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The 2000s (pronounced "two-thousands") was a decade that began on January 1, 2000, and ended on December 31, 2009.

The early part of the decade saw the long predicted breakthrough of economic giants in Asia, like India and China, which had double-digit growth during nearly the whole decade. It is also benefited from an economic boom, which saw the two most populous countries becoming an increasingly dominant economic force. The rapid catching-up of emerging economies with developed countries sparked some protectionist tensions during the period and was partly responsible for an increase in energy and food prices at the end of the decade. The economic developments in the latter third of the decade were dominated by a worldwide economic downturn, which started with the crisis in housing and credit in the United States in late 2007 and led to the bankruptcy of major banks and other financial institutions. The outbreak of this global financial crisis sparked a global recession, beginning in the United States and affecting most of the industrialized world.

The decade saw the rise of the Internet, which grew from covering 6.7% to 25.7% of the world population. This contributed to globalization during the decade, which allowed faster communication among people around the world;^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The war on terror and War in Afghanistan began after the September 11 attacks in 2001. The International Criminal Court was formed in 2002. In 2003, a United States-led coalition invaded Iraq, and the Iraq War led to the end of Saddam Hussein's rule as Iraqi President and the Ba'ath Party in Iraq. Al-Qaeda and affiliated Islamist militant groups performed terrorist acts throughout the decade. The Second Congo War, the deadliest conflict since World War II, ended in July 2003. Further wars that ended included the Algerian Civil War, the Angolan Civil War, the Sierra Leone Civil War, the Second Liberian Civil War, the Nepalese Civil War, and the Sri Lankan Civil War. Wars that began included the conflict in the Niger Delta, the Houthi insurgency in Yemen, and the Mexican drug war.

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The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the qualification process which began in September 2003. Thirty-one teams qualified from this process along with hosts Germany for the finals tournament. It was the second time that Germany staged the competition and the first as a unified country along with the former East Germany with Leipzig as a host city (the other was in 1974 in West Germany), and the 10th time that the tournament was held in Europe.

Italy won the tournament, claiming their fourth World Cup title, defeating France 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out in the final after extra time had finished in a 1–1 draw. Germany defeated Portugal 3–1 to finish in third place. Angola, Ukraine, Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Trinidad and Tobago and Togo made their first appearances in the finals. It was also the only appearance of Serbia and Montenegro under that name; they had previously appeared in 1998 as Yugoslavia. In late May 2006, immediately prior to the tournament, Montenegro voted in a referendum to become an independent nation and dissolve the loose confederacy then existing between it and Serbia; Serbia recognised the results of the referendum in early June. Due to time constraints, FIFA had Serbia and Montenegro play in the World Cup tournament as one team, marking the first instance of multiple sovereign nations competing as one team in a major football tournament since UEFA Euro 1992. (Full article...)

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Wladimir Klitschko (born 25 March 1976) is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2017. He held the world heavyweight championship twice, including the unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, and Ring magazine titles. A strategic and intelligent boxer, Klitschko is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight champions of all time. He was known for his exceptional knockout power, using a strong jab, straight right hand and left hook, quick hand speed, great physical strength which he employed when clinching opponents, and his athletic footwork and mobility, unusual for boxers of his size.

As an amateur, Klitschko represented Ukraine at the 1996 Olympics, winning a gold medal in the super-heavyweight division. After turning professional later that year, he defeated Chris Byrd in 2000 to win the WBO heavyweight title. Klitschko's first reign as champion ended in an upset knockout loss to Corrie Sanders in 2003, which was followed by another upset knockout loss to Lamon Brewster in 2004. It was during this time that Klitschko hired Emanuel Steward as his trainer, which began an eight-year partnership that lasted until Steward's death in 2012. In particular, Steward was credited with Klitschko's transition from an aggressive puncher to a more defensively-oriented boxer, much as he had done with Lennox Lewis from 1995 to 2003. (Full article...)

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Image 1People in Mexico City wear masks on a train due to the swine flu outbreak, April 2009 (from 2000s)
Image 2Slim-fit tweed popular in the late 2000s (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 3PlayStation 2 (2000) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 4Protesters in Tehran during the 2009 Iranian election protests (from 2000s)
Image 5In 2009, Phyzix released his debut studio album The Lone Ranger LP which contained the hit singles Cholapitsa and Gamba. (from 2000s in music)
Image 6The Iraq War (from 2000s)
Image 7The Nintendo DS awakened an interest in casual play that had never really existed before. (from 2000s)
Image 8On September 23, 2004, the RIAA certified Up! at 11× Platinum, giving Shania Twain the distinction of being the only female artist to have three consecutive diamond albums released in the United States. (from 2000s in music)
Image 9Tattoos and extreme body piercings went mainstream in the late 2000s. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 10Nintendo DS Lite (2006) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 11The Da Vinci surgical robot which enables doing accurate robotic surgeries was introduced in the 2000s (from 2000s)
Image 12Michelle Kwan performing in the 2002 U.S. Figure Skating Championships (from 2000s)
Image 13Californian band Orson in 2006 wearing mid 1960s-inspired apparel (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 14Artist Concept of a NASA Mars Exploration Rover on Mars (from 2000s)
Image 15Young woman in 2003 wearing a horizontal striped shirt and boot-cut jeans. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 16Nas is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. (from 2000s in music)
Image 17American rapper Jay Z (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 18PlayStation 2 was released in 2000 and became the best-selling gaming console of the decade and of all time. (from 2000s)
Image 19Beyoncé was one of the best selling female performers of the 2000s.
Image 20Nintendo DS (2004) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 21Janet Jackson was awarded the American Music Awards' Award of Merit in March 2001 for "her finely crafted, critically acclaimed and socially conscious, multi-platinum albums". (from 2000s in music)
Image 22Swedish actors in 2002 sporting various early 2000s fashions and hairstyles. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 23First Xbox released in 2001 (from 2000s)
Image 24The popularity of mobile phones and text messaging surged in the 2000s in the Western world. (from 2000s)
Image 25BoA's No. 1 was the fourth-best-selling record of 2002 in South Korea. (from 2000s in music)
Image 26Woman wearing backless top and microskirt at Cologne Pride, 2006. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 27Mariah Carey's 2008 album E=MC² spawned her 18th chart-topper, "Touch My Body", with which she surpassed Elvis Presley to become the solo artist with the most Hot 100 No. 1 songs in history. (from 2000s in music)
Image 28People queuing outside a Northern Rock bank branch in Birmingham, United Kingdom on September 15, 2007, to withdraw their savings because of the Subprime mortgage crisis. (from 2000s)
Image 29Michael Phelps holds his gold medal on the podium during the 2008 Olympics. Pictured with Ryan Lochte (left) and László Cseh (right) (from 2000s)
Image 30EyeToy (2003) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 31Nickelback has sold over 50 million albums and was one of the biggest post-grunge bands of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 32PSP Go (2009) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 33Increase in oil prices (from 2000s)
Image 34Chunky sneakers of the early 2000s. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 35Collision Warning with Brake Support on the 2009 Lincoln MKS (from 2000s)
Image 36Fergie's The Dutchess sold over 6 million copies worldwide becoming one of the most successful albums of the era. (from 2000s in music)
Image 37Shanghai becomes a symbol of the recent economic boom of China. (from 2000s)
Image 38The Black Eyed Peas began utilizing Auto-Tune and electropop–dance in their most successful album to date, The E.N.D., which spawned five top ten hit singles.
Image 39During the decade, Flavour N'abania was able to find success by embracing older genres, such as highlife, and remixing them into something more modern. (from 2000s in music)
Image 40In 2008, Amy Winehouse tied the then record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night and became the first British woman to win five Grammys. (from 2000s in music)
Image 41In Taiwan alone, 250,000 copies of S.H.E's Super Star were sold. (from 2000s in music)
Image 42Navel piercings were popular from 1995 all the way to the mid-2000s. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 43Singer-songwriter-guitarist Tanya Chua was successful during the 2000s as a leading Mandopop artist. (from 2000s in music)
Image 44T-Pain was initially criticized for popularizing autotune, which is now considered an iconic trend of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 45English-Australian singer Peter Andre in 2004 wearing ripped and sandblasted baggy jeans influenced by surfer and hip-hop fashion. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 46The highest-grossing film of the decade was Avatar (2009) (from 2000s)
Image 47The World Trade Center in New York City, as seen on September 11, 2001. Flight 175 has just flown into the South Tower. (from 2000s)
Image 48Dennis Rodman wearing an Ed Hardy shirt, and Donald Trump wearing a navy blue two button suit in 2009 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 49From top left, clockwise: The World Trade Center on fire and the Statue of Liberty during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001; the euro enters into European currency in 2002; a statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled during the Iraq War in 2003, and in 2006, Hussein would be executed for crimes against humanity; U.S. troops heading toward an army helicopter in Afghanistan during the war on terror; social media through the Internet spreads across the world; a Chinese soldier gazes at the 2008 Summer Olympics commencing in Beijing; the largest economic crisis since the Great Depression hits the world in 2008; a tsunami from the Indian Ocean earthquake kills over 230,000 in 2004, and becomes the strongest earthquake since the 1964 Alaska earthquake (from 2000s)
Image 50The television genre Reality TV gained massive popularity in America over the decade with reality TV programs such as Survivor,The Simple Life, Jersey Shore, American Idol (pictured) and Big Brother, for which local adaptations were produced in many countries (from 2000s)
Image 51Sean Paul's third album The Trinity debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200, breaking records with its first-week sales for a reggae/dancehall artist, and eventually going Platinum in the United States. (from 2000s in music)
Image 52Madonna's Sticky and Sweet Tour became the highest grossing female tour and the highest grossing solo tour of all-time making $408 million in 85 shows. (from 2000s in music)
Image 53Young women in Portugal with straightened hair and thick makeup, in 2007 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 54Swedish Raggare, 2005. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 55Amaral (from 2000s in music)
Image 56Girl Wearing Low Waisted Pants, 2008 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 57Ashley Tisdale and Lucas Grabeel are members of the High School Musical, Disney's most successful musical and soundtracks of the 2000s.
Image 58The flared jeans of the late 1990s remained fashionable throughout the early and mid 2000s. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 59Xbox (2001) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 60Paris Hilton was a fashion icon of the 2000s. (from 2000s)
Image 61GPS devices for automobiles gained massive popularity during the decade (from 2000s)
Image 62Three of System of a Down's albums debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200. (from 2000s in music)
Image 63Slim-fitting plaid Western shirt gained popularity in the UK in the late 2000s (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 64Anti-aircraft guns guarding Natanz Nuclear Facility in Iran (from 2000s)
Image 65Tarja Halonen served as Finland's 11th President and the first female head of state from 2000 to 2012. (from 2000s)
Image 66Aria Wallace and Victoria Justice playing Guitar Hero. (from 2000s in video games)
Image 67Black Muntu is an urban rap group with a massive following across Zambia. (from 2000s in music)
Image 68Miranda Kerr in 2004 modeling for Obar Jeans. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 69Aerosmith toured for every year of the 2000s except 2008. (from 2000s in music)
Image 70Shakira was the best selling Latin female artist, also one of the best selling women of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 71Example of the two button slim-fit suit popular in the late 2000s in the UK, US and China. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 72Jared Leto wearing slim-fit formal wear; Popular 2008–onwards. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 73Paulina Rubio's Paulina remained on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart for 99 weeks. (from 2000s in music)
Image 74Wii (2006) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 75In 2005, The New York Times wrote, "Reggaetón has conquered parties, clubs and lately radio; Daddy Yankee's hit "Gasolina" reached MTV and the playlists of many hip-hop stations." (from 2000s in music)
Image 76Map showing the districts where the Naxalite movement is active (2007) (from 2000s)
Image 77Indian couple wearing a mixture of traditional dress and Western clothing (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 78iPod Touch (2007) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 79Soulja Boy's 2007 debut single "Crank That" was considered the biggest dance fad since the Macarena. (from 2000s in music)
Image 80Ayumi Hamasaki was one of the most popular Japanese stars of the 2000s, known as "The Empress of Japanese Pop". (from 2000s in music)
Image 81Model in 2005 wearing low-rise jeans, a newsboy cap, and a belly shirt (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 82Britney Spears was the best-selling women artist of the decade.
Image 83American rapper Eminem is the most commercially successful artist of the decade.
Image 84American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson is the most successful winner of American Idol and a key artist in the power pop and pop rock movement of the 2000s.
Image 85Justin Timberlake was one of the best-selling men artists of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 86PlayStation Portable (2004) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 87Buzz! controller (2005) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 88Game Boy Advance SP is upgraded version of the original Game Boy Advance system and it is the second last Game Boy handheld (from 2000s)
Image 89American Idol winner Carrie Underwood registered successful songs on country music charts. (from 2000s in music)
Image 90Luis Fonsi's "Nada Es Para Siempre" received a nomination for Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year at the 2006 Latin Billboard Music Awards. (from 2000s in music)
Image 91Haifa Wehbe released her second studio album Baddi Aech (Arabic: بدي عيش, English: "I Want to Live") in early 2005, following the success of lead single "Ya Hayat Albi." Released after the assassination of Lebanese politician Rafik Hariri, the title single of the album is about "freedom, considered to be among the most basic of human rights". (from 2000s in music)
Image 92Modest Mouse (from 2000s in music)
Image 93Live 8 concert in Rome, Italy, 2005 (from 2000s)
Image 94GameCube released in 2001 and is the successor to the Nintendo 64 (from 2000s)
Image 95Wings haircut worn by singer Justin Bieber in 2009. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 96Young woman wearing dress made from African patterned fabric in 2008. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 97The Segway was unveiled in December 2001 (from 2000s)
Image 98Nintendo DSi XL (2009) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 99Robyn on tour in 2003. (from 2000s in music)
Image 100Guitar Hero controller (2005) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 101German Mosher, the more punk-like incarnation of scene, early-mid 2000s. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 102Chinese skaters, 2007. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 103GameCube (2001) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 104Indie rock singer Damian Kulash wearing psychedelic 1960s inspired clothing, 2009 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 105A cybergoth with goggles, synthetic blue hair and shaved head, 2005 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 106Girl with curly brown hair sporting an off-the-shoulder top, a carry over from the early 2000s. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 107Scientific studies on climate helped establish a consensus. (from 2000s)
Image 108Jay Chou was a dominant force in Asian music for almost all of the 2000s and the first half of the next decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 109Winklepicker boots fashionable in England, Italy and Mexico from 2005 onwards. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 110Canadian Avril Lavigne was the biggest breakthrough of the 2000s worldwide with 40 million albums sold.
Image 111Blink-182's song "All the Small Things" kickstarted a resurgence of interest in pop rock. (from 2000s in music)
Image 112The rise of MP3 players, downloadable music, and cellular ringtones in the mid-2000s ended the decade-long dominance that the CD held up to that point. (from 2000s)
Image 113Ramallah Underground have been considered the founders of Palestinian hip-hop. (from 2000s in music)
Image 114Darfur refugee camp in Chad (from 2000s)
Image 115Lady Gaga's single, "Poker Face", reached number one in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the UK. (from 2000s in music)
Image 116In 2003, Stephon Harris's album The Grand Unification Theory won the Martin E. Segal Award from Jazz at Lincoln Center. (from 2000s in music)
Image 117Lady Gaga's debut album, The Fame (2008), reached No. 1 in Canada, Austria, Germany, United Kingdom and Ireland and topped the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart. (from 2000s in music)
Image 118In 2003, the vape was invented by Chinese pharmacist, Hon Lik (from 2000s)
Image 119Xbox 360 (2005) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 120The euro became the currency of members of the Eurozone. (from 2000s)
Image 121Alicia Keys was the best selling female R&B performer of the 2000s. (from 2000s in music)
Image 122Australian electronic group The Avalanches released their debut album Since I Left You in 2000. (from 2000s in music)
Image 123Bon Jovi's Lost Highway Tour was the highest-grossing tour of 2008. (from 2000s in music)
Image 124Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters performing in 2005. Foo Fighters are widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant rock bands of the 2000s. The decade saw Foo Fighters win the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album a record-breaking three times; in 2001, 2004, and 2008. (from 2000s)
Image 125Young woman wearing sundress and Christian Louboutin shoes, 2009. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 126Birendra of Nepal (from 2000s)
Image 127Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy García, Julia Roberts, and Steven Soderbergh wearing brown leather jackets in December 2001 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 128Kiff No Beat is an Ivorian hip-hop group from Abidjan. It was formed in 2009, and composed of five members. (from 2000s in music)
Image 129Barack Obama, the first African American president of the United States, was inaugurated in 2009 (from 2000s)
Image 130Gas prices in late May 2008 (from 2000s)
Image 131Aaliyah wearing a bandana and hoop earrings in 2000 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 1322005 flooding in New Orleans, caused by Hurricane Katrina. (from 2000s)
Image 133My Chemical Romance is considered one of the most influential rock groups of the 2000s and a major act in the pop-punk and emo genres, despite the band rejecting the latter label. (from 2000s in music)
Image 134George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, 2001–2009 (from 2000s)
Image 135Offshore outsourcing of jobs, such as this call centre in India, significantly increased during the decade as many multinational corporations moved their manufacturing and services from western countries to developing countries. (from 2000s)
Image 136Close-fitting vintage printed T-shirt (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 137Leeann Tweeden, 2003, wearing an off-the-shoulder top and cargo pants. She also sports highlights on her hair. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 138Coldplay is considered to be the most successful British rock act of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 139Snake II on a Nokia 3310 (2000) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 140An orchestra performing a Video Games Live event. (from 2000s in video games)
Image 141Jamaican woman with cornrows, 2002. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 142Treaty of Lisbon (from 2000s)
Image 143Jennifer Lopez was the first actress and singer in history to have both a film and an album at No. 1 in the same week. (from 2000s in music)
Image 144Google becomes the Internet's most visited website. (from 2000s)
Image 145Singer Mary J. Blige topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2001 with her smash single, "Family Affair", taken from hit album No More Drama. (from 2000s in music)
Image 146Anika Moa's debut studio album Thinking Room, released in 2001, reached number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart. (from 2000s in music)
Image 147O-Zone's "Dragostea Din Tei" topped charts in France, Germany, and Austria for over three months, reached number 3 in the United Kingdom and number 72 on the US Pop 100. (from 2000s in music)
Image 148Paisley handbag associated with the boho-chic look. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 149These images show water in a very young lunar crater on the side of the Moon that faces away from Earth. (from 2000s)
Image 150Nuon (2000) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 151Tasha Baxter's breakthrough in the international music charts started with "In the Beginning" in 2002. (from 2000s in music)
Image 152Young American woman in 2007 wearing a white miniskirt, a blue bikini top, and sunglasses (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 153Following her 1990's success, Namie Amuro remained popular during this era. (from 2000s in music)
Image 154Enya's 2000 album A Day Without Rain sold 15 million copies. (from 2000s in music)
Image 155Kylie Minogue is considered the biggest Australian pop act of the decade. (from 2000s in music)
Image 156Benazir Bhutto (from 2000s)
Image 157In 2002, Grinspoon performed at the Australian Record Industry Association Awards. (from 2000s in music)
Image 158The Gaza War (2008–2009) (from 2000s)
Image 159Ecuadorian emo kids from the late 2000s. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 160Mountain Dew bottles and cans from the 2000s decade, c. 2007 (from 2000s)
Image 161Game Boy Advance (2001) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 162Rafic Hariri (from 2000s)
Image 163British "Chav" wearing tracksuit and baseball cap. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 164Darius Rucker, had three No. 1 country hits in 2008–09: "Don't Think I Don't Think About It", "It Won't Be Like This for Long" and "Alright". (from 2000s in music)
Image 165Nintendo DSi (2008) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 166Female tourists in 2005 sporting colorful mid 2000s athletic fashions. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 167Young woman in summer 2009 wearing all black clothes (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 168Taylor Swift rose to fame in the late 2000s, with her unique country-pop style, spawning global hits like "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me". (from 2000s in music)
Image 169Delta Goodrem released her debut album Innocent Eyes in 2003 which became a monster smash hit – it went to No. 1 and stayed for 29 non-consecutive weeks, being certified 14× Platinum for selling over 1 million copies, the second most of all time in Australia. (from 2000s in music)
Image 170In 2007, it took four hours for TVXQ to sell out 33,000 seats for a series of concerts in Seoul. (from 2000s in music)
Image 171Good Charlotte received platinum status and gained a large fan base worldwide. (from 2000s in music)
Image 1722004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The tsunami caused by the December 26, 2004, earthquake strikes Ao Nang, Thailand. (from 2000s)
Image 173PlayStation 3 (2006) (from 2000s in video games)
Image 174Irregular combatants in North Darfur. The Arabic text on the bumper reads "The Sudan Liberation Army" (SLA). (from 2000s)
Image 175Swedish teenagers wearing typical late 2000s male hairstyles, 2008 (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 176A woman from the year 2001 showcasing many of the styles of the early 2000s including a halter top, low rise pants, and exposed thong underwear creating a whale tail. (from 2000s in fashion)
Image 177Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters performing in 2005. Foo Fighters are widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant rock bands of the 2000s. The decade saw Foo Fighters win the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album a record-breaking three times; in 2001, 2004, and 2008. (from 2000s in music)
Image 178The war on terror (from 2000s)
Image 179Lynda Thomas released successful rock singles in 2000 and 2001. (from 2000s in music)
Image 1802006 Thai coup d'état (from 2000s)
Image 181In 2004, Daddy Yankee released his international hit single "Gasolina", which is credited with introducing reggaeton to audiences worldwide, and making the music genre a global phenomenon. (from 2000s in music)
Image 182Zoë Bell in 2006 sporting a medium length hairstyle and blended highlights (from 2000s in fashion)

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