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Monday, January 10, 2000
America Online announces an agreement to purchase Time Warner for $162 billion (the largest-ever corporate merger).
The trawler "Solway Harvester" sinks off the
Isle of Man
.
//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/603558.stm
BBC News | SCOTLAND | Solway Harvester: A tale of tragedy. Retrieved 19 November 2007.
The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
closes at 11,722.98 (at the peak of the
Dot-com bubble
).
America On-line announces an agreement to buy Time Warner for $162 billion. This is the largest-ever corporate merger.
A
United Nations
tribunal sentences 5
Bosnian Croats
to up to 25 years in prison for the 1993 killing of over 100
Bosnian Muslims
in a
Bosnian
village.
//edition.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/03/03/war.crimes.bosnia.02
CNN.com ndash World ndash War crimes tribunal hands Croat general lengthy sentence ndash March 3, 2000. Retrieved 19 November 2007.
The armed wing of the
Islamic Salvation Front
concludes its negotiations with the government for an amnesty and disbands in
Algeria
(see
Algeria
n Civil War#GIA destroyed, GSPC discontinues)
Source:
Wikipedia
