Portal:2000s

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**Clockwise from top-left:**
The Twin Towers of the original World Trade Center on fire and the Statue of Liberty on the left 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, Saddam would be executed for crimes against humanity;
U.S. troops heading toward an army helicopter in **Afghanistan** as part of the war on terror;
**Social media platforms** and the internet become widely popular;
A Chinese soldier gazes at the **2008 Summer Olympics** commencing in Beijing;
The **2008 financial crisis**, the largest financial crisis since the Great Depression;
**A tsunami from the Indian Ocean earthquake** kills over 230,000 in 2004, and becomes the strongest earthquake since the 1964 Alaska earthquake.

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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A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Attorney probe into trading in the shares of ImClone Systems resulted in a widely publicized criminal case, which resulted in prison terms for businesswoman and television personality Martha Stewart, ImClone CEO Samuel D. Waksal, and Stewart's broker at Merrill Lynch, Peter Bacanovic. (Full article...)

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... that the exterior of the De Lamar Mansion was cleaned using toothbrushes during the 2000s?
... that Meg White, a key figure in the 2000s garage-rock revival, has not made any public appearances since 2009?
... that despite being invented in the 2000s, Frutiger Aero was not named until 2017?

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Sir John Phillip Key (born 9 August 1961) is a New Zealand retired politician who served as the 38th prime minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016 and as leader of the National Party from 2006 to 2016.

Following his father's death when he was eight, Key was raised by his single mother in a state-house in the Christchurch suburb of Bryndwr. He attended the University of Canterbury and graduated in 1981 with a Bachelor of Commerce. He began a career in the foreign exchange market in New Zealand before moving overseas to work for Merrill Lynch, in which he became head of global foreign exchange in 1995, a position he would hold for six years. In 1999 he was appointed a member of the Foreign Exchange Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York until leaving in 2001. (Full article...)

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Image 1Black Muntu is an urban rap group with a massive following across Zambia. (from 2000s in music)
Image 2Nintendo DS Lite (2006) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 3Girl with curly brown hair sporting an off-the-shoulder top, a carry over from the early 2000s. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 4Kylie Minogue is considered the biggest Australian pop act of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 5Scene kids, 2008 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 6PlayStation 3 (2006) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 7In 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 8Three of System of a Down's albums debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200. (from 2000s in music)
Image 9In 2009, Phyzix released his debut studio album The Lone Ranger LP which contained the hit singles Cholapitsa and Gamba. (from 2000s in music)
Image 10In Taiwan alone, 250,000 copies of S.H.E's Super Star were sold. (from 2000s in music)
Image 11Justin Timberlake was one of the best-selling male artists of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 12Canadian Avril Lavigne was the biggest breakthrough of the 2000s worldwide with 40 million albums sold.
Image 13Ramallah Underground have been considered the founders of Palestinian hip-hop. (from 2000s in music)
Image 14Dennis Rodman wearing an Ed Hardy shirt, and Donald Trump wearing a navy blue two button suit in 2009 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 15In 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 16Haifa 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 17Wii (2006) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 18An orchestra performing a Video Games Live event (from 2000s in video games)
Image 19Aaliyah wearing a bandana and hoop earrings in 2000 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 20Xbox (2001) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 21Kiff 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 22Britney Spears was the best-selling female artist of the decade.
Image 23Mariah 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 24Ashley Tisdale and Lucas Grabeel are members of the High School Musical, Disney's most successful musical and soundtracks of the 2000s.
Image 25Chinese skaters, 2007. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 26Fergie's The Dutchess sold over 6 million copies worldwide becoming one of the most successful albums of the era. (from 2000s in music)
Image 27Coldplay is considered to be the most successful British rock act of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 28Leeann Tweeden, 2003, wearing an off-the-shoulder top and cargo pants. She also sports highlights on her hair. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 29Darius 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 30Woman wearing backless top and microskirt at Cologne Pride, 2006. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 31Young woman in summer 2009 wearing all black clothes (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 32Close-fitting vintage printed T-shirt (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 33Snake II on a Nokia 3310 (2000) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 34On 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 35Winklepicker boots fashionable in England, Italy and Mexico from 2005 onwards. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 36Paulina Rubio's Paulina remained on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart for 99 weeks. (from 2000s in music)
Image 37Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy García, Julia Roberts, and Steven Soderbergh wearing brown leather jackets in December 2001 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 38Madonna'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 39Zoë Bell in 2006 sporting a medium length hairstyle and blended highlights (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 40Blink-182's song "All the Small Things" kickstarted a resurgence of interest in pop rock. (from 2000s in music)
Image 41German Mosher, the more punk-like incarnation of scene, early to mid-2000s. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 42Young American woman in 2007 during the mid-2000s wearing a white miniskirt, a blue bikini top, and sunglasses a brief example how mid-2000s fashion still remained fashionable until 2008 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 43EyeToy (2003) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 44Jared Leto wearing slim-fit formal wear; Popular 2008–onwards. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 45Jay 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 46Swedish actors in 2002 sporting various early 2000s fashions and hairstyles. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 47Indie rock singer Damian Kulash wearing psychedelic 1960s-inspired clothing, 2006 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 48In 2002, Grinspoon performed at the Australian Record Industry Association Awards. (from 2000s in music)
Image 49Aerosmith toured for every year of the 2000s except 2008. (from 2000s in music)
Image 50Paisley handbag associated with the boho-chic look. (from 2000s in fashion)

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↑ Ludden D (1998). The newness of globalization: A schematic view of the historical zones of territoriality University of Pennsylvania. Unfinished draft. Retrieved December 30, 2009. Archived March 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
↑ Gordon PH; Meunier S (2001). The French challenge: Adapting to globalization. Washington, D.C.: Brookings.
↑ 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.
↑ Fry EH (2003). Local governments adapting to globalization. National League of Cities. Retrieved December 30, 2009. Archived January 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
↑ 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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[1] Ludden D (1998). The newness of globalization: A schematic view of the historical zones of territoriality University of Pennsylvania. Unfinished draft. Retrieved December 30, 2009. Archived March 31, 2012, at the Wayback 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 the Wayback 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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