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1997
 
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In referenda held by the new Labour government, Scotland votes conclusively for devolution but Wales is lukewarm      
1997
 
    
The Real IRA, a splinter group of the Provisional IRA, declares its commitment to a continuing campaign of violence       
1997
 
   
The Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations is the first international attempt to reduce global warming      
1998
 
    
President Clinton is emphatic: 'I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms Lewinsky.'       
1998
 
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Nigerian forces expel Johnny Koroma from Freetown and reinstate Sierra Leone's elected civilian president, Ahmad Kabbah        
1998
 
   
Coastal erosion reveals Seahenge, a 4,000-year-old circle of oak posts in Norfolk      
1998
 
   
Two boys aged 11 and 13 fire on a school group in Jonesboro, Arkansas, killing four girls and a teacher      
1998
 
   
The drug Viagra wins government approval in the USA as a treatment for male impotence      
1998
 
   
The British architectural firm of Foster & Partners completes the Hong Kong International Airport      
1998
 
 
Steven Spielberg directs Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan, a World War II drama about a US paratrooper