Colangelo fired Showalter after a relatively disappointing 2000 season, and replaced him with Bob Brenly, the former Giants catcher and coach, who had up to that point been working as a color analyst on Diamondbacks television broadcasts.

The four reportedly pledged themselves to Jihad in the Spring of 2000, in a ceremony presided over by Wail – who had dubbed himself Abu Mossaeb al-Janubi after one of Muhammad's companions.

A Saudi, Haznawi had trained in Afghanistan after leaving his family to fight in Chechnya in 2000.

His father and brother, Abdul Rahman al-Haznawi, reportedly last heard from him in late 2000, after he made references to training in Afghanistan.

In 2000, after the U. S. version of the CBS program " Big Brother " premiered, the Estate of George Orwell sued CBS and its production company " Orwell Productions, Inc ." in federal court in Chicago for copyright and trademark infringement.

In October 2000, Slobodan Milošević was forced out of office after a disputed election.

As early as the Church Committee Report ( 1975 ), publicly available documents have indicated that the CIA attempted to prevent Allende from taking office after he was elected in 1970 ; the CIA itself released documents in 2000 acknowledging this and that Pinochet was one of their favored alternatives to take power.

Following a constitutional referendum of July 2000, the president of the CNSP decided to run for president, and indeed declared himself president after the elections of 22 October 2000.

Finally, however, after popular unrest Laurent Gbagbo became president and was sworn in on 26 October 2000.

A Danish study in 2000 found that even after adjustment for other risk factors, including leisure time physical activity, those who did not cycle to work experienced a 39 % higher mortality rate than those who did.

The CRTC finally granted a license to Milestone in 2000, after a cabinet order-in-council directed the commission to license two new radio stations that reflected the cultural diversity of the Toronto market, and CFXJ-FM launched in 2001.

In 2000, the Indians had a 44 – 42 start, but caught fire after the All Star break and went 46 – 30 the rest of the way to finish 90 – 72.

Their son Jake died just a day after his birth in June 2000 from a Group B streptococcal infection.

Examples include Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels ( 1998 ) ( wherein the slang is translated via subtitles in one scene ); The Limey ( 1999 ); Sexy Beast ( 2000 ); Snatch ( 2000 ); Ocean's Eleven ( 2001 ); and Austin Powers in Goldmember ( 2002 ); It's All Gone Pete Tong ( 2004 ), after BBC radio disc jockey Pete Tong whose name is used in this context as rhyming slang for " wrong "; Green Street Hooligans ( 2005 ).

It was ratified by the ELCA in 1999, the ECUSA in 2000, after the narrow failure of a previous agreement.

Immediately after Pfieffer's ouster, Capellas was elevated to interim chief operating officer by Rosen, and after several months Capellas was made President and CEO, also assuming the title of Chairman on September 28, 2000 when Rosen retired from the board of directors.

* Las Vegas, the 3rd race of the 2001 season, was noted for the fact that Mike Skinner, Earnhardt's teammate at Richard Childress Racing, took over Earnhardt's slot in the No Bull 5 million dollar eligibility for this race since Earnhardt had qualified for the No Bull 5 prize after his final victory in the 2000 Winston 500 at Talladega.

In 2000, after 3 years of insufficient rain, 50, 000 drought victims entered Djibouti.

Douglas died suddenly after only eight months in office, on October 1, 2000, and was replaced by Pierre Charles, also of the DLP.

* 2000 – U. S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.

D. David Bourland, Jr. ( 1928 – 2000 ) proposed E-Prime as an addition to Alfred Korzybski's general semantics some years after Korzybski's death in 1950.

The Constitution was rewritten on March 1, 2000 after first being adopted on July 17, 1919.

* How to Meet Girls ( 2000 ) Honest Don's Records

Markstein began the project during 1999 with several earlier titles: He changed Don's Cartoon Encyberpedia ( 1999 ) to Don Markstein's Cartoonopedia ( 2000 ) after learning the word " Encyberpedia " had been trademarked.

Cameroon's Marine Nationale République modernised and increased its capabilities during 2000 with the acquisition of a number of small Rodman patrol craft and the retirement of some small older craft.

On October 26, 2000, Brooks officially announced his retirement from recording and performing.

Franks succeeded General Anthony Zinni to this position on 6 July 2000 and served until his retirement on 7 July 2003.

On 29 May 2000, the Lagos Guardian newspaper reported that the now ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo commuted to retirement the dismissal of all military persons who fought for the breakaway state of Biafra during Nigeria's 1967 – 1970 civil war.

Shields was made Full Professor of English in 1995, and, on retirement in 2000, she became Professor Emerita at the University of Manitoba ..

2000 saw the year that Häkkinen conceded the title to Schumacher with 2001 yelding two victories and the announcement of a sabbatical that later turned into retirement.

Puppa developed back trouble that kept him out of all but four games during the season ; he would only play a total of 50 games from 1996 until his retirement in 2000.

He is a former umpire in Major League Baseball Umpire who worked in the American League from 1973 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues from 2000 until his retirement during the 2006 season.

Upon Starr's retirement in 2000, he was succeeded by Daily News writer Jay Maeder and artist Andrew Pepoy, beginning Monday, June 5, 2000.

Re-elected in November 2000, he served until his retirement after the 2003 municipal election.

In 2000, when Democratic U. S. Senator Frank Lautenberg announced his retirement, Whitman seriously considered being a candidate, but ultimately decided against running.

Landrieu served as Judge of the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeals from 1992 until his retirement in 2000.

From 1996 to 2000 and from 2004 until his retirement in 2008, Iliescu was a Senator for the Social Democratic Party ( PSD ), whose honorary president he remains.

In 2000, Dr. Alexander announced his retirement after 17 years of service.

He sat in the Senate until his mandatory retirement from the upper house on October 21, 2000 upon reaching his seventy-fifth birthday.

Shortly after his retirement from playing in 2000, Wright was awarded the MBE for his services to football.

He has two double-centuries in Tests, both of them against Australia: his personal best of 281 at Kolkata in 2000 – 01, and 200 * at Feroz Shah Kotla in 2008 – 09. On 18 August 2012, Laxman announced his retirement from international cricket.

: The facts of the matter became public knowledge with Art Bell's second retirement in 2000, when it was revealed that an actual criminal indictment was filed against a person who had assaulted a member of Bell's family.

Retirement: On April 1, 2000, Bell once again announced to his audience his retirement, which would occur on April 26, 2000 ( that from " The Washington Post " 4-1-00 ), but he offered no details other than expressing intentions to " resolve a family crisis.

He became a frequent substitute for the show's original host, Art Bell in late 1999, and when Bell announced his retirement in early 2000, he recommended Siegel to succeed him.

An early retirement again disrupted the Mons headquarters in 2000 as General Wesley Clark was shunted aside in favor of Air Force general Joseph Ralston.

Lautenberg announced his retirement in 2000, and his fellow Democrat and businessman, Jon Corzine, was elected to replace him.