt, and Donald Trump wearing a navy blue two button suit in 2009 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 70 British " Chav" wearing tracksuit and baseball cap. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 71 Lady Gaga's debut album, The Fame (2008), reached No. 1 in Canada, Austria, Germany, United Kingdom and Ireland and topped the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart. (from 2000s in music)
Image 72Ecuadorian emo kids from the late 2000s. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 73 Darfur refugee camp in Chad (from 2000s)
Image 74In 2003, Stephon Harris's album The Grand Unification Theory won the Martin E. Segal Award from Jazz at Lincoln Center. (from 2000s in music)
Image 75 Justin Timberlake was one of the best-selling men artists of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 76 Lynda Thomas released successful rock singles in 2000 and 2001. (from 2000s in music)
Image 77Young woman wearing sundress and Christian Louboutin shoes, 2009. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 78 Increase in oil prices (from 2000s)
Image 79 Treaty of Lisbon (from 2000s)
Image 80Female tourists in 2005 sporting colorful mid 2000s athletic fashions. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 81Chinese skaters, 2007. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 82Wings haircut worn by singer Justin Bieber in 2009. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 83 George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, 2001–2009 (from 2000s)
Image 842005 flooding in New Orleans, caused by Hurricane Katrina. (from 2000s)
Image 85In 2007, it took four hours for TVXQ to sell out 33,000 seats for a series of concerts in Seoul. (from 2000s in music)
Image 86 Nickelback has sold over 50 million albums and was one of the biggest post-grunge bands of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 87 T-Pain was initially criticized for popularizing autotune, which is now considered an iconic trend of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 88Girl Wearing Low Waisted Pants, 2008 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 89Singer-songwriter-guitarist Tanya Chua was successful during the 2000s as a leading Mandopop artist. (from 2000s in music)
Image 90Australian electronic group The Avalanches released their debut album Since I Left You in 2000. (from 2000s in music)
Image 91 PlayStation 2 (2000) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 92Californian band Orson in 2006 wearing mid 1960s-inspired apparel (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 93First Xbox released in 2001 (from 2000s)
Image 94Swedish actors in 2002 sporting various early 2000s fashions and hairstyles. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 95 GPS devices for automobiles gained massive popularity during the decade (from 2000s)
Image 96The flared jeans of the late 1990s remained fashionable throughout the early and mid 2000s. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 97In 2002, Grinspoon performed at the Australian Record Industry Association Awards. (from 2000s in music)
Image 98 Fergie's The Dutchess sold over 6 million copies worldwide becoming one of the most successful albums of the era. (from 2000s in music)
Image 99 Wii (2006) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 100During the decade, Flavour N'abania was able to find success by embracing older genres, such as highlife, and remixing them into something more modern. (from 2000s in music)
Image 101Scientific studies on climate helped establish a consensus. (from 2000s)
Image 102Young woman in summer 2009 wearing all black clothes (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 103 Aaliyah wearing a bandana and hoop earrings in 2000 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 104 Nintendo DS Lite (2006) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 105 Rafic Hariri (from 2000s)
Image 106 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The tsunami caused by the December 26, 2004, earthquake strikes Ao Nang, Thailand. (from 2000s)
Image 107 Luis Fonsi's " Nada Es Para Siempre" received a nomination for Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year at the 2006 Latin Billboard Music Awards. (from 2000s in music)
Image 108 Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters performing in 2005. Foo Fighters are widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant rock bands of the 2000s. The decade saw Foo Fighters win the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album a record-breaking three times; in 2001, 2004, and 2008. (from 2000s)
Image 109American rapper Jay Z (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 110 Michelle Kwan performing in the 2002 U.S. Figure Skating Championships (from 2000s)
Image 111The Segway was unveiled in December 2001 (from 2000s)
Image 112 Jamaican woman with cornrows, 2002. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 113These images show water in a very young lunar crater on the side of the Moon that faces away from Earth. (from 2000s)
Image 114 American Idol winner Carrie Underwood registered successful songs on country music charts. (from 2000s in music)
Image 115 Game Boy Advance (2001) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 116 PlayStation 2 was released in 2000 and became the best-selling gaming console of the decade and of all time. (from 2000s)
Image 117 Nas is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. (from 2000s in music)
Image 118German Mosher, the more punk-like incarnation of scene, early-mid 2000s. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 119 Buzz! controller (2005) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 120 iPod Touch (2007) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 121Black Muntu is an urban rap group with a massive following across Zambia. (from 2000s in music)
Image 122Woman wearing backless top and microskirt at Cologne Pride, 2006. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 123Indian couple wearing a mixture of traditional dress and Western clothing (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 124 Aria Wallace and Victoria Justice playing Guitar Hero. (from 2000s in video games)
Image 125 Tarja Halonen served as Finland's 11th President and the first female head of state from 2000 to 2012. (from 2000s)
Image 126The popularity of mobile phones and text messaging surged in the 2000s in the Western world. (from 2000s)
Image 127 Sean Paul's third album The Trinity debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200, breaking records with its first-week sales for a reggae/dancehall artist, and eventually going Platinum in the United States. (from 2000s in music)
Image 128 Haifa Wehbe released her second studio album Baddi Aech (Arabic: بدي عيش, English: "I Want to Live") in early 2005, following the success of lead single "Ya Hayat Albi." Released after the assassination of Lebanese politician Rafik Hariri, the title single of the album is about "freedom, considered to be among the most basic of human rights". (from 2000s in music)
Image 129 Jay Chou was a dominant force in Asian music for almost all of the 2000s and the first half of the next decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 130Shanghai becomes a symbol of the recent economic boom of China. (from 2000s)
Image 131The World Trade Center in New York City, as seen on September 11, 2001. Flight 175 has just flown into the South Tower. (from 2000s)
Image 132 GameCube released in 2001 and is the successor to the Nintendo 64 (from 2000s)
Image 133 The Black Eyed Peas began utilizing Auto-Tune and electropop– dance in their most successful album to date, The E.N.D., which spawned five top ten hit singles.
Image 134 Xbox 360 (2005) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 135 EyeToy (2003) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 136 Jared Leto wearing slim-fit formal wear; Popular 2008–onwards. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 137 Paulina Rubio's Paulina remained on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart for 99 weeks. (from 2000s in music)
Image 138 My Chemical Romance is considered one of the most influential rock groups of the 2000s and a major act in the pop-punk and emo genres, despite the band rejecting the latter label. (from 2000s in music)
Image 139 Coldplay is considered to be the most successful British rock act of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 140 Anika Moa's debut studio album Thinking Room, released in 2001, reached number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart. (from 2000s in music)
Image 141 Madonna's Sticky and Sweet Tour became the highest grossing female tour and the highest grossing solo tour of all-time making $408 million in 85 shows. (from 2000s in music)
Image 142In 2008, Amy Winehouse tied the then record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night and became the first British woman to win five Grammys. (from 2000s in music)
Image 143 American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson is the most successful winner of American Idol and a key artist in the power pop and pop rock movement of the 2000s.
Image 144 Tasha Baxter's breakthrough in the international music charts started with "In the Beginning" in 2002. (from 2000s in music)
Image 145In Taiwan alone, 250,000 copies of S.H.E's Super Star were sold. (from 2000s in music)
Image 146 PlayStation Portable (2004) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 147 Paris Hilton was a fashion icon of the 2000s. (from 2000s)
Image 148 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict (from 2000s)
Image 149 Jennifer Lopez was the first actress and singer in history to have both a film and an album at No. 1 in the same week. (from 2000s in music)
Image 150Example of the two button slim-fit suit popular in the late 2000s in the UK, US and China. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 151Girl with curly brown hair sporting an off-the-shoulder top, a carry over from the early 2000s. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 152Canadian Avril Lavigne was the biggest breakthrough of the 2000s worldwide with 40 million albums sold.
Image 153Model in 2005 wearing low-rise jeans, a newsboy cap, and a belly shirt (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 154Chunky sneakers of the early 2000s. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 155Three of System of a Down's albums debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200. (from 2000s in music)
Image 156Young woman wearing dress made from African patterned fabric in 2008. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 157 Xbox (2001) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 158Ramallah Underground have been considered the founders of Palestinian hip-hop. (from 2000s in music)
Image 159 PSP Go (2009) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 160The Iraq War (from 2000s)
Image 161 PlayStation 3 (2006) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 162The Nintendo DS awakened an interest in casual play that had never really existed before. (from 2000s)
Image 163 Michael Phelps holds his gold medal on the podium during the 2008 Olympics. Pictured with Ryan Lochte (left) and László Cseh (right) (from 2000s)
Image 164Enya's 2000 album A Day Without Rain sold 15 million copies. (from 2000s in music)
Image 165 Guitar Hero controller (2005) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 166 O-Zone's " Dragostea Din Tei" topped charts in France, Germany, and Austria for over three months, reached number 3 in the United Kingdom and number 72 on the US Pop 100. (from 2000s in music)
Image 167In 2004, Daddy Yankee released his international hit single " Gasolina", which is credited with introducing reggaeton to audiences worldwide, and making the music genre a global phenomenon. (from 2000s in music)
Image 168 Birendra of Nepal (from 2000s)
Image 169Indie rock singer Damian Kulash wearing psychedelic 1960s inspired clothing, 2009 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 170 Kylie Minogue is considered the biggest Australian pop act of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 171 Miranda Kerr in 2004 modeling for Obar Jeans. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 172 Mountain Dew bottles and cans from the 2000s decade, c. 2007 (from 2000s)
Image 173Paisley handbag associated with the boho-chic look. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 174 Blink-182's song " All the Small Things" kickstarted a resurgence of interest in pop rock. (from 2000s in music)
Image 175 Amaral (from 2000s in music)
Image 176Following her 1990's success, Namie Amuro remained popular during this era. (from 2000s in music)
Image 177In 2009, Phyzix released his debut studio album The Lone Ranger LP which contained the hit singles Cholapitsa and Gamba. (from 2000s in music)
Image 178From top left, clockwise: The World Trade Center on fire and the Statue of Liberty during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001; the euro enters into European currency in 2002; a statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled during the Iraq War in 2003, and in 2006, Hussein would be executed for crimes against humanity; U.S. troops heading toward an army helicopter in Afghanistan during the war on terror; social media through the Internet spreads across the world; a Chinese soldier gazes at the 2008 Summer Olympics commencing in Beijing; the largest economic crisis since the Great Depression hits the world in 2008; a tsunami from the Indian Ocean earthquake kills over 230,000 in 2004, and becomes the strongest earthquake since the 1964 Alaska earthquake (from 2000s)
Image 179People queuing outside a Northern Rock bank branch in Birmingham, United Kingdom on September 15, 2007, to withdraw their savings because of the Subprime mortgage crisis. (from 2000s)
Image 180Map showing the districts where the Naxalite movement is active (2007) (from 2000s)
Image 181 Alicia Keys was the best selling female R&B performer of the 2000s. (from 2000s in music)

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