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From top left, clockwise: The Twin Towers of the originalWorld Trade Center on fire and theStatue of Liberty on the left during theterrorist attacks on September 11, 2001; theeuro enters into European currency in 2002; a statue ofSaddam Hussein being toppled during theIraq War in 2003, and in 2006, Hussein would beexecuted for crimes against humanity; U.S. troops heading toward an army helicopter inAfghanistan during thewar on terror;social media platforms on the internetbecome widely popular; a Chinese soldier gazes at the2008 Summer Olympics commencing inBeijing; the2008 financial crisis, the largestfinancial crisis since theGreat Depression;a tsunami from the Indian Ocean earthquake kills over 230,000 in 2004, and becomes the strongest earthquake since the1964 Alaska earthquake

The2000s (pronounced "two-thousands") was adecade 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, likeIndia andChina, 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 andfood 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 thecrisis 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 thisglobal financial crisis sparked a global recession, beginning in the United States and affecting most of the industrialized world.

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

Thewar on terror andWar in Afghanistan began after theSeptember 11 attacks in 2001. TheInternational Criminal Court was formed in 2002. In 2003, a United States-led coalition invadedIraq, and theIraq War led to the end ofSaddam Hussein's rule as Iraqi President and theBa'ath Party in Iraq.Al-Qaeda and affiliatedIslamist militant groups performed terrorist acts throughout the decade. TheSecond Congo War, the deadliest conflict since World War II, ended in July 2003. Further wars that ended included theAlgerian Civil War, theAngolan Civil War, theSierra Leone Civil War, theSecond Liberian Civil War, theNepalese Civil War, and theSri Lankan Civil War. Wars that began included theconflict in the Niger Delta, theHouthi insurgency in Yemen, and theMexican drug war.

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An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 Americandocumentary film directed byDavis Guggenheim about formervice president of the United StatesAl Gore's campaign to educate people aboutglobal warming. The film features aslide show that, by Gore's own estimate, he has presented over 1,000 times to audiences worldwide.

The idea to document Gore's efforts came from producerLaurie David, who saw his presentation at atown hall meeting on global warming, which coincided with the opening ofThe Day After Tomorrow. Laurie David was so inspired by his slide show that she, with producerLawrence Bender, met with Guggenheim, and Co-Producer Lesley Chilcott, to adapt the presentation into a film. Premiering at the2006 Sundance Film Festival and opening inNew York City andLos Angeles on May 24, 2006, the film was a critical and commercial success, winning twoAcademy Awards forBest Documentary Feature andBest Original Song. The film grossed $24 million in the US and $26 million in other countries'box offices, becoming the eleventhhighest grossing documentary film to date in the United States. (Full article...)

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Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian politician who served as the 22ndprime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015. He is to date the only prime minister to have come from the modern-dayConservative Party of Canada, being the party's co-founder and serving as its firstleader from 2004 to 2015. Since 2018, he has also been thechairman of the International Democracy Union.

Harper studiedeconomics, earning his bachelor's and master's degrees in 1985 and 1991, respectively, from theUniversity of Calgary. He was one of the founders of theReform Party of Canada and was first elected toParliament in the1993 federal election in theriding ofCalgary West. He did not seek re-election in1997, and instead joined and later led theNational Citizens Coalition, a conservativelobbyist group. In2002, he succeededStockwell Day as leader of theCanadian Alliance, the successor to the Reform Party, and returned to Parliament asleader of the Official Opposition. In 2003, Harper andPeter MacKay negotiated the merger of the Canadian Alliance with theProgressive Conservative Party of Canada to form theConservative Party of Canada. Harper was elected as the party's first leader in2004. In the2004 federal election, the Conservative Party lost to theLiberal Party led byPaul Martin. Following the defeat of Martin's government in amotion of no confidence, Harper led the Conservatives to aminority government in the2006 federal election. (Full article...)

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  1. ^Ludden D (1998).The newness of globalization: A schematic view of the historical zones of territorialityUniversity of Pennsylvania. Unfinished draft. Retrieved December 30, 2009.Archived March 31, 2012, at theWayback Machine
  2. ^Gordon PH; Meunier S (2001).The French challenge: Adapting to globalization. Washington, D.C.: Brookings.
  3. ^Heizo T; Ryokichi C (1998)."Japan".Domestic Adjustments to Globalization (CE Morrison & H Soesastro, Eds.). Tokyo:Japan Center for International Exchange, pp. 76–102. Retrieved December 30, 2009.
  4. ^Fry EH (2003).Local governments adapting to globalization.National League of Cities. Retrieved December 30, 2009.Archived January 5, 2011, at theWayback Machine
  5. ^Haarstad, Håvard; Fløysand, Arnt (March 2007). "Globalization and the power of rescaled narratives: A case of opposition to mining in Tambogrande, Peru".Political Geography.26 (3):289–308.doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2006.10.014.
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