The BBC had run the international news channel BBC World for two and a half years prior to the launch of BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997.

This riding was formerly known as Fredericton-York-Sunbury but was redistributed prior to the 1997 general election.

Prominent members prior to 1997 included:

The Royal Hong Kong Regiment ( The Volunteers ) was disbanded in 1995 prior to the handover in 1997.

Following his resignation as Prime Minister, Major briefly became Leader of the Opposition, and Shadow Foreign Secretary ( as Sir Malcolm Rifkind, who was Foreign Secretary prior to the election, had lost his seat ), and remained in this post until the election of William Hague as leader of the Conservative Party in June 1997.

In Hong Kong, prior to and immediately after the 1997 transfer of sovereignty, entry and exit stamps were identical at all ports of entry, but colours differed.

guarani ( G ) per US $-4, 555. 00 ( 2011 ), 6, 158. 47 ( 2005 ), 5, 974. 6 ( 2004 ), 6, 424. 34 ( 2003 ), 5, 716. 26 ( 2002 ), 4, 105. 92 ( 2001 ), 3, 332. 0 ( January 2000 ), 3, 119. 1 ( 1999 ), 2, 726. 5 ( 1998 ), 2, 177. 9 ( 1997 ), 2, 056. 8 ( 1996 ), 1, 963. 0 ( 1995 ); note-since early 1998, the exchange rate has operated as a managed float ; prior to that, the exchange rate was determined freely in the market

All Power Macs prior to 1997 used PowerPC 60x-series processors, and 4-digit model numbers ( e. g. Power Mac 8600 ).

It neither prevents nor imposes the use of the so-called “ fidelity and chastity ” requirement, but it removes that decision from the text of the constitution and places that judgment responsibility back upon the ordaining body where it had traditionally been prior to the insertion of the former G-6. 0106. b. in 1997.

After having unemployment rates lower than 1 % prior to 1990, the 3-year-recession also caused the unemployment rate to rise to its all-time-peak of 5. 3 % in 1997.

In 1997, prior to his retirement, The Hockey News named a committee of 50 hockey experts ( former NHL players, past and present writers, broadcasters, coaches and hockey executives ) to select and rank the 50 greatest players in NHL history.

On June 26, 1997, the Supreme Court upheld the Philadelphia court's decision in Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, stating that the indecency provisions were an unconstitutional abridgement of the First Amendment right to free speech because they did not permit parents to decide for themselves what material was acceptable for their children, extended to non-commercial speech, and did not define " patently offensive ," a term with no prior legal meaning.

In a lengthy interview conducted by PBS prior to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in August 1997, Max Hastings, editor of the Daily Telegraph between 1986 and 1995, discussed the impact of Andrew Morton's and Jonathan Dimbleby's biographies of, respectively, Diana, Princess of Wales and HRH The Prince of Wales on subsequent news coverage of the Royal Family in the UK.

While the museum is located in Cleveland, prior to 2009 the induction ceremony was annually held in New York City ( except in 1993, when the ceremony was held in Los Angeles, and in 1997, when the ceremony was held in Cleveland ).

Total combined sales of both retail and wholesale products in 2007 came to ¥ 813bn, approximately a quarter less than sales in 1997 a decade prior.

Among other criteria spelled out under the Maastricht treaty, the Belgian Government had to attain a budget deficit of no greater than 3 % of GDP by the end of 1997 ; Belgium achieved this, with a total budget deficit in 2001 ( just prior to implementation of the Euro ) that amounted to 0. 2 % of GDP.

She would perform the honors again prior to Game 7 of the 1997 World Series.

During the supposed hiatus, Hole released two retrospective albums: firstly, their second EP, titled The First Session ( 1997 ), which was composed of a complete version of the band's first recording session at Rudy's Rising Star in Los Angeles in March 1990, some of which had been bootlegged widely years prior.

The Special Branch of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force was disbanded in 1995, prior to the transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong in 1997.

This defeat marked the first time since 1997 that Williams had exited Wimbledon prior to the quarterfinals.

In late summer 2003, a compilation album titled Giving the Devil His Due was released which included several demo tracks submitted by the band prior to their signing with Roadrunner Records in 1997, along with several alternative studio recordings and remixes of various tracks from their previous albums.

Cinemax ( through HBO ) also shows sub-runs ( runs of films that have already received broadcast network / syndicated television releases ) of theatrical films from Paramount Pictures ( usually those released prior to 1997 ), Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group ( including Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax ), Sony Pictures Entertainment ( including Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures ), Twentieth Century Fox ( select films from all five studios are shared with Starz and Encore ), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, DreamWorks Pictures ( those made prior to the 2010 shift of film distribution rights from Paramount to Touchstone Pictures ), and Lionsgate Entertainment.

In 1997, the World Jewish Congress lawsuit against Swiss banks ( WJC ) was launched to retrieve deposits made by victims of Nazi persecution during and prior to World War II.

After re-establishing its credibility in 1989, Australia underlined its superiority with victories in the 1990 – 91, 1993, 1994 – 95, 1997, 1998 – 99, 2001 and 2002 – 03 series, all by convincing margins.

* 1997 – The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.

Arbor Day reached its height of popularity on its 125th anniversary in 1997, when David J. Wright, noticed that a Nebraska nonprofit organization called the National Arbor Day Foundation had taken the name of the holiday and commercialized it for their own use as a trademark for their publication " Arbor Day ," so he countered their efforts, launched a website, and trademarked it for " public use celebrations " and defended the matter in a federal district court in the United States to ensure it was judged as property of the public domain, the case was settled in October 1999.

In a 1997 open letter to Ms. magazine she expressed displeasure that what she considers a way to ensure her own artistic freedom was seen by others solely in terms of its financial success.

In 1997, DJ Gruff dissed Articolo 31 in a track titled 1 vs 2 appearing on the first album of the beatmaker Fritz da Cat, but Articolo 31's lawyers obtained a retraction of the record, and its reissue without the song.

ARIN opened its doors for business on December 22, 1997 after incorporating on April 18, 1997.

The Council of the European Union decided against Belarus in 1997: The PCA was not concluded, nor was its trade-related part ; Belarusian membership in the Council of Europe was not supported ; bilateral relations at the ministerial level were suspended and EU technical assistance programs were frozen.

The government elected in 2001 pledged to maintain the fundamental economic policy objectives adopted by its predecessor in 1997, specifically: retaining the Currency Board, implementing sound financial policies, accelerating privatisation, and pursuing structural reforms.

Although suffering less than the worst-hit countries, Bulgaria recorded its worst economic results since the 1997 meltdown.

The election was effectively a repeat of 1997, as the Labour party vindicated the faith placed in it 4 years ago, and thus retained its overwhelming majority.

The Liberal Democrats could point to steady progress under Charles Kennedy, gaining more seats than the main two parties – albeit only six overall – and maintaining the performance of a pleasing 1997 election, where the party doubled its number of seats from 20 to 46.

In 1997 the Linnean Society issued a posthumous apology to Potter for the sexism displayed in its handling of her research.

Until June 2007, The New York Times, from which the Square gets its name, was published at offices at 239 West 43rd Street ; the paper stopped printing papers there on June 15, 1997.

According to Blair ( 1997 ) British Steel faced serious problems at the time of its formation, including obsolescent plants ; plants operating under capacity and thus at low efficiency ; outdated technology ; price controls that reduced marketing flexibility ; soaring coal and oil costs ; lack of capital investment funds ; and increasing competition on the world market.

In 1997, Power Computing began bundling BeOS ( on a CD for optional installation ) with its line of PowerPC-based Macintosh clones.

Chad and Taiwan had relations from 1962 to 1972 and 1997 to 2006 when, for financial and security reasons, Chad announced its intention to recognize China.

The military also proved its disloyalty during the mutinies in 1996 – 1997.

Although Francois Bozizé has a background in FACA himself ( being its chief-of-staff from 1997 to 2001 ), he has been cautious by retaining the defence portfolio, as well as by appointing his son Jean-Francis Bozizé cabinet director in charge of running the Ministry of Defence.

The country closed its military bases in Bangui and Bouar in 1997 as a part of its new Africa policy and relations with C. A. R.

While the 1990 constitution remains in force, it has been amended four times since its adoption — in 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2010.

The dictionaries have regularly been updated since: the Senior Dictionary was renamed Gage Canadian Dictionary and exists in what may be called its 5th edition from 1997.