This goal was rapidly met with great success, as the nation joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004, and held the Presidency of the European Union during the first half of 2009.

But in 2004, the nation pulled its 300 or so troops out of Iraq.

An estimated $ 4. 4 billion of aid entered the nation from 2002 to 2004.

Palau ( which withdrew from membership in 2004 ) is the only other Pacific developing nation that is not part of the group.

The Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal was the first in the nation to containerize, As of 2004, Port Authority seaports handle the third largest amount of shipping of all U. S. ports, as measured in tonnage.

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.

In 2004, The U. S. Department of Homeland Security established the National Visualization and Analytics Center ( NVAC ) to advance visualization research using computer technology to enable humans to visually synthesize and derive insight from massive amounts of information to help the nation predict and respond to manmade and natural disasters and terrorist incidents.

Countries in Latin America such as Argentina and Brazil previously had their own USA Network versions, but in September 2004, most were renamed Universal Channel to take advantage of the more well-known brand and reduce the awkwardness of a channel branded with the initials of another nation.

It might simply over-dramatize true incidents, omit important historical details, or add details for which there is no evidence ; or it might simply be a fictional story that no one takes to be true literally ( see Abizadeh 2004 ), but contains a symbolic meaning for the nation.

The 11th Congressional District gave George W. Bush 78 % of its votes in 2004, higher than any other congressional district in the nation.

A college of approximately 8, 000 students, John A. Logan College has been featured in Rolling Stone Magazine as the nation's fifth best community college and in 2004 was recognized as one of the fastest growing community colleges in the nation.

Moyers, who left the show in 2004 before returning in 2007, replied to this by saying that his journalism showed " the actual experience of regular people is the missing link in a nation wired for everything but the truth.

In 2004, the speech was highly related to the 2004 Madrid train bombings ; in 2006 he talked about the need to become a united nation against terrorism ( in implicit support of Zapatero's anti-terrorist policies ), and he mentioned the increasing force of immigrants in Spain and appreciated their contribution to the economy.

* July 4 – Greece surprisingly win the UEFA Euro 2004 football tournament, defeating the host nation Portugal 1-0.

In 2004 and 2005, Clark led the nation in points scored per game, becoming just the eighth player to repeat as NCAA Division I scoring champion.

He describes Yéle as a non-political organization intended to empower the people of Haiti and the Haitian diaspora to rebuild their nation, saying, " The objective of Yéle Haiti is to restore pride and a reason to hope, and for the whole country to regain the deep spirit and strength that is part of our heritage ".. Yéle Haiti was created in October 2004 with Wyclef's cousin Jerry ' Wonder ' Duplessis.

In 2004, Marvel Comics launched a new ongoing series titled Excalibur, this time dealing with the efforts of Professor Xavier and Magneto to rebuild the devastated mutant nation of Genosha ( which was destroyed at the beginning of Grant Morrison's X-Men run ).

The American dream: a short history of an idea that shaped a nation, Oxford University Press US, 2004.

Indicators of the status of China ’ s health sector can be found in the nation ’ s fertility rate of 1. 8 children per woman ( a 2005 estimate ) and the infant mortality rate per 1, 000 live births was 25. 3 ( a 2004 estimate ).

Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, CF, GCMG, KBE ( May 6, 1920 – April 18, 2004 ) is considered the founding father of the modern nation of Fiji.

As of 2004, Connecticut students led the nation in performance, and the number of spaces in pre-school programs more than doubled during his term in office.

At a " town hall " meeting with press and public, April 25, 2004, he was asked whether Iraq could retain its identity as an Arab nation under a democracy.

On January 13, 2004, David Cobb won the first Green primary in the nation, that of the District of Columbia, beating local activist Sheila Bilyeu and several write-in candidates and gaining the early lead in the race for the nomination.

The point is already made by Hume, but see Mary Mothersill, " Beauty and the Critic ’ s Judgment ", in The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics, 2004.

School ( 1904 ) Sanskriti ... The School ( 2004 ) and Sophia Girls ' School ( 1918 / 1935 ) & College ( 1942 ), Rashtriya Military School Ajmer ( Since 2010-Established in 1930 as King George ’ s Royal Indian Military School ), and the historic Ajmer Music College, founded in 1942, the first accredited institution in Rajputana for teaching Hindustani classical music.

In 2004, she accorded three stars to chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten ’ s Spice Market restaurant after Vongerichten gave her book Cooking for Mr. Latte a positive blurb ; the Times spotlighted the incident with an Editor ’ s Note.

* Played by his grandson Richard Attlee, in the TV series Dunkirk in 2004, and in Jerome Vincent ’ s ' Stuffing Their Mouths with Gold '; the story of how the National Health Service came to be.

A 2004 case study concluded that the proper use of screenshots can significantly support a user ’ s “ developing a mental model of the program ” and help in “ identifying and locating window elements and objects .” This research concluded that screen shots allowed users to “ learn more, make fewer mistakes, and learn in a shorter time frame ,” which can certainly assist in increasing the time frame for full implementation of a CRM system with limited technical or human support.

In 2004, the Italian parliament considered the introduction of a type of class action, specifically in the area of consumers ’ law.

* Christine Buci-Glucksmann, " L ’ art à l ’ époque virtuel ", in Frontières esthétiques de l ’ art, Arts 8, Paris: L ’ Harmattan, 2004

There is very limited information for Djibouti ’ s current account ; the country ’ s merchandise trade deficit was estimated at US $ 737 million in 2004.

This project was followed in 2004 with designs for Dilbert ’ s Ultimate House ( abbreviated as DUH ).

Egypt ’ s main exports to the EU in 2004 were energy ( 39 %), textiles and clothing ( 15 %), agricultural products ( 9 %), and chemicals ( 5 %).

* Abner Shimony ( 2004 ) " Bell ’ s Theorem.

* Jonathan A. C. Brown, " Criticism of the Proto-Hadith Canon: Al-daraqutni ’ s Adjustment of the Sahihayn ," Journal of Islamic Studies, 15, 1 ( 2004 ), 1-37.

In 2006 Kemp, along with 2004 vice-presidential nominee John Edwards, co-chaired the Council on Foreign Relations task force on Russia, producing a document called " Russia ’ s Wrong Direction: What the United States Can and Should Do ".

On 26 March 2004, following the decision of the Speaker of the Parliament, Marek Borowski, to found a new dissenting party, the Social Democracy of Poland, Leszek Miller decided to resign from the position of Prime Minister on 2 May 2004, a day after Poland ’ s accession to the EU.

Imports continued to increase more rapidly than exports during the first nine months of 2004 ; Moldova ’ s terms of trade worsened, as higher-priced energy imports outpaced the value of Moldova ’ s main exports — agricultural and agro-processing goods.

China ’ s investments increased to $ 200 million in 2004.

In 2004 Nauru was faced with chaos amid political strife and the collapse of the island ’ s telecommunications system.

In 2004, Page Bryant wrote the Sci-Fi story The Second Coming of the Star Gods, which deals with Khufu ´ s alleged celestial origin.

According to the U. S. State Department, Nauru ’ s GDP volume was US $ 1 million in 2004.

In 2004 Nigeria ’ s Federal Roads Maintenance Agency ( FERMA ) began to patch the 32, 000-kilometre federal roads network, and in 2005 FERMA initiated a more substantial rehabilitation.

However, in 2004 Paraguay ’ s meat production and exports rebounded.

As a result of rising international prices and the recovery of important markets like Chile or Russia, Paraguay ’ s meat exports rose to US $ 143 million in 2004.