Mar 24 Two 18-year-old boys are arrested in Britain on charges of breaking into e-commerce Internet sites in five countries, stealing information on more than 26,000 credit card accounts and posting some of it on the Web

Mar 23 Papua New Guinea agrees to create an autonomous government on Bougainville island and says it may hold a referendum on independence following autonomy;

Mar 29 A US Air Force report shows a link between Agent Orange and diabetes in veterans who sprayed the chemical in the Vietnam War. Finally

Aug 21 British troops are rushed on to Belfast streets after two men are killed in a violent feud between Protestant guerrilla groups.

Aug 15 A group of 100 separated family members from North Korea arrive in South Korea for temporary reunions with relatives they have not seen for half a century.

Aug 16 Heather breaks up with Wayne for good after 5 years and she says, " I'M FINALLY FREE!! "

Aug 23 A Gulf Air Airbus jetliner with 140 aboard crashes into the Persian Gulf near Bahrain shortly after takeoff, leaving no survivors.

Aug 23 In a 'reality TV' record an estimated 51 million US viewers tuned in for the finale of CBS' series Survivor, in which contestant Richard Hatch won the $US1 million prize.

Aug 05 Sir Alec Guinness, revered as one of Britain's most versatile actors, dies at 86.

Sep 11 Scientists confirm the long held suspicion It can take just a few cigarettes to become addicted. Research shows some 12 and 13-year-olds show signs of addiction within days of their first cigarette.

Sep 20 Terrorists launch a small missile at Britain's MI6 intelligence headquarters in London.

Sep 11 Scientists confirm the long held suspicion: It can take just a few cigarettes to become addicted. Research shows some 12 and 13-year-olds show signs of addiction within days of their first cigarette.

Feb 28 A 6.8 earthquake shook the Pacific Northwest resulting in injuries and over 1 billion dollars damage.

Feb 12 Former Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry dies at age 75 after battling leukemia for nine months.

Feb 12 Peanuts creator Charles Schulz dies of colon cancer in his Santa Rosa, California, home at age 77.

Feb 01 Scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico say they have traced the origin of the AIDS virus to around 1930.

Feb 03 Natalie Rasmussen and Ryan Crump start dating

Feb 14 Tornadoes rip through southwestern Georgia just after midnight, killing 19 people and injuring more than 100 others.

Apr 02 French archaeologists announce they have discovered the remains of a 4,000-year-old queen's pyramid south of Cairo, complete with texts of special prayers previously found only with kings

Apr 03 62nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship at RCA Dome Indianapolis

Nov 18 A major fire at the 350 room Marriot Mountain REsort in Vale Colorado starts no deaths

Nov 27 The Liberal government in Canada is re-elected for another 5 years, HO Well

Nov 29 Thieves steal a helicopter from a building near Manning in Northern Alberta, pushing it outside and taking off

Nov 20 A 17 year old student is stabbed and dies at a Calgary High School

Nov 30 South and North Korean relatives who have been separated for half a century are reunited in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.

Dec 28 Montgomery Ward announces it is closing 250 stores and laying off 37,000 workers

Dec 25 A bank machine in a supermarket in the town of Antibes France paid double the withdrawal amount while only recording the correct amount (Merry Christmas)

Dec 25 A Christmas day fire killed 309 people at a dance hall in the central Chinese city of Luoyang

Jun 04 In Southern Sumatera, Indonesia a 7.9 quake resulted in at least 103 people killed, 2,174 injured, extensive damage (VI) and landslides in the Bengkulu area; minor injuries and damage on Enggano

Jun 08 Pultizer Prize Winning cartoonist Jeff MacNelly, creator of the comic strip Shoe, dies of cancer at age 52.

Jun 19 The last rail on the order books of Sysco (Sydney Steel) is rolled.

Jan 16 Ricardo Lagos is elected Chile's first socialist president since Salvador Allende, whose government was toppled in a bloody 1973 military coup led by Gen Augusto Pinochet.

Jan 20 Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., warned the U.N. Security Council that the United States would withdraw from the world body if it failed to respect American sovereignty.

Jan 07 An exhausted 14-year-old Tibetan Buddhist leader reaches India after trekking across the snowy Himalayas, a defection that embarrassed Chinese leaders who used him as a symbol of their rule over Tibet.

Jan 06 Quebec Central Railway takes over the former CPR Quebec Central Lines. Service between Sherbrooke and Vallee Jonction resumed 24 June 2000. The new Quebec Central is operated by Express Marco Inc.

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