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68, German politician, was elected president of Germany in May. The post is mostly a ceremonial position, with the president's prime responsibility being to act as the country…Rafael Reséndez-Ramirez, 1999 News
39, Mexican fugitive, evaded authorities for weeks by hopping freight trains but surrendered in July after his sister called a Texas Ranger and negotiated terms of his arrest.…Sophie Rhys-Jones, 1999 News
34, British public relations executive, became the newest member of England's royal family when she married Prince Edward, 35, Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, in June. …George Robertson, 1999 News
53, British defense secretary, was tapped to replace Javier Solana as NATO's secretary general. Solana, whose term expired in October, left the NATO post to become the Europea…Robert Rubin, 1999 News
61, public official, resigned as Secretary of the Treasury in May to return to New York City with his wife and resume a private life. Since he was appointed in 1995 by Preside…Nawaz Sharif, 1999 0 News
prime minister of Pakistan, took “concrete steps” to end the bloodbath in Kashmir and ordered the mujahedeen, or Muslim holy warriors, to withdraw from the Indian-controlled p…Benjamin N. Smith, 1999 News
21, white supremacist, went on a shooting spree over the Fourth of July weekend, targeting minorities in Bloomington, Ind., and Chicago. He shot and killed Ricky Byrdsong, 43,…Cary Stayner, 1999 News
37, motel handyman, confessed to the July killing of a 26-year-old Yosemite National Park naturalist, Joie Ruth Armstrong, and the February massacre of three sight-seers, Caro…Sergei Stepashin, 1999 News
47, Russian politician, became prime minister in May, only to be replaced in August, when Boris Yeltsin fired the entire government. A career law-enforcement officer and zealo…Strobe Talbott, 1999 News
53, diplomat, helped negotiate an end to the war in Yugoslavia in early June. With Russia's former prime minister Viktor S. Chernomyrdin and Finland's President Martti Ahtisa…Trending
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