Edgewood High School, El Corral, 2000, Millenia Review 11

Description:	In September, Russia begins a military campaignagainst Chechen nationalists to regain control ofthe breakaway republic. More than 200,000 peopleflee the region, but a fierce rebel resistancestays to fight for control of the capital, Grozny.In June, Thabo Mbeki succeeds President NelsonMandela, South Africas first democraticallyelected president.After almost nine years in power, Russian PresidentBoris Yeltsin announces his resignation in January2000. Yeltsin names Prime Minister Vladimir Putinacting president pending elections in March.In September and October, powerful earthquakes strike around the globe, killing 15,000 people inTurkey, 1,450 in Taiwan and at least 122 in Greece.Archaeologistsexcavate 105mummies in a2,000-year-oldundergroundEgyptian tombbelieved to containa total of 10,000mummies. Thenecropolis will shednew light on theGreco-Roman eraand will allowscholars to chartdemographic dataand the incidenceof disease.FlashKenneth Garrett/NGS Image CollectionA tropical depression producing heavyrain hits Mexico in November. Theresulting floods kill more than 350people and cause 100,000 to evacuate.In August, the U.S. pays $4.5 million tovictims of NATOs accidental bombingof the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.Three Chinese are killed and 27 arewounded in the May 1999 bombing.On December 31, the U.S. returns control ofthe Panama Canal to Panama. Opened to theworld in 1914, the canal is considered one ofthe greatest construction achievements inAmerican history.,^jI_■•% . jj.... , jIn December, torrential rains cause Venezuelasworst natural disaster of the century. Mudslidesand flash floods kill up to 30,000 people, whiledamage estimates run into the billions of dollar:
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Collection:	Edgewood High School

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