In 1991, the Library of Congress used the term ' Sudan People's Armed Forces ' to refer to the entire armed forces, but by the late 2000s ( decade ), the ' Sudanese Armed Forces ' term was most widespread.

The party declined in the 1990s and 2000s ( decade ), as it was put under pressure by the Swiss People's Party.

The People's Republic of China became more influential economically in the 1990s and 2000s and was beginning to be widely recognized as an emerging superpower.

The tank formed the backbone of the Chinese People's Liberation Army until early 2000s ( decade ) with an estimated 5, 000 of the later Type 59-I and Type 59-II variants in service in 2002.

Politically, the area in the early 2000s has witnessed competition between the governing Justice and Development Party and the mainly Kurdish-based Democratic People's Party, later revamped as Peace and Democracy Party.

The 2000s in Hong Kong began a new millennium under the People's Republic of China ( PRC ).

Eventually by the end of 2000s the People's Movement of Ukraine became part of the Our Ukraine block ( an electoral alliance of 72 out of 450 parliamentary seats ).

In the 2000s, the competition became more open as the " Big Six " teams – Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden, and the United States – as well as Slovakia became more evenly matched.

By the early 2000s, the Republic had become the second richest ( in terms of GDP per capita, adjusted for purchasing power parity ) member of the European Union, had moved from being a net recipient of EU funds to a net contributor, and from a position of net emigration to one of net imigration.

The dub, with character names changed, ran on Fox Kids ( now Disney XD ) in the United Kingdom, and on RTÉ Two in the Republic of Ireland in the early 2000s.

As of the late 1990s and early 2000s anticlericalism was reported to be significant in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

From the early 1990s to the early 2000s the domain was managed on behalf of the Republic of Kiribati by an Australian ISP, Connect. com. au with the Forum Fisheries Agency, based in Honiara, Solomon Islands as original sponsor, then transferred to the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development of Kiribati and finally to the Ministry of Communications, Transport, and Tourism Development.

In mid 2000s a DVD was released in the Czech Republic and in Slovakia with Slovak dubbing.

In the 2000s, Finkelstein has spent more time working overseas than in previous decades, with clients in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo and the Ukraine.

In the Republic of Ireland, many national primary roads were upgraded in the 1990s and 2000s to wide two lane road ( two lane road with space for three lanes, in addition to hard shoulders ) to allow more space for overtaking ( a very common manoeuvre in a country that had little dual carriageway until the early 2000s ).

In the 2000s, the competition became more open as the " big six " teams – Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden and the United States – as well as Slovakia became more evenly matched.

Although the official country name is " Republic of China " and its residents have been taught that their country is " China " and self-references in the educational system, textbooks, and school public announcements refer to students as " we Chinese ..." in the 1980s and 1990s, growing numbers of adults in the 2000s started identifying themselves as " Taiwanese " in the face of hostile Chinese stance and military threat in the 2000s and the Pan-Green Coalition's promotion of Taiwanese identity.

Due to the Portuguese sovereign debt crisis in the late 2000s, and the subsequent IMF-EU financial assistance to the Portuguese Republic from 2011 onward, many universities and other higher education institutions suffered financially.

In early 2000s, while promoting his movie No Man's Land, Bosniak director and former soldier in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the war Danis Tanović called Pretty Village, Pretty Flame " well made, but ethically problematic due to its shameful portrayal of the war in Bosnia ".

While China invested roughly 9 % of its GDP on infrastructure in the 1990s and 2000s, most emerging economies invested only 2 % to 5 % of their GDP.

The most significant evolution of the early 2000s in the economic landscape was the long-time predicted breakthrough of economic giant China, which had double-digit growth during nearly the whole decade.

( except Japan and South Korea ) in the late 1990s through the 2000s, with 8 million VCD players sold in China in 1997 alone,

In the 2000s, projects for diverting a significant amounts of Irtysh water within China, such as the proposed Black Irtysh-Karamai Canal, have been decried by Kazakh and Russian environmentalists.

In terms of buying-market, China overtook France in late 2000s as the world's third-largest art market, after the United States and the United Kingdom, due to the growing middle-class in the country.

Though the ROC no longer portrays itself as the sole legitimate government of China, the position of the PRC remained unchanged until the early 2000s, when the PRC began to soften its position on this issue to promote Chinese reunification.

Yuppification has occurred in economic booming nations of China, India, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and South Africa in the late 1990s and 2000s.

During the 1990s and early 2000s ( decade ), the Constitution's origins in mainland China led to supporters of Taiwan independence to push for a new Taiwanese Constitution.

China has been rapidly expanding its wind installations in the late 2000s and passed the U. S. in 2010 to become the world leader.

Since the 2000s Confucianism has been experiencing a great revival in China, as it is supported by the central government.

In the 2000s, they began operating another manufacturing facility in Zhongshan, China.

It is mainly produced in China, Russia and Belarus and started reaching the market in bulk quantities by the early 2000s.

Much of this was related to significant migration from Hong Kong during the 1990s and migration from Mainland China during the 2000s.

In the 1990s and 2000s, American automakers increasingly turned to China to create parts for their vehicles.

Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, both consumption and production of melamine grew considerably in mainland China.

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By the 2000s, the positive-sex position had driven various international human rights NGOs to actively pressure the Chinese government to abandon its official policy of banning prostitution in post-reform China and recognise ' voluntary ' prostitution as legitimate work ( Jeffreys 2009 ).

Since the 2000s, the emergence of indie rock in mainland China and Taiwan had exploded into a flourishing indie music scene in mainland China and Taiwan, adding various new diversities into Mandopop.

A revitalization program was initiated in the late part of the 2000s to rationalize and upgrade existing aircraft, resulting in a competition between ATR and Bombardier to supply the necessary equipment that met the needs of the archipelago.

The Academy has initiated a development of an international university in the early 2000s.

In the mid 2000s Cilvaringz, Ali B and Raymzter have commercially been successful and Lange Frans & Baas B have had multiple # 1 hits.

A few successful remixes of the song during the 1990s and 2000s along with new versions of the song by Lonnie Gordon, Diana Ross, Chantay Savage, rock group Cake and others as well as constant recurrent airplay on nearly all Soft AC and Rhythmic format radio stations have helped to keep the song in the mainstream.

In the 2000s, the Patriots became one of the most successful teams in NFL history.

By contrast, the Indianapolis Colts — among the most successful franchises in any sport during the 2000s with quarterback Peyton Manning — had a 2-14 record in 2011 because of injuries that prevented Manning from playing.

Some of the most popular and successful online sites or search engines of the 2000s included Google, Yahoo !, Wikipedia, Amazon, eBay, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

In the late 2000s, motion controlled video games grew in popularity, from the PlayStation 2's EyeToy to Nintendo's successful Wii console.

More recently, IWW members were involved in the Liverpool dockers ' strike that took place between 1995 and 1998, and numerous other events and struggles throughout the 1990s and 2000s ( decade ), including the successful unionising of several workplaces, such as support workers for the Scottish Socialist Party.

It was highly successful and formed most of the body of knowledge about Mars through the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Post-Britpop bands like Travis, Stereophonics and Coldplay, influenced by Britpop acts, particularly Oasis, with more introspective lyrics, were some of the most successful rock acts of the late late 1990s and early 2000s.

Subsequent releases would be less successful, but the band continued to tour on the nostalgia circuit well into the 2000s.

During the 2000s she maintained a successful, critically acclaimed career, alternating between French and English language roles in both mainstream and art-house productions.

The early 2000s were generally not successful years for Australian cinema, with several confronting dramas proving unpopular at the box office.

Borat is a successful film from the 2000s which uses this style, and the 2007 film, Surf's Up, is an example of an animated mockumentary.

Norah Jones became a successful musician in the 2000s, winning eight Grammy Awards in 2003.

On December 11, 2009, Jay-Z was ranked as the 10th most successful artist of 2000s by Billboard and ranking as the 5th top solo male artist and as the 4th top rapper behind Eminem, Nelly, and 50 Cent.

In the 2000s, with the original line up back together, the band found new popularity after a successful greatest hits reunion tour in 1999.

Billboard magazine ranks the group as one of the greatest musical trios of all time, the ninth most successful artist / band of the 2000s, and placed the group 68th in its All-Time Hot 100 Artists list in 2008.

By the 1970s, Haggard was aligned with the growing outlaw country movement, and has continued to release successful albums through the 1990s and into the 2000s.

Billboard magazine also ranked him as the sixth best and most successful Hot 100 Artist of the 2000s and as the number one rap artist of the 2000s.

Both Vangelis and Roussos pursued successful solo careers, Roussos as a pop singer and Vangelis first in electronic music, then in movie soundtracks, which made him a successful film score composer of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s ( decade ), having penned such titles as 1982's Ridley Scott's Blade Runner and 2004's Oliver Stone's Alexander among many others.

The town centre itself has undergone a successful transition from being an uninteresting ' dormitory town ' service centre in the 1980s to a relatively thriving and well-planned retail and business district by the 2000s.

Bynes appeared in several successful television series, such as All That and The Amanda Show, on Nickelodeon in the mid to late 1990s and early 2000s, and in 2002, she starred in the TV series, What I Like About You.