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 |  Subject: Learn English From BBC (1999 - Now) Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:16 pm | |
| 1999:
- 3rd December
Is Christmas too commercial?
- 16th December
US Hands back Panama Canal
- 9th December
Russian military responds to international criticism
- 2nd December
World Trade Organisation
- 25th November
Detention of army officers in Paraguay
- 18th November
Abortion of female fetuses in India
- 11th November
Downfall of a sporting superpower
- 4th November
The relief operation in India after October's devastating cyclone
- 28th October
End of hereditary peers
- 21st October
Mayor of London
- 14th October
Nuclear Power
- 7th October
Monsanto Terminator Gene Technology
- 23rd September
The death of Raisa Gorbachev
- 16th September
Bomb attacks in Moscow
- 9th September
Cambodian Women’s Conference
- 2nd September
Swiss spy scandal
- 26th August
Turkish earthquake: the aftermath
- 19th August
Turkish earthquake
- 12th August
Downing of Pakistan aircraft by India
- 5th August
Weather - monsoons and typhoons in Asia
- 29th July
Talking chimpanzees
- 22th July
The moon landing 30 years on
- 15th July
Violent teenagers in US detention centres
- 8th July
Gold sell-off and falling prices
- 1st July
Swiss banks - compensation for Holocaust victims
- 24th June
Cloning the giant panda
- 17th June
Kosovo peace deal
- 10th June
Jonathan Aitken
- 3rd June
Mir space station
- 27th May
US/China - Espionage Report
- 20th May
The election of Ehud Barak
- 13th May
Anti-American sentiment in Asia
- 6th May
The discovery of George Mallory's body on Mount Everest
- 29th April
The Chernobyl computer virus
- 22th April
The opening of the Cairo meto
- 15th April
Malaysia: the trial of Anwar Ibrahim
- 8th April
The handover of the Lockerbie bombing suspects
- 1st April
A trial in America about tobacco damages
- 25th March
Global water shortages
- 18th March
The resignation of the European Commission
- 11th March
The death of Stanley Kubrick
- 4th March
Kidnap and killings in Uganda
- 25th February
Anti drink-driving law in New York
- 18th February
Genetically modified food
- 11th February
Testing an AIDS vaccine in Thailand
- 4th February
Football and Buddhism
- 28th January
Earthquake in Columbia
- 21st January
Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall's divorce
- 14th January
Ted Hughes posthumous popularity
- 7th January
Industrial action by Cathay Pacific Staff
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Muwahhed
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| | Subject: Re: Learn English From BBC (1999 - Now) Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:21 pm | |
| 2000:
- 28th December
Pink flamingos arrive in Kenya
- 21st December
Embryo research in Great Britain
- 14th December
President Clinton in Ireland
- 7th December
Turkish economic crisis
- 30th November
Chinese concert against music piracy
- 23rd November
World Climate Conference warning
- 16th November
HIV genetic risk
- 9th November
Dome diamond raid
- 2nd November
English v French language in Quebec
- 26th October
Flood education in Vietnam
- 19th October
Disarray in Middle east
- 12th October
Difficult way ahead for Yugoslavia
- 4th October
John Lennon's killer to stay in jail
- 28th September
Rush to buy Hong Kong rail shares
- 21st September
UK gives Enigma machine to Poland
- 14th September
Gulf oil cash bonus
- 7th September
The fate of Burma's Aung Sun Suu Kyi
- 31st August
Food scares
- 24th August
Singapore's baby shortage
- 17th August
Mobile phone technology
- 10th August
Financial crisis at the International Atomic Energy Agency
- 3rd August
Concorde, one week on.
- 27th July
Seabirds: back from the edge of extinction
- 20th July
Changes in global market economy
- 13th July
Return to Srebrenica
- 6th July
Oil production
- 29th June
Mapping the human Genome
- 22nd June
Easing of trade sanctions of North Korea
- 15th June
Death of President Assad of Syria
- 8th June
Illegal diamond trade
- 1st June
Martial law in Fiji
- 25th May
Israel withdraws from South Lebanon
- 18th May
Japanese PM criticised for describing Japan as a divine country
- 11th May
Genetic mapping of the Down's syndrome chromosome
- 4th May
Return of Kohinoor diamond demanded
- 27th April
Security breach at the US State Department
- 20th April
Compromise reached on ivory trading
- 13th April
Proposed Korean Summit
- 6th April
Famine in Ethiopia
- 30th March
Controversial new theory on how speech began
- 23rd March
Russian Elections
- 16th March
Flooding in Mozambique
- 9th March
Combating piracy in the South Pacific
- 2nd March
Many dead in Nigeria after violent clashes
- 24th February
Mayon volcano
- 17th February
Malaria vaccine intitiative
- 10th February
Race riots in Spain
- 27th January
Stockholm hosts Holocaust Forum
- 20th January
Merger creates the world's largest drugs company.
- 13th January
Capital punishment in the US
- 6th January
What does this millennium hold?
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| | Subject: Re: Learn English From BBC (1999 - Now) Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:26 pm | |
| 2001:
- 26 December
Radio's first 100 years
- 24 December
Shoe bomber to appear in court
- 19 December
International migration of Afghans
- 17 December
Search continues for Osama Bin Laden
- 12 December
North Korea and the West
- 10 December
Cheap AIDS drugs for Nigeria
- 5 December
Israel pulls out of conference
- 3 December
Swiss army referendum
- 28 November
Russians and Americans open new pipeline
- 26 November
Court helps victims of environmental disasters
- 21 November
Cricket outrage in India
- 19 November
Toilet summit in Singapore
- 14 November
Northern Alliance takes Kabul
- 12 November
Northern Alliance expected to push to Kabul
- 7 November
Global Warming
- 5 November
Hurricane Michelle hits Cuba
- 31 October
Colombia hands over alleged drugs lord to USA
- 29 October
Milosevic before Tribunal again
- 24 October
IRA: the mechanism of decommissioning
- 22 October
Left-handedness linked to a better memory
- 17 October
Mazar-I-Sharif
- 15 October
Japan apologises to Korea
- 10 October
Freed journalist tells of her Taleban ordeal
- 8 October
US threatens more strikes on Afghanistan
- 3 October
Berlusconi apologises
- 1 October
Spanish minister visits North Africa
- 26 September
Australia set for new refugee laws
- 24 September
Pope urges harmony between faiths
- 19 September
European Commission counter-terrorism measures
- 17 September
Russian troops on high alert
- 12 September
America attacked
- 10 September
Refugees go to Nauru
- 5 September
Space Tourism
- 3 September
Burmese General visits Thailand
- 29 August
Macedonian rebels surrender weapons
- 27 August
Notting Hill Carnival
- 22 August
Concorde: return to the skies?
- 20 August
Russia: 10 years on from the coup
- 15 August
Che Guevara's photographs
- 13 August
Indonesian and Australian leaders meet
- 8 August
Pressure over Japanese PM's visit to a shrine
- 6 August
India asylum blaze
- 1 August
Original music charity event
- 30 July
New President for Peru
- 25 July
Sri Lanka airport attack
- 23 July
Russia and the US to discuss 'star wars'
- 18 July
India's reaction to the Agra summit
- 16 July
Beijing wins Olympic bid
- 11 July
Ivanisevic wins Wimbledon
- 9th July
Macedonia - talks begin
- 4th July
Bosnian Serbs face tribunal pressure
- 2nd July
President Wahid fights impeachment
- 27th June
US under pressure over Kyoto agreement
- 25th June
Preventing crop shortages
- 20th June
Refugee crisis in Sri Lanka
- 18th June
Former King wins Bulgarian elections
- 13th June
President Bush visits NATO
- 11th June
Britain's new Foreign Secretary
- 6th June
Copying music from the internet
- 4th June
Nepal in Crisis
- 30th May
Echelon spy network
- 28th May
South Africa Arms deal
- 23rd May
Middle East diplomacy
- 21st May
Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or Winner
- 16th May
Silvio Berlusconi, wins Italian General Election
- 14th May
AIDS Orphans in Africa
- 9th May
UK General election announcement
- 7th May
Pope John Paul II visits Damascus Mosque
- 2nd May
Refugees in Afghanistan
- 30th April
Anti-tobacco treaty
- 25th April
Weapons for Taiwan
- 23rd April
Climate summit
- 18th April
Middle East tensions increase
- 16th April
Child 'slave' ship missing
- 11th April
England's law on contempt of court
- 9th April
American spy plane: Bush writes
- 4th April
Reactions to Milosevic arrest
- 2nd April
America rejects climate treaty
- 29th March
Nuclear waste protest in Germany
- 22nd March
Brazilian oil platform sinks
- 15th March
Zapatistas in Mexico City
- 8th March
Protecting Kenya's forests
- 1st March
The spread of foot and mouth disease
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| | Subject: Re: Learn English From BBC (1999 - Now) Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:30 pm | |
| 2001:
- 22nd February
FBI agent arrested for spying
- 15th February
Napster court ruling
- 8th February
Israel: Ariel Sharon elected
- 1st February
Earthquake hits India
- 25th January
Regulating the internet
- 18th January
Turning the desert green
- 11th January
Depleted uranium shells
- 4th January
An image of a mathematician
Business stories
- 28th December
Pre-euro monetary unions
- 21st December
Argentina's economic troubles
- 14th December
China joins WTO
- 7th December
IMF blocks loan to Argentina
- 30th November
The collapse of Enron
- 23rd November
The price of oil
- 16th November
IMF predicts global slowdown
- 9th November
World Trade Organisation meet in Doha
- 2nd November
dot-com disaster
- 26th October
Britain: is entry to the euro inevitable?
- 19th October
The German economy
- 12th October
Eurozone leaves interest rates unchanged
- 5th October
North and South Korea tourism talks
- 28th September
Consumer confidence falls
- 21st September
Future economic effects of New York bombing
- 14th September
IMF Statement on world economy
- 7th September
Thai Airways in trouble
- 31st August
China's Communists recruit capitalists
- 24th August
Brazil to break AIDS drug patent
- 17th August
Argentinian loan repayments
- 10th August
Court reduces smoking damages award
- 3rd August
The car industry's hydrogen powered future
- 27th July
Conflicting financial predictions for Europe
- 20th July
Genoa summit underway
- 13th July
Argentina's financial difficulties
- 6th July
Marconi share slide shock
- 29th June
Microsoft court victory
- 22nd June
Japan/China trade friction
- 15th June
Shanghai six to strengthen economic links
- 8th June
Telecom giant in trouble
- 1st June
U.S.corporate fight
- 25th May
London Stock Exchange floats
- 18th May
De Beers goes private
- 11th May
Brazilian energy crisis
- 4th May
Global economic slowdown
- 27th April
Japanese economy
- 20th April
Big business v public opinion
- 13th April
Black business opportunites in South Africa
- 6th April
Financial troubles in South Korea
- 30th March
Dollar counterfeit ring broken
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| | Subject: Re: Learn English From BBC (1999 - Now) Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:32 pm | |
| 2001:
Sports and music stories
- December 2001 - Golf
Tiger Woods
- November 2001 - Softball
Women's softball
- October 2001 - Baseball
Home-run king
- September 2001 - Motorsport
Formula 1
- August 2001 - Athletics
World Athletics Championships
- July 2001 - Cycling
Tour de France
- June 2001 - Tennis
Wimbledon - without grass?
- 13th December
Britney Spears to appear in anti-fur campaign
- 29th November
Imbruglia CD sparks complaints
- 15th November
Berlin Love Parade will go ahead
- 1st November
Latin Grammies finally revealed
- 18th October
The UK's most popular music show still tops
- 4th October
EMI to share music with online rival
- 20th September
Jackson's new record to aid attack victims
- 6th September
The world's longest music performance
- 30th August
Craig David aims to repeat Mobo success
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