The 2000s (pronounced "two-thousands"; shortened to the ' 00s and known as the aughts or noughties) was a decade that began on January 1, 2000, and ended on December 31, 2009. The early part of the decade saw the long-predicted breakthrough of economic giants in Asia, like India and China, which had double-digit growth during nearly the whole ... More @Wikipedia
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