In implementing its strategy to regain political dominance over post-Soviet countries by taking over their economic infrastructure, the Russian state, since 2000, has acquired several key assets in the energy sector and Soviet-era industrial plants.

Andersson's next project was Mamma Mia !, a musical built around 24 of ABBA's songs, which has become a worldwide box-office blockbuster with versions in several languages currently being played in many countries, including the UK ( West End premiere in April 1999 ), Canada ( Toronto premiere in 2000 ), the USA ( Broadway premiere in 2001 ), and Sweden ( Swedish language premiere in 2005 ).

The award has drawn criticism in recent years because several players with experience in Nippon Professional Baseball ( NPB ) have won the award, such as Hideo Nomo in 1995, Kazuhiro Sasaki in 2000, and Ichiro Suzuki in 2001.

In a separate nod to pressure to restore civilian rule, the government organized several committees to compose a new constitution, including the August 2000 National Congress and November 2000 Tripartite Commission.

* The Feast of Love ( 2000 ) ( Pantheon Books ), a reimagined Midsummer Night's Dream, a story told through the eyes of several different people.

In 2000, the British publisher Gollancz Science Fiction issued a two-volume, complete edition of Howard's Conan stories as part of its Fantasy Masterworks imprint, which including several stories that had never seen print in their original form.

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.

EDuke was released as a patch for Atomic Edition users on July 28, 2000, and included a demo mod made by several beta testers.

In 2000, Walt Disney, Texas Instruments and Technicolor with the cooperation of several U. S. and international exhibitors, began to deploy prototype Digital Cinema systems in commercial theatres.

A North American ( Region 1 ) release of the Video Collection DVD was announced on several occasions during 2000 – 2001, but it did not occur ; the reason for which has never been officially stated.

However, mostly since 2000, due to the always increasing expenditures, several teams, including works teams from car makers and those teams with minimal support from the automotive industry, have become bankrupt or been bought out by companies wanting to establish a team within the sport ; these buyouts are also influenced by Formula One limiting the number of participant teams.

The city has hosted several promotional functions and some international sports events: in 1950 it hosted the VI Central American and Caribbean Games, and in 2000 the FIFA Futsal World Championship.

Oxford University Press's art history text Australian Painting 1788 – 2000 concludes with a long discussion of graffiti's key place within contemporary visual culture, including the work of several Australian practitioners.

* Between 2000 and 2004, an ex-convict tortured several animals and killed a homeless man.

This factorization was a collaboration of several research institutions, spanning two years and taking the equivalent of almost 2000 years of computing on a single-core 2. 2 GHz AMD Opteron.

Lawrence taught at several schools, and continued to paint until a few weeks before his death in June 2000 at the age of eighty-two.

His works were published several times in the 15th Century and a copy of a 1465 version was sold in 2000 for more than $ 1m.

The LTTE has been accused of hijacking several vessels and ships in waters outside Sri Lanka, including Ocean Trader ( in October 1994 ), Irish Mona ( in August 1995 ), Princess Wave ( in August 1996 ), Athena ( in May 1997 ), Misen ( in July 1997 ), Morong Bong ( in July 1997 ), MV Cordiality ( in September 1997 ), Princess Kash ( in August 1998 ), Newko ( in July 1999 ), Uhana ( in June 2000 ), Fuyuan Ya 225 ( Chinese trawler, in March 2003 ), MV Farah III ( in December 2006 ) and City of Liverpool ( in January 2007 ).

The institute hosted several week-long intensives between 1995 and 2004, and published eight issues of Living Text: The Journal of Contemporary Midrash from 1997 to 2000.

By 2000, the middleware vendor InterSystems had become the dominant player in the MUMPS market with the purchase of several other vendors.

Atta disappeared from Germany for periods of time, spending some time in Afghanistan, including several months in late 1999 and early 2000 when he met Osama bin Laden and other top al-Qaeda leaders.

Since the death of Vernon Green, in 2000, the group has been " reconstituted " by several musicians and singers who backed up, and / or recorded with Green prior to his death.

After several years of substantial growth, foreign direct investment not related to privatization fell dramatically in 2000 and 2001, as well as in the first half of 2002.

The smallest of these plants had about 100 pumps ; several plants had over 2000.

In 2000, Bill Viola collaborated with the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, and its lead singer Trent Reznor to create a video suite for the band's tour.

This would be the band's last work with Sherwood, who left the band after at the tour's conclusion in early 2000.

He was-together with Dominique Cravic-the founder of " Les Primitifs du Futur ", a French music band, based on French musette / folk, jazz and blues, and played on that band's 2000 album " World Musette ".

Terl Bryant departed the band between these two albums, and Frank Van Essen returned to fill the vacant spot, playing drums as well as violin, which could be heard on the band's 2000 album, Open Sky.

Following the tour, singer Chris Robinson married actress Kate Hudson on December 31, 2000, before heading back to the studio to record the band's sixth studio album.

So impressed was the King by the band's performance that he made a successful personal request for EWF to perform in Morocco for his 37th birthday celebration, on August 21, 2000.

Along with Ronnie Lane, he formed a new band called the Majik Mijits in 1981, but this band's lone album Together Again: The Lost Majik Mijits Recordings was not issued until 2000.

Lewis also spent three years ( 2000 – 2003 ) as a guitarist with the reformed Electric Prunes, contributing to the band's Artifact album ( 2002 ).

The band's music has been used in video games ( NASCAR 2000 ) and commercials ( Busch Beer ).

Rhino's 2000 release, Sibling Rivalry, offered the band's first new studio album in nine years.

In addition to multiple swings through the United States and Europe, 2000 saw the band's first and only visits to Australia and Japan.

He participated in the band's three reunion attempts with David Lee Roth in 2000 and 2001.

Following the release of the band's second album, Maybe I'll Catch Fire ( 2000 ), Glenn Porter left the band and was replaced by Mike Felumlee for its subsequent album, From Here to Infirmary ( 2001 ).

The band's third album, Black Market Music, released in October 2000, further experimented with genres outside of their tense rock sound.

Smile ( 2000 ), produced by Bob Ezrin, had more of a pop music feel ( which utilized new sounds for the band like drum loops and synthesizers ), jarring some of the band's long-time fans.

Their second release, the Glimpse EP, came in 2000, and another EP, 2001's self-titled Trapt, served as the band's demo.

Their third album Rock ' n ' Roll Highschool came out in 2000 and consisted of electronic elements, which were a departure from the band's previous hardcore sound.

A new tour followed, including the band's first concerts in Scandinavia, and in 2000, Ancient played at Wacken Open Air main stage with the new drummer GroM who joined in May 2000.

In September 2000, the band's album Revelation was released.

Live was released in 2000, and the band's fifth studio album, Ancient Melodies of the Future, was released in 2001.

Jason Rullo returned to the drums for the band's fifth album, V: The New Mythology Suite, released in 2000.

The band's first full-length release was in 2000, with the self-titled album Demons & Wizards.

A performance of the song recorded during the band's twenty-fifth anniversary concert at Brixton Academy, on 22 October 2000, appears on their 25 & Alive Boneshaker DVD.