Also, by 1999, 38-40 % of the population of the Cayman Islands was of Jamaican origin and in 2004 / 2005 little over 50 % of the expatriates working in the Cayman Islands ( i. e. 8, 000 ) were Jamaicans ( with the next largest expatriate communities coming from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada ).

* " On Thin Ice: How Advocates and Opponents Could Misread the Public's Views on Vouchers and Charter Schools ," Public Agenda, 1999 Public opinion study that concluded most Americans did not understand the voucher concept, even in communities that already had such programs.

In 1999, the National Route 66 Preservation Bill allocated $ 10 million in matching fund grants to individuals, corporations and communities preserving or restoring historic properties along that route.

William Dalrymple reviewing the literature in 1999 tells us that J. E. Hanauer in his 1907 book Folklore of the Holy Land: Muslim, Christian and Jewish " mentioned a shrine in the village of Beit Jala, beside Bethlehem, which at the time was frequented by all three of Palestine's religious communities.

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.

In particular, the statement by the co-chairmen on the 23 February 1999 that the negotiations have led to a consensus on substantial autonomy for Kosovo, including on mechanisms for free and fair elections to democratic institutions, for the governance of Kosovo, for the protection of human rights and the rights of members of national communities ; and for the establishment of a fair judicial system.

On May 3, 1999 parts of southern Oklahoma City and nearby communities suffered one of the most powerful tornadoes on record.

One definition of ecotourism is " the practice of low-impact, educational, ecologically and culturally sensitive travel that benefits local communities and host countries " ( Honey, 1999 ).

* Scheyvens, R., 1999, Ecotourism and the empowerment of local communities.

In 1999 Survival International published a study of the Innu communities of Labrador.

In July, 1999, Hazard was the first stop on President Bill Clinton's tour of poverty-stricken communities that had failed to share in the boom of the 1990s.

The city was incorporated in July 1999, in a merger of the previously unincorporated communities of Marriott and Slaterville.

After performing on the activist-oriented Spitfire Tour in 1999, Ray and Sailers joined forces with The Spitfire Agency to develop the Honor The Earth Tour, which visits colleges and Native communities, and raises money for their non profit of the same name.

* David Copeland, a British Neo-Nazi who killed three people in a bombing campaign against London's black, Asian and gay communities in April 1999, quoted from The Turner Diaries while being interviewed by police.

The anthem was adopted on 25 June 1999, by the promulgation of the Law on the National Anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina, replacing the previous anthem, " Jedna si jedina ", which apparently excluded the country's Serb and Croat communities, though, was in use from February 10, 1998, as the flag and coat of arms.

According to OSCE estimations, before the Kosovo War of 1999 the municipality had a population of about 145, 000, of which 93 % were Kosovo Albanians and 7 % non-majority communities, including some 3, 000 Kosovo Serbs, who mostly lived in the main town.

The NSM was not widely known until 1999 when David Copeland, the London nail-bomber, received six life sentences for his April 1999 bombing campaign against London's black, Asian, and gay communities, which killed three people, including a pregnant woman, and injured 129, some of whom lost limbs.

The municipality Kastro-Kyllini was created in 1999 as part of the Kapodistrias reform from the formerly independent communities Kyllini, Kato Panagia, Kastro and Neochori, that became municipal districts.

Immediately in 1999 the new Nunavut government recommenced the construction of public housing, which the NWT had abandoned, taking the first steps to address the massive overcrowding and severe housing deficit facing all Nunavut communities, as well as developing innovations in assisting home ownership and first time purchasers.

In the first ten years of Nunavut, Inuit employment rates far exceeded those in the former Northwest Territories and showed stead improvement since 1999 ; however, these rates were still highest in the lowest education and pay categories, skilled positions remained unfilled in many communities, and the classic issues around minority employment efforts became part of the Nunavut public agenda.

Practical adjustments were made to the locations recommended by the Office of the Interim Commissioner for many functions in 1999 and 2000, but many other positions were assigned to communities on a community development rather than a functional basis.

* David Copeland, known as the " London Nailbomber " after a 13-day bombing campaign in April 1999 aimed at London's black, Asian, and gay communities, grew up in Yateley, though resided in nearby Cove in Farnborough at the time of the attack.

The Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) issued stormwater regulations for large cities in 1990 and for other communities in 1999.

In 1999, at a meeting in Cairo, the DFLP and the PFLP agreed to cooperate with the PLO leadership in final status negotiations with Israel.

Ecuador and the U. S. agreed in 1999 to a 10-year arrangement whereby U. S. military surveillance aircraft could use the airbase at Manta, Ecuador, as a Forward Operating Location to detect drug trafficking flights through the region.

In the last days of 1948, a ceasefire was agreed under UN auspices, but since the plebiscite demanded by the UN was never conducted, relations between India and Pakistan soured, and eventually led to two more wars over Kashmir in 1965 and 1999.

The rules governing good neighbourly relations agreed between Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia were set in the Joint Declaration of February 22, 1999 reaffirmed by a joint memorandum signed on January 22, 2008 in Sofia.

In 1998, Mobil and Exxon agreed on a merger to create ExxonMobil, which was completed on November 30, 1999.

In October 1999, the United Nations agreed to send peacekeepers to help restore order and disarm the rebels.

It agreed to be lead country for several initiatives in 1999, including hosting an environmental security seminar.

The Honiara Peace Accord was agreed on 28 June 1999.

In 1993, the University of Puget Sound and Seattle University agreed on a transfer of the law school to Seattle University ; in August 1994 the transfer was completed, and the school physically moved to the Seattle University campus in 1999.

Palestine was granted special observer status to the UPU in 1999, and in 2008 Israel agreed for its mail to be routed through Jordan.

The border with Oman also remains officially unsettled, but the two governments agreed to delineate the border in May 1999.

The air force agreed in 1999 to purchase 80 advanced U. S. F-16 multirole fighter aircraft.

Sassou Nguesso proclaimed himself President on October 25, 1997, but Militia forces loyal to Lissouba continued a guerrilla war, the vital Congo-Ocean Railway from the coastal city of Pointe-Noire was cut, and Brazzaville was heavily damaged before a cease-fire was agreed in December 1999.

In 1999 Iridium agreed to timeshare a portion of spectrum, allowing radio astronomers to observe hydroxyl emissions ; the amount of shared spectrum was recently reduced from 2. 625 MHz.

In June 1999 Fujitsu's historical connection with Siemens was revived, when the two companies agreed to merge their European computer operations into a new 50: 50 joint venture called Fujitsu Siemens Computers, which became the world's fifth-largest computer manufacturing company.

Despite the appeal of Bracks, Kennett entered the 1999 election campaign with a seemingly unassailable lead, and most commentators and opinion polls agreed that he would win a third term.

The league and the court agreed, and Lemieux, with help from supermarket tycoon Ronald Burkle, assumed control on September 3, 1999 — thus saving the franchise for the second time.

In 1999, the two countries agreed to normalize travel to the Falkland Islands () from the mainland and resumed direct flights.

In a plea agreement in 1999, LFP, Inc. ( Flynt's corporate holdings group ) pleaded guilty to two counts of pandering obscenity and agreed to stop selling adult videos in Cincinnati.

In the spring of 1999, Don King and Oscar De la Hoya's promoter, Bob Arum, agreed to co-promote a mega-fight for the Lineal, World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation welterweight championships on September 18, 1999 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.

After a long battle of libel suits, in 1999 the church agreed in a settlement to issue an apology and pay £ 55, 000 damages and £ 100, 000 costs to the Woods.

The town made history in December 1999, when it agreed to rename ( proclaim ) itself as Half. com, Oregon ( albeit temporarily: for a year ) after the e-commerce company as a publicity stunt and became the first city in the United States to rename itself for a dot-com company.

In 1999 the parties splitting PrimeCo agreed that the former headquarters would become the headquarters of the PrimeCo operations taken over by Vodafone AirTouch.