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 Australia, January 2000
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| Sep.15 |
Sydney |
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17-year-old Ian Thorpe wins 4 medals Thorpe is breaking his own world record in the 400m freestyle
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Olympic Games open Organizers thrilled the 110,000 spectators and an 4 billion TV viewers with a spectacular opening ceremony
| Australian Governor General Sir William Deane declared the games officially open. 12,697 performers , including some Aborigine women, take part in the ceremony. Golfer Greg Norman carried the torch across the spectacular harbor bridge to bring the Olympics down under
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| Sep.30 |
Sydney |
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 Kenyans dominant in distance events The Kenyans are going 1-2 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a bumper-car finish, and first and third in the 1,500
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| Oct.1 |
Sydney |
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 Michael Johnson wins 6th gold medal| Track star wraps up his Olympic career with relay victory | |
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Olympic Games closed| Jones, Freeman were the best stories | |
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Jones runs her total to 5| Sprint star comes home with 3 gold, 2 bronze | |
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| Nov.16 |
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 Golfer Smith take the lead Smith made 8 birdies and shot a 7-under-par 65 at the Johnnie Walker Classic
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| Nov.24 |
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Baddeley shares Open lead Defending champion A. Baddeley shot a 3-under-par 69
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| Nov.30 |
Queensland |
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Chris Riley leads PGA Riley, fired 6 birdies in his 6-under-par round of 66
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| Dec.6 |
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 Australia, Indonesia talks delayed Ministerial talks to repair Indonesia-Australia bilateral relations were postponed
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| Dec.10 |
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Spain won its first Davis Cup| Ferrero defeated Australian Hewitt 6-2, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4 for 3-1 lead | |
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| Dec.13 |
Indonesia |
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163 boatpeople drowned 2 vessels sank in stormy seas
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| Dec.19 |
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Australia beat the West Indies 3-0 lead in the 5-match series
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| Dec.31 |
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100th anniversary of founding Prime Minister Howard, Governor General Deane and state leaders were recreating the January 1, 1901 ceremony
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Oceania