Since the July 2006 elections, the country is led by a semi-presidential, strongly-decentralized state.

Since 20 July 2004, ELDR is politically represented in the European Parliament by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe ( ALDE ) parliamentary group, formed in conjunction with the European Democratic Party.

Since July 2007, following the 2006 Palestinian legislative election and the following Battle of Gaza, Hamas has functioned as the de-facto ruler in the Gaza Strip, forming an alternative Hamas Government in Gaza.

* Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ( Since 31 July 2011 ).

Since July 2012, Odyssey has been back in full, nominal operation mode following three weeks of ' safe ' mode on remote maintenance.

* Christine Clark, The British Malting Industry Since 1830, Hambledon Continuum ( 1 July 1998 ), ISBN 1-85285-170-8

Since 9 July 2009, the Prefect is Cardinal Angelo Amato, while the current secretary ( appointed 29 December 2010 ) is Archbishop Marcello Bartolucci

Since 1 July 2011, Woodlands Train Checkpoint serves as the southern terminus of the KTM rail network.

Since the secession of South Sudan in July 2011, estimates place the current population of Sudan at a little over 30 million.

Since privatisation extensions have been made to the tram system, with the $ 28 million extension of the 109 to Box Hill opening on 2 May 2003, a $ 7. 5 million extension along Docklands Drive in Docklands opened on 4 January 2005, and a $ 42. 6 million extension of the 75 to Vermont South opening on 23 July 2005.

Since late July 2010, when Fox began to broadcast their sports programming with graphics optimized for 16: 9 displays rather than the 4: 3 safe area, the network has asked cable and satellite providers to comply and use the No. 10 Active Format Description code they now send out over Fox programming, which has 16: 9 content display in letterboxed mode on 4: 3 screens and has graphical elements optimized for the 16: 9 screen.

Since 2001, extremes at Hereford Credenhill have ranged from during July 2006, to as low as during December 2010

Since in early July 1940 it was believed by both Hitler and Raeder that Britain would soon surrender, the decision to resume the Z Plan, which meant spending hundreds of millions of Reichsmarks building warships that would take at least five years to finish, reflected plans for an ultimate war with the United States.

Since July 2007, there has also been a complete audio edition of the news-magazine available 9pm London time on Thursdays.

Since July 2011 Chongqing is officially linked to Duisburg, Germany by a freight rail across Eurasia.

Since the bulk of both troops and aircraft were American, Brereton, a U. S. Army Air Forces officer, was named by Eisenhower on 16 July and appointed by SHAEF on 2 August.

Since these two concepts were irreconcilable, Mečiar and Klaus agreed ( after intense negotiations, but without having consulted the population in a referendum ) on 23 July in Bratislava to dissolve Czecho-Slovakia and to create two independent states.

Since July 1996, the group had launched a string of attacks on civilians ( whom they identified as Catholics ), killing at least five.

Since 1997, the magician and comedian Carl-Einar Häckner, together with Swedish and foreign guest artists and a variety orchestra, have had a main stage variety during most of July each season.

500 Index Drops to Its Lowest Level Since 1997, Bloomberg News, July 19, 2002

Since his election in July 1994 to a 5-year term as Belarus's first President Alexander Lukashenko has consolidated power steadily.

Since July 2012, FIDE issues a ratings list once every month.

Since that time, the Seventh-day Adventists have held an annual camp-meeting on the site in July, with up to 20, 000 attending on weekends.

Since signing a ceasefire agreement in 2001, the latest available UNICEF figures show that the LTTE has abducted 5, 666 children until July 2006, although the organization speculates that only about a third of such cases are reported to them.

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.

Since 2000, there have also been complete recordings issued or re-issued of the operas Axur Re d ' Ormus, Falstaff, Les Danaïdes, La Locandiera, La grotta di Trofonio, Prima la musica e poi le parole and Il mondo alla rovescia.

* Since 2000, with name-brand computer sales in decline, anime shops have arisen in their place, selling to the otaku crowd.

His folksy manner led him to be nicknamed " Bubba ", especially in the Southern U. S. Since 2000, he has frequently been referred to as " The Big Dog " or " Big Dog.

Since the launch of Breakfast in 2000, the programme has been simulcast on both BBC One and BBC News, replacing the individual breakfast news programmes that had been run by both channels.

Since 2000, the Einstein Papers Project has been located at Caltech.

Since then they have had four separate periods in the top flight of English football: between 1936 – 1957, 1986 – 1990, 1998 – 1999 and 2000 – 2007.

Since then, the Presario was rebranded under HP's laptop computer line as the HP 2000 series.

Since 2000, with a struggling Gateway was taken over by eMachines, this left only Dell as Compaq's major competitor, however Dell became the number one supplier of PCs in 2001.

Since 2000, the pace of structural reforms, including fiscal, monetary policies, privatization and new business legislations, helped Egypt move towards a more market-oriented economy and prompted increased foreign investment.

Since 1993, the Eritrean People ’ s Liberation Front army has been involved in tree planting ; the annual average rate of deforestation during 1990 – 2000 was 0. 3 percent.

** Hays, Samuel P. ' A History of Environmental Politics Since 1945 ( 2000 ), abridged version

Since 2000, the Military has had a sometimes tense relationship with the Qarase government, and has strongly opposed its plans to establish a Commission with the power to compensate victims and pardon perpetrators of the coup.

Since 2000, new information technology and business projects have been fostered in the Faroe Islands to attract new investment.

Since about year 2000, with the power of computers to crunch vast quantities of data, a new career has been invented.

Since about 2000, most of the top 10 women have held the GM title.

Since 2000, individual trampoline has been included in the Olympic Games.

Since then, gubernatorial elections have been offset by two years from U. S. Presidential elections ( e. g., Presidential elections were in 2000 and 2004, gubernatorial elections were in 1998 and 2002 ).

Since the peak of 1980, the nominal GDP of Iraq steadily shrunk to $ 12. 3 billion in 2000.

Since 2000, he has portrayed NYPD Detective Odafin Tutuola on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Since 2000 he has portrayed Odafin " Fin " Tutuola, a former undercover narcotics officer transferred to the Special Victims Unit.

Since 2000, ICQ and AIM users are able to add each other to their contact list without the need for any external clients.

Since 2000, NTT's ISDN offering have been known as FLET's ISDN, incorporating the " FLET's " brand that NTT uses for all of its ISP offerings.

Since 2000, Jersey's " external personality " has developed, recognised in the preamble to the States of Jersey Law 2005 which refers to " an increasing need for Jersey to participate in matters of international affairs ".

Since the previous census in 2000 the country's population decreased by 309 thousand or 13 %.