Following a constitutional referendum of July 2000, the president of the CNSP decided to run for president, and indeed declared himself president after the elections of 22 October 2000.

Following the election of George W. Bush in 2000, observers expected him to avoid any changes to DADT, since his nominee for Secretary of State Colin Powell had participated in its creation.

Following a five-year break Enya released the album A Day Without Rain in 2000, featuring 37 minutes of new material ( 34 minutes on the U. S. version ).

Following Hoddle's departure, Kevin Keegan took England to Euro 2000, but performances were disappointing and he resigned shortly afterwards.

Following an average deficit of around 44 percent of GDP from 1997 to 2000, the current account deficit has increased to over 35 percent of GDP since 2001 due to higher import demand combined with lower receipts from tourism and nutmeg exports.

Following a spate of border incidents, both sides agreed during talks under OAS auspices in November 2000 to confidence-building measures to reduce tensions.

Following the tradition from Hexen and Heretic, Raven released the source code to Hexen II in 2000.

Following the end of the Israeli occupation of Lebanon in 2000, its military strength grew significantly.

Following Mobil's merger with Exxon, at the start of 2000 BP acquired all the petrol retailing assets as well as the Coryton refinery ( but sold it to Petroplus in 2007 ).

Following the broad success of SimCity 2000, Maxis moved from Orinda, California, to Walnut Creek in 1994.

Following his commercial breakthrough with Alien ( 1979 ), his best-known works are sci-fi classic Blade Runner ( 1982 ), Thelma & Louise ( 1991 ), best picture Oscar-winner Gladiator ( 2000 ), Black Hawk Down ( 2001 ), Matchstick Men ( 2003 ), Kingdom of Heaven ( 2005 ), American Gangster ( 2007 ), Robin Hood ( 2010 ), and Prometheus ( 2012 ).

Following in 2000 the Padres began wearing a camouflage, to honor the military ; the jersey has since gone through three different versions.

Following a pre-1999 election commitment to consider the feasibility of introducing fast rail services to regional centres, in 2000 the government approved funding for the Regional Fast Rail project, upgrading rail lines between Melbourne and Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong and Traralgon.

Following publication of a Letter to the Editor from Kranke and colleagues in April 2000, along with a non-specific response from Dr. Fujii, there was no follow-up on the allegation of data manipulation and no request for an institutional review of Dr. Fujii's research.

Following Fox's planned broadcast schedule, they premiered the series on September 11, 2000 with the second episode.

Following Hagelin's and the Natural Law Party's failed attempt at a coalition with the Reform Party in 2000, the Natural Law Party ran its own ticket of Hagelin and Nat Goldhaber.

Following an interim period in which the Mayor and Assembly had been elected but had no powers, the GLA was formally established on 3 July 2000.

Following the 2000 incident, a great white with a satellite tag was found to have immediately submerged to depth of and swam to Hawaii.

Following the outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian fighting in September 2000, the Jordanian government offered its help to both parties.

Following the 1988, 1998 and 2000 problems, International Gymnastics Federation ( FIG ) re-evaluated and changed the apparatus, citing both safety reasons and the desire to facilitate more impressive acrobatics.

Following the awarding of the George Cross in 2000, it was subsequently known as the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC.

Following a summit meeting in Pyongyang on June 13 – 15, 2000 between leaders of the two countries, the chairpersons of the Millennium Summit issued a statement welcoming their Joint Declaration as a breakthrough in bringing peace, stability, and reunification to the Korean peninsula.

Following the Academy's practice, the films below are listed by the years of their Los Angeles qualifying run, which is usually ( but not always ) in the year of release ; for example, the Oscar for Best Director of 1999 was announced during the award ceremony held in 2000.

Following a series of currency devaluations, the crown has remained stable in relation to the U. S. dollar.

Following the German unconditional surrender, Eisenhower was appointed Military Governor of the U. S. Occupation Zone, based in Frankfurt am Main.

Following the 2001 earthquakes, the U. S. Embassy assumed a leading role in implementing U. S. sponsored assistance.

Following the 1940 release of Republic Pictures ' serial adaptation of Drums of Fu Manchu, the U. S. State Department requested the studio make no further films with the character as China was an ally against Japan.

Following a leftist coup in 1983, the island was invaded by U. S. troops and a democratic government was reinstated.

Following his Washington visit Holt went on to London and in a speech there given on 7 July he was sharply critical of the UK, France and other U. S. allies that had refused to commit troops to the Vietnam War.

Following the Spanish-American War the U. S. acquired the Philippines from Spain.

Following a surge in U. S. troops in 2007 and 2008, violence in Iraq began to decrease.

Following the war, von Braun and other leading German scientists were relocated to the United States to work directly for the U. S. Army through Operation Paperclip, developing the IRBMs, ICBMs, and launchers.

Following the Indian Removal Act, in 1832 the Creek National Council signed the Treaty of Cusseta, ceding their remaining lands east of the Mississippi to the U. S., and accepting relocation to the Indian Territory.

Following several weeks of aerial bombardment, a U. S .- led United Nations ( UN ) coalition began a ground assault on 23 February 1991 that completely removed Iraqi forces from Kuwait in four days.

Following the imposition of U. N. sanctions in 1992, these ties significantly diminished.

Following a 1998 Arab League meeting in which fellow Arab states decided not to challenge U. N. sanctions, Gaddafi announced that he was turning his back on pan-Arab ideas, one of the fundamental tenets of his philosophy.

Following World War II, a nationwide movement pressed to return to pre-war society as quickly as possible in the U. S. When combined with the increasing national paranoia about communism and psychoanalytic theory that had become pervasive in medical knowledge, homosexuality became an undesired characteristic of employees working for the U. S. government in 1950.

Following the tragic events of September 11, 2001, U. S. Congress and the present Administration have granted law enforcement considerable new powers in the enforcement and prevention of terrorism-related crime.

Following the dissolution of Macquarie University Union Ltd, the outgoing student organisation was replaced with a new wholly owned subsidiary company of the university, known as U @ MQ Ltd.

Following the end of World War II, ambassador-level diplomatic relationships between France and Burma were established in 1948, soon after the Burmese nation became an independent republic on January 4, 1948, as Union of Burma, with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu as its first Prime Minister.

Following the evacuation of U. S. Marines in 1925, another violent conflict between liberals and conservatives known as the Constitutionalist War took place in 1926, when Liberal soldiers in the Caribbean port of Puerto Cabezas revolted against Conservative President Adolfo Díaz, recently installed as a result of United States pressure following a coup.

Following the demise of General Motors Corporation's Saturn division in North America, Opel cars are currently rebadged and sold in the U. S., Canada, and China under the Buick name with models such as the Opel Insignia / Buick Regal, Opel Astra sedan / Buick Verano, and Opel Mokka / Buick Encore.

Following a review of service records, those Army members so qualified are awarded the Purple Heart by the U. S. Army Human Resources Command in Alexandria, Virginia.

Following the expiration of the original ARPANET contract with the U. S. federal government, the Internet Society ( acting on behalf of the IETF ) contracted with the Networking Division of the University of Southern California ( USC ) Information Sciences Institute ( ISI ) to assume the editorship and publishing responsibilities ( under the direction of the IAB ).

Following the Armistice, South Korea and the U. S. agreed to a " Mutual Defense Treaty ", under which an attack on either party in the Pacific area would summon a response from both.