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Events on Sunday 26 March 2000 2
2000Pope John Paul II visits the Holy LandA Jubilee pilgrimage to Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territoriesFrom 20 to 26 March 2000 Pope John Paul II made a week-long pilgrimage to the Holy Land during the Catholic Jubilee year. He prayed at the Western Wall and left a note apologising for Christian mistreatment of Jews, and he visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial. The trip was seen as a landmark in Jewish-Catholic relations.
2000 – 2008Putin 1st presidencyFirst and second terms — 2000 to 2008Putin was elected President on March 26, 2000, and re-elected in 2004. During his first two terms he consolidated state power, suppressed political opposition, benefited from oil revenues, and gradually reasserted Russian influence abroad.