In 2005, Army Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer and Congressman Curt Weldon alleged that the Defense Department data mining project Able Danger identified Mihdhar, Hazmi, Shehhi and Atta as members of a Brooklyn-based al-Qaeda cell in early 2000.

In 2000 it was estimated that 3, 500 tailings impoundments existed, and that every year, 2 to 5 major failures and 35 minor failures occurred ; for example, in the Marcopper mining disaster at least 2 million tons of tailings were released into a local river.

In April 2000, Venezuela's President decreed a new mining law, and regulations were adopted to encourage greater private sector participation in mineral extraction.

The share of industry as a whole ( including the mining industry ) to the GDP increased from 30 percent in 2000 to 37, 3 percent in 2010.

There is evidence of flint mining in local caves as early as 2000 BCE ; the stone was used to produce crude tools.

It was a thriving mining town at the beginning of the 20th century when more than 2000 people lived in and around the community.

No plat was filed for Flat, and the town site rests on mining claims, so the existence of Flat may contravene the law, but the U. S. Post Office acknowledged the community and served its few residents with an office until the year 2000.

Between 1986 and 2000, the Primary year-round residents were a small family of five who worked together to maintain and upkeep the area in the off season for mining.

Located in the Silver Valley mining region, the population was 188 at the 2010 census, down from 215 in 2000.

The population was 1, 118 at the 2000 census, most of the recent population growth was from the near abandonment of nearby towns of Cardin and Picher from ground contamination sites by local mining quarries.

According to the 2000 United States Census, the industries in the town ( by percentage of employed civilian population 16 years and over ) were manufacturing at 20. 4 %, educational, health and social services with 19. 9 %, retail trade at 12. 8 %, arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services with 9. 0 %, construction at 8. 0 %, other services ( except public administration ) with 6. 8 %, transportation, warehousing, and utilities at 4. 6 %, public administration with 3. 9 %, professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services at 3. 7 %, finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing with 3. 4 %, wholesale trade at 3. 4 %, information with 2. 2 % and agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining at 1. 9 %.

A 50-year titanium mining operation by DuPont was set to begin in 1997, but protests and public – government opposition over the possibly disastrous environmental effects throughout 1996 – 2000 caused the company to abandon the project in 2000 and retire their mineral rights forever.

There are 25 separate references to mining expeditions in the Sinai, and four to expeditions in wadi Hammamat, one of which had over 2000 workers.

The term is roughly synonymous with text mining ; indeed, Ronen Feldman modified a 2000 description of " text mining " in 2004 to describe " text analytics.

The rich mining history of the town was highlighted in the 2000 blockbuster film Billy Elliot which was set during the UK miners ' strike ( 1984-1985 ) in the fictional County Durham town of ' Everington ', but which displayed characteristics particular to East Durham pit communities such as Seaham and Easington Colliery – both towns feature as locations in the film, notably Dawdon Miners ' Club, into which Billy's dad runs when he learns his son has won an audition at dance school.

From white settlement until 2000 most of the area was devoted to cattle ranching, with mining and sugar cane growing ( irrigated from Mutirikwi ), and communal areas where subsistence farming is carried out.

Soda ash mining from trona veins 900 and 1600 feet ( 300 and 500 m ) deep is a major industrial activity in the area, employing over 2000 persons at four mines.

This tranquillity contrasts with the village ’ s vibrant past as an important meeting place around 2000 BC, later as a watering point for drovers ’ animals at the intersection of several trade routes, and, for over 700 years, as a busy industrial centre supporting the local lead mining industry.

The last deep pit in the area, at Risehow, closed in 1966 and open-cast mining ended in 2000.

In the year 2000, the province came into mineral development with the Veladero Project of Barrick Gold, which, on the first year of mining alone, yielded more than 11, 000 ounces of gold.

* 2000 – July, MR suspends mining operations due to high energy costs ; HSB water allowed to flow back into pit, increasing pit filling rate.

Evidence of tin mining begins to appear in Brittany, Devon and Cornwall, and in the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 BC, and all are possible candidates for the Cassiterides ( Tin Islands ), believed to be situated somewhere near the west coasts of Europe.

Tourism accounted for 7 percent of GDP in Guadeloupe in 2000.

While European immigrants accounted for nearly 60 % of the total foreign population in 1970, they accounted for only 15 % in 2000.

Soufrière Hills continues to play a detrimental role in both agricultural and economic activity on Montserrat. Today, Montserrat ’ s main economic activity is in construction and government services which together accounted for about 50 percent of GDP in 2000 when it was EC $ 76 million.

Agriculture accounted for 85 % of total employment ( formal and informal ) for 2000.

A conservative estimate from the Federal Reserve Board in Kansas, based on 2000 data, shows that basic travel and tourism industries accounted for 3. 6 percent of all U. S. employment.

According to OECD, " While European-born immigrants accounted for nearly 60 % of the total foreign-born population in 1970, they accounted for only 15 % in 2000.

In 2000, the oil and gas industry accounted for 57. 5 % of Sakhalin's industrial output.

Native Americans accounted for 71. 8 percent in 2000.

As of 2000, speakers of Spanish as their first language accounted for 51. 63 % of residents, while English was spoken by 46. 07 %, Tagalog was spoken by 1. 05 %, Vietnamese was spoken by 0. 68 %, Korean was spoken by 0. 37 %, French by 0. 17 % of the population.

As of 2000, English as a first language accounted for 55. 46 % of all residents, while French Creole accounted for 20. 15 %, Spanish was at 17. 12 %, and Portuguese as a mother tongue made up 7. 24 % of the population.

As of 2000, English as a first language accounted for 54. 71 % of all residents, while Spanish accounted for 41. 80 %, French Creole made up 1. 57 %, Tagalog was at 1. 32 %, and French was the mother tongue for 0. 57 % of the population.

As of 2000, English as a first language accounted for 56. 76 % of residents, while Spanish made up 34. 98 %, and French Creole was the mother tongue of 8. 25 % of the population.

As of 2000, English as a first language accounted for 98. 31 % of all residents, while Spanish made up 1. 68 % of the population.

As of 2000, before being annexed to West Park, English as a first language accounted for 96. 90 % of all residents, while Spanish accounted for 2. 19 %, and French Creole as a mother tongue made up 0. 90 % of the population.

As of 2000, English as a first language accounted for 76. 00 % of all residents, while Spanish made up 22. 81 %, and French was the mother tongue of 1. 17 % of the population.

As of 2000, before annexation to Southwest Ranches, speakers of English as a first language accounted for 78. 46 % of all residents, while Spanish as a mother tongue made up 21. 53 % of the population.

As of 2000, English as a first language accounted for 75. 54 % of all residents, while Spanish accounted for 10. 21 %, French made up 8. 35 %, Italian was at 4. 02 %, and Hebrew was the mother tongue of 1. 85 % of the population.

In 2000, English as a first language accounted for 97. 37 % of all residents, while Spanish was the mother tongue for 2. 62 % of the population.

Since accurate base maps are necessary for any planning program, the first step taken by the planning division to implement the long-range state plan has been to prepare two series of base maps -- one at a scale of 1 inch to a mile, and the second a series of 26 sheets at a scale of 1 inch to 2000 feet, covering the entire state.

The films below are listed with their production year, so the Oscar 2000 for best art direction went to a film from 1999.

Public demonstrations usually take place without government interference, though one rally in November 2000 by an opposition party was followed by the arrest and imprisonment for a month of its organizer.

* In November 2000, nuclear spin temperatures below 100 pK were reported for an experiment at the Helsinki University of Technology's Low Temperature Lab.

It was rebuilt again by 1783 and this is the building that can be seen today, unchanged except for renovations done to it in 2000.

The International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen was awarded in the year 2000 to the President of the United States, Bill Clinton, for his special personal contribution to cooperation with the states of Europe, for the preservation of peace, freedom, democracy and human rights in Europe, and for his support of the enlargement of the European Union.

* 2000 – Second Battle of Elephant Pass: Tamil Tigers capture a strategic Sri Lankan Army base and hold it for 8 years.

Around 2000, an expedition led by the Japanese Daisuke Takahashi, searching for Selkirk's camp on the island ( juan fernandez ), found part of an early eighteenth ( or late seventeenth ) century nautical instrument that almost certainly belonged to Selkirk.

The following year the Amiga product line was expanded with the introduction of two new models: the Amiga 2000 for high-end graphics and business use, and the Amiga 500 for home use.

The Amiga brand was then sold to another PC manufacturer, Gateway 2000, which had announced grand plans for it.

On January 23, Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coach and former linebackers coach for the 2000 Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens Mike Smith was named the Falcons ' new head coach.

This meant it could provide a separate programmable character for all of the 1024 ( 64x16 ) or 2000 ( 80x25 ) characters on the screen.

In her speech at the 2000 Conservative conference, she called for a zero tolerance policy of prosecution, albeit with only £ 100 fines as the punishment, for users of cannabis.

Examples of this wider range of anthem subjects include Marilyn Manson's Irresponsible Hate Anthem and Silverchair's Anthem for the Year 2000.

* Tobin, Paul N., 2000, " Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Life?

* Telecom New Zealand — Operated an AMPS / TDMA network in New Zealand from 1987 until 2007 throughout the whole country and the network was renowned for its superb coverage, In 2000 Telecom announced that they would discontinue the AMPS network within 5 years ( 2005 ) to give customers an opportunity to transition to the CDMA2000 and later 1XRTT technologies that replaced it.

As part of the introduction of mobile phone competition in Australia, the Australian government mandated GSM as the new standard for mobile networks, and required that Telstra close the AMPS network by 2000.

A 2008 Senate investigation found that Biederman also received $ 1. 6 million in speaking and consulting fees between 2000 and 2007 — some of them undisclosed to Harvard — from companies including makers of antipsychotic drugs prescribed for children with bipolar disorder.

After two previous failures, voters in the city passed a ballot measure in 2000 authorizing a bond measure for construction of a new library to replace the city's Carnegie library, damaged during the Loma Prieta earthquake.

Thus for an ion which traverses a 1 m flight path, across a time of 2000 ns, given an initial accelerating voltage of 5000 V and noting that one amu is 1 × 10 < sup >− 27 </ sup > kg, the mass-to-charge ratio ( more correctly the mass-to-ionisation value ratio ) becomes Z amu / charge.

He left his family in 2000 to complete the Hajj, but later went to Afghanistan bound for an al-Qaeda training camp where he befriended other future hijackers and would soon be chosen to participate in the attacks.