It increased its majority in the 1999 elections, and further increased it in 2004, with 69. 7 % of the votes.

The Senate finished a twenty-one-day trial on February 12, 1999, with the vote ( 55 Not Guilty / 45 Guilty ) on both counts falling short of the Constitutional two-thirds majority requirement to convict and remove an officeholder.

It became the official opposition in 1999, a minority government in 2007 and a majority government from 2011.

Previously, Atal Bihari Vajpayee had taken office in October 1999 after a general election in which a BJP-led coalition of 13 parties called the National Democratic Alliance emerged with a majority.

The UDF, however, did not win a majority of seats in Parliament, as it had done in 1994 and 1999 elections.

As of the May 1999 general elections, the Nepali Congress Party once again headed a majority government.

At the 2011 Scottish Parliamentary election, the SNP won a landslide victory and became the first party to form a majority government in the Scottish Parliament since its resumption in 1999.

It appeared before or about at the same time than Anteldata ( about in 1999 ), but since ADSL was not available at the same time on every neighborhood, Dedicado had the majority of the permanent internet connections.

The German broadcasts were stopped in March 1999 after research showed that the majority of German listeners tuned in to the English version of the service.

About 1-percent of this total is shipped across international boundaries, with the majority of the transfers occurring between countries in the Organization for the Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) ( Krueger, 1999 ).

After a share sale to majority partner Austrian Airlines in 1999, he managed the Jaguar Formula One racing team from 2001 to 2002.

Following the withdrawal of Serbian and Yugoslav security forces from Kosovo in June 1999, all casualties were civilians, the vast majority being Serbs.

As several authors have pointed out ( Mamdani 1996 ; Gentili 1999 ; O ' Laughlin 2000 ), the Indigenato regime was the political system that subordinated the immense majority of Mozambicans to local authorities entrusted with governing, in collaboration with the lowest echelon of the colonial administration, the " native " communities described as tribes and assumed to have a common ancestry, language, and culture.

The majority of the 132 bombs to hit the city over the war period were employed in the days of this campaign, often described as the “ storm of iron and fire ” ( Clout 1999, p. 187 ).

On 30 August 1999, a referendum was held in East Timor and an overwhelming majority voted for independence.

In 1999, National Semiconductor also put out feelers that it would sell, if not the whole then a majority stake of, its fabrication plant in South Portland, Maine.

In the 1999 General elections, the BJP-led NDA won 303 seats out of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha, in the aftermath of the Kargil operations, thereby securing a comfortable and stable majority.

( In the ensuing general elections, the NDA secured a majority and Vajpayee was reappointed Prime minister ( 11 October 1999 ) in a straightforward manner.

A majority of the 1999 major motion picture Chill Factor, starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Skeet Ulrich, was filmed on location in Liberty and in its surrounding areas.

Under the House of Lords Act 1999 the majority of hereditary peers lost the privilege of a seat and right to vote in the House of Lords.

** Teresa Kok 郭素沁 ( 1964 -; Huizhou, Guangdong ; born in Malaysia ), Member of Parliament, 1999 -; Won by the highest majority among 200 seats contested in the 2008 General Elections

After the House narrowly voted to impeach Clinton, Lott proceeded with the Senate trial in early 1999, despite criticisms that Republicans were far short of the two-thirds majority required under the Constitution to convict Clinton and remove him from office.

On 21 December 1999, a majority ( 11 jurors ) found in favour of the defence.

Between 1975 and 1999, there were an estimated about 102, 800 conflict-related deaths ( approximately 18, 600 killings and 84, 200 ' excess ' deaths from hunger and illness ), the majority of which occurred during the Indonesian occupation.

On 30 August 1999, in a UN-sponsored referendum, an overwhelming majority of East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia.

Roger Altman, through Evercore Partners, bought a controlling stake in American Media in 1999.

* Charmed (" Morality Bites ", 1999 ) Phoebe Halliwell is executed on February 26 by burning at the stake for murdering a man with her powers.

Lemieux shocked the hockey world by deciding to come back as a player on December 27, 2000, having gained a stake in ownership of the franchise in 1999, becoming the first player – owner in NHL history.

A further 16. 6 % was sold by the Commonwealth in September 1999 ; but the sale of the government's remaining 50. 1 % stake required legislation.

In 1999, the Carlyle Group obtained a 40 % stake in the paper, which it later sold in March 2002., Le Figaro is controlled by Serge Dassault, a conservative businessman and politician best known for running the aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation, which he inherited from his father, its founder, Marcel ( 1892 – 1986 ).

Telewest purchased the remaining 50 % stake in Cable London from NTL in 1999, adding 0. 4 million franchise homes in north London.

However, the French company has since returned to that market with its subsequent purchase of a US $ 5. 4 billion controlling stake in Nissan in March 1999.

NBC purchased a 32 percent stake in Pax in 1999, and as part of the deal NBC encouraged its stations, both owned and affiliated, to enter into joint sales agreements with the local Pax outlet.

In 1973, the bank increased the stake to full 100 % ownership only to withdraw by 1999 with ownership of the refinery changing to Hereaus & Management.

The Dutch government sold out to its partners in 1999 and Volvo, by now owned by Geely, sold its stake to Mitsubishi in early 2001 to leave the Japanese company as the only remaining shareholder.

In the years 1990 through 2009, Vattenfall expanded considerably ( especially into Germany and Poland ), acquiring stakes in Hämeen Sähkö ( 1996 ), HEW ( 1999, 25. 1 % stake from the city of Hamburg ), the Polish heat production company EW ( 2000, 55 % stake ), Elsam A / S ( 2005, 35. 3 % stake ), and Nuon ( 2009, 49 % stake ).

Then in 1996, Capitol Records purchased a 49 percent stake in Matador, but Lombardi and Cosloy bought it back in 1999.

In 1999, DaimlerChrysler purchased a 49 % stake in Westfalia-Werke's van conversion division, and in 2001 absorbed the remaining 51 %.

On 19 May 1999, Continental increased its stake to 51 percent.

From 1968 until 1999, FHI was 20 % owned by Nissan, who acquired the stake in 1968 during a period of government-ordered merging of Japanese auto industry firms in order to improve competitiveness against foreign companies under the administration of Prime Minister Eisaku Satō.

The present title was adopted in December 1999 when Swiss and Swedish investors took a 49 % stake in the company.

* 1999 New World First Ferry Services Limited established ; acquires 19. 9 % stake in Kwoon Chung Bus Holdings Limited

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer owned a 20 % stake in the channel from 1999 to 2001.

In June 1999, Compaq sold a majority stake in AltaVista to CMGI, an internet investment company.

In 1999 Mirror Group sold its stake to Granada

In 1999 the company entered the German cruise market with the acquisition of a majority stake in AIDA Cruises, completing a buy-out of the company in 2000.