In 2001 Enya recorded " May It Be ", which was featured in the first installment of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Fellowship of the Ring, and was her second consecutive single to enter the German charts at number one.

It includes most of her hits from 1988 to 2008 including a new version of " Aníron ", a song created for " The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring " in 2001.

In March 2001, he gave the tribute to Colin Cowdrey ( Lord Cowdrey of Tonbridge ) at his memorial service in Westminster Abbey.

* Oscar winners: Gladiator ( 2000 ), A Beautiful Mind ( 2001 ), Chicago ( 2002 ), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( 2003 ), Million Dollar Baby ( 2004 ), Crash ( 2005 ), The Departed ( 2006 ), No Country for Old Men ( 2007 ), Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ), The Hurt Locker ( 2009 )

MMORPGs, originating in the mid-to-late 1990s, become a popular PC trend and virtual online worlds become a reality as games such as RuneScape ( 2001 ), Final Fantasy XI ( 2002 ), Eve Online ( 2003 ), Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided ( 2003 ), World of Warcraft ( 2004 ), and Everquest II ( 2004 ), The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar ( 2007 ) and Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning ( 2008 ) are released.

* October 9 – Lord Hailsham, British politician ( d. 2001 )

The buyer was computer gaming entrepreneur and astronaut's son Richard Garriott ( also known by his gaming character Lord British ), who stated in a 2001 interview: " I purchased Lunakod 21 from the Russians.

The buyer was computer gaming entrepreneur and astronaut's son Richard Garriott ( also known as Lord British ), who stated in a 2001 interview with Computer Games Magazine's Cindy Yans that:

* British — Gaiman, Neil ( has lived in U. S. A. since 1992 ): " Harlequin Valentine " ( 1999 ), Harlequin Valentine ( 2001 ; graphic novel, illustrated by John Bolton ); Greenland, Colin: " A Passion for Lord Pierrot " ( 1990 ); Moorcock, Michael: The English Assassin and The Condition of Muzak ( 1972, 1977 ; hero Jerry Cornelius morphs with increasing frequency into role of Pierrot ), " Feu Pierrot " ( 1978 ); Stevenson, Helen: Pierrot Lunaire ( 1995 ).

Sir Ian McKellen portrayed Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ( 2001 – 2003 ) directed by Peter Jackson, though Sean Connery was also offered the role.

* Lord Russell of Liverpool, The French Corsairs ( London: Robert Hale, 2001 ).

* Kay was nominated for a World Fantasy Award in 1999 for Sailing to Sarantium, and in 2001 for Lord of Emperors.

In Peter Jackson's films The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 ) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( 2003 ) Bilbo is played by Ian Holm, who had played Frodo in the BBC radio series 20 years earlier.

In the Peter Jackson movies The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 ), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ( 2002 ) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( 2003 ), Sam was played by Sean Astin.

In Decipher Inc .' s The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game ( 2001 ), based on the Jackson films, Dwarven player-characters get bonuses to Vitality and Strength attributes and must be given craft skills.

Despite endorsing future Lord Mayor John So in the 2001 mayoral elections, Kennett was quoted as saying " I think the city is ready for a change ".

Whilst the 1665 letters patent provided for the Lord Mayor to hold the formal title of Right Honourable, this was repealed in 2001.

The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone, KG, CH, PC, QC ( 1988 – 2001 )

He was promoted in 2001 to Commons Whip and a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.

On October 4, 2004 a Committee of nine Lords, including both the Senior Law Lord Lord Bingham of Cornhill and Second Senior Law Lord Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, was convened to hear challenges to the indefinite detention of suspects under the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, and on December 16 it announced an 8-1 ruling against the Government.

Green in the 2001 Mayoral race, was well-publicized.

The first of reunions took place on April 16, 2001 and the second on December 3, 2007 ; in this reunion he was accompanied by historian Luis Rodriguez Mayoral.

Oakar unsuccessfully ran in the 2001 Cleveland Mayoral Primary and served a single term in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2000 to 2002.

During the 2001 Conservative leadership election, she could not find sufficient support amongst Conservative MPs for her leadership candidacy.

Gianfranco Fini was notably nominated Deputy Prime Minister after the 2001 general election and was Foreign Minister from November 2004 to May 2006.

The Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) and The Left ( Die Linke ) took control of the city government after the 2001 state election and won another term in the 2006 state election.

The CLP won control of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly at every election until 2001, when the ALP won.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for president in 1996 and 2001, before winning the 2006 presidential election.

The DPP became the largest party having reached a plurality in the Legislative Yuan for the first time in 2002 following the 2001 legislative election.

It was readmitted to the Commonwealth in December 2001, following the parliamentary election held to restore democracy in September that year, and is currently suspended again after the 2006 coup.

* 2001 – Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.

He has since retired from active politics, leaving the House of Commons at the 2001 general election.

He stood down at the 2001 general election.

Major retired from the House of Commons at the 2001 general election, made public on the Breakfast show with David Frost.

The presidential election that followed later in 2000 also was marred by irregularities and was not declared free and fair by international observers. In December 2001, through a constitutional amendment, the Russian language was given official status.

In 2001, elections incorporated more safeguards against voter fraud but opposition candidate ( and former leader ) Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah was nevertheless arrested prior to election day on charges of planning a coup, released the same day, and rearrested after the election.

The 2001 election completed Fraser's estrangement from the Liberal Party.

Presidential and legislative elections were held on November 4, 2001, the country's fourth free and fair election since 1990.

The NLP did not run any candidates for Parliament in the 2001 general election or in the succeeding by-elections.

She completed the remainder of Coulter's term, was returned at the 1996 election and re-elected in 2001.

* 2004 – The Arabic news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a video of Osama bin Laden in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U. S. presidential election.

Peruvians, whose expectations were raised during the 2000 and 2001 election campaigns, are frustrated at the slow pace of economic recovery and job creation.

Following the election of Ariel Sharon in February 2001, Ze ' evi joined the coalition and was appointed Tourism Minister of Israel.

It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements.

SLD formed a coalition with Labour Union before the 2001 Polish election and won it overwhelmingly at last by capturing about 5. 3 million votes, 42 % of the whole and won 200 of 460 seats in the Sejm and 75 of 100 in the Senate.

The election was marred by irregularities, and subsequent political violence claimed at least 23 lives in January 2001, mostly on Pemba island, where police used tear gas and bullets against demonstrators.