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Events relating to oman
President Clinton is emphatic: 'I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms Lewinsky.'
John Madden directs Shakespeare in Love, a romantic comedy set in Elizabethan London
Patriarch Christodoulos attends the funeral in Rome of Pope John Paul II
Angela Merkel, leader of the CDU, replaces Gerhard Schröder and becomes Germany's first woman chancellor
Patriarch Christodoulos has talks with Pope Benedict XVI, in the first official visit to the Vatican by the head of the Greek Orthodox church
Romano Prodi becomes Italy's prime minister after narrowly defeating Silvio Berlusconi in a general election
Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union, bringing the number of member states to twenty-seven
Democrat Nancy Pelosi is elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives, becoming the first woman to hold the post
Pratibha Patil is elected President of India, the first woman to hold the post
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner wins the presidential election in Argentina, becoming the first woman to do so
Italian prime minister Romano Prodi resigns after a foreign policy defeat in the Senate
