According to a 2008 television programme, presented by Griff Rhys Jones, “ the flame has only been extinguished once, by a drunken Mexican football supporter on the night that France beat Brazil here in Paris ,” most likely referring to the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final.

According to some sources, Mohéli did return to government control in 1998.

According to the Eritrean government, artisanal mining in 1998 collected 573. 4 kilograms of gold.

According to the last population census of 14 years old which was held in 1998, households whose primary language in Karachi was as follows: Urdu: 48. 52 %; Punjabi: 13. 94 %; ; ; Balochi: 4. 34 %; Saraiki: 2. 11 %; others: 12. 44 %.

According to the census of 1998, the religious breakdown of the city was as follows: Muslim ( 96. 45 %); Christian ( 2. 42 %); Hindu ( 0. 86 %); Ahmadiyya ( 0. 17 %); Others ( 0. 10 %) ( Parsis, Sikhs, Bahá ' ís, Jews and Buddhists ).

According to the Good Universities Guide to Australian universities, starting salaries for Macquarie graduates have been ranked as the highest in Australia for ten consecutive years ( 1998 – 2007 ) and in 2009, the university received 5 star ratings in six different performance categories including non-government earnings, staff qualifications and toughness of admissions.

According to a 1998 report created by William Brankowitz, a deputy project manager in the U. S. Army Chemical Materials Agency, the Army created at least 26 chemical weapons dump sites in the ocean off at least 11 states on both the west and east coasts.

According to Margaret Bent ( 1998 ), " Renaissance notation is under-prescriptive by our standards ; when translated into modern form it acquires a prescriptive weight that overspecifies and distorts its original openness.

* Robin Hood According to Spike Milligan ( 1998 )

* The Hound of the Baskervilles According to Spike Milligan ( 1998

According to an October 23, 2003 United Nations report, the smuggling and exportation of coltan has helped fuel the war in the Congo, a crisis that has resulted in approximately 5. 4 million deaths since 1998 – making it the world ’ s deadliest documented conflict since World War II.

According to Central Bank of Venezuela, the government received from 1998 to 2008 around 325 billion USD through oil production and export, and according to the International Energy Agency, to June 2010 has production of 2. 2 million of barrels per day, 800, 000 of which go to the United States of America.

According to Lönnroth ( 1998 ) in the 19th century and early 20th century, Swedish historians saw their writing in terms of literature and story telling, rather than analysis and interpretation.

According to a Serbian government report, from January 1, 1998 to June 10, 1999 the KLA killed 988 people and kidnapped 287 ; in the period from June 10, 1999 to November 11, 2001, when NATO took control in Kosovo, 847 were reported to have been killed and 1, 154 kidnapped.

According to several other sources, however, Dominique Aury was itself a pseudonym of Anne Cécile Desclos, born September 23, 1907 in Rochefort-sur-Mer, France, and deceased April 26, 1998 ( at age 90 ) in Paris, France.

According to Sybert, 1998 the data are inadequate to allow conclusions about phenotype-karyotype correlations in regard to cardiovascular malformations in Turner syndrome because the number of individuals studied within the less common karyotype groups is too small.

According to the Center for Public Integrity, Altria spent around $ 101 million on lobbying the United States government between 1998 and 2004, making it the second most active organization in the nation.

According to estimates in 1998, only 3. 8 percent of Mali ’ s area can be classified as arable land, and less than 0. 1 percent was planted to permanent crops in that year.

According to the Global Resource Information Database of the United Nations Environment Programme, it shrank as much as 95 % from about 1963 to 1998, but " the 2007 ( satellite ) image shows significant improvement over previous years.

According to a 1998 task force report, some physicians are choosing to add naturopathic modalities to their practice, and states such as Texas have begun to establish practice guidelines for MDs who integrate alternative and complementary medicine into their practice.

" According to P. W. Singer, the FARC attack upon the Guatape hydroelectric facility in 1998 had allegedly involved militants as young as 8 years old and a 2001 FARC training video depicted boys as young as 11 working with missiles.

According to Forbes, the value of the Lakers franchise has more than doubled since 1998.

According to a 1998 review in The Austin Chronicle, " Ross McElwee is a modern master of cinema vérité — rough, real-life documentary filmmaking that seeks to expose a subject's soul through its very lack of polish.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the annual suicide rate in Nye County averaged 28. 7561 per 100, 000 people during 1989 – 1998, the most recent period for which data is available.

According to this notation, duodecimal 50 expresses the same quantity as decimal 60 (= five times twelve ), duodecimal 60 is equivalent to decimal 72 (= six times twelve = half a gross ), duodecimal 100 has the same value as decimal 144 (= twelve times twelve

According to Dio Cassius 72. 14. 3 – 4, in about 189 AD, under Commodus ’ reign, a pestilence occurred, the largest of which he had knowledge, in which 2, 000 people died in Rome each day.

According to Autodata, in 2006 Chrysler, Honda, and Toyota comprised 72 % of the United States minivan market.

According to the United Nations, Yemen ’ s population in 2005 was 27. 3 percent urban and 72. 7 percent rural ; population density was 40 persons per square kilometer.

* August 6 – According to Japanese government and TBS networks reports, torrential rain and mudslides kill 72 in Kagoshima, Japan.

According to a study done by the Belarusian government in 2009, 72 % of Belarusians speak Russian at home, while Belarusian is used by only 11. 9 % of Belarusians.

According to the 2011 figures, the recorded forest area of the state is constituting 30. 72 % of the geographical area of the state.

* According to 2008 statistics, Leitrim county has the third highest suicide rate in Ireland and the lowest male life expectancy at 72. 8 years ( average is 75. 6 ).

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and ( 51. 72 %) is water.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 662 square miles ( 1, 716 km² ), of which 644 square miles ( 1, 669 km² ) is land and 18 square miles ( 47 km² ) ( 2. 72 %) is water.

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of, of which ( or 99. 28 %) is land and ( or 0. 72 %) is water.

According to legend, the Teleri were descended from Enel, the third Elf to awake in Cuiviénen, his spouse Enelyë and their 72 companions, but it was Elwë, the first of the Teleri to come to Valinor, who became their king.

* According to Pliny the Elder, anise was used as a cure for sleeplessness, chewed with alexanders and a little honey in the morning to freshen the breath, and, when mixed with wine, as a remedy for asp bites ( N. H. 20. 72 ).

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and ( 8. 72 %) is water.

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of, of which ( or 98. 72 %) is land and ( or 1. 28 %) is water.

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of, of which ( or 99. 72 %) is land and ( or 0. 28 %) is water.

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of, of which ( or 91. 81 %) is land and ( or 0. 72 %) is water.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and ( 2. 72 %) is water.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and ( 4. 72 %) is water.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 978 square miles ( 2, 533 km² ), of which 971 square miles ( 2, 515 km² ) is land and 7 square miles ( 18 km² ) ( 0. 72 %) is water.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 512 square miles ( 1, 327 km² ), of which 498 square miles ( 1, 291 km² ) is land and 14 square miles ( 36 km² ) ( 2. 72 %) is water.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and ( 12. 72 %) is water.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and ( 0. 72 %) is water.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1, 244 square miles ( 3, 221 km² ). 1, 235 square miles ( 3, 198 km² ) of it is land and 9 square miles ( 23 km² ) of it ( 0. 72 %) is water.