These are some of the notable events relating to politics in 2001. Events January January 1 – Greece becomes the 12th country to join the Eurozone. January 20 George W. Bush is sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States. Impeachment proceedings against Philippine President Joseph Estrada, accused of playing Jueteng, end preeminently and trigger the second EDSA People Power Revolution (or People Power II). Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo succeeds him as the 14th president of the Philippines. January 21 – Taba Summit: Talks between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority begin in Egypt. January 22 – The 2001 insurgency in Macedonia begins when a police station is shelled by the National Liberation Army in Tearce, near the border with Kosovo. January 29 – Corruption scandals surrounding Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid prompt thousands of protesters to storm the Indonesian parliament building. February February 6 – 2001 Israeli prime ministerial election: Ariel Sharon of the Likud party is elected Prime Minister of Israel. February 16 – Iraq disarmament crisis: British and U.S. forces carry out bombing raids, attempting to disable Iraq's air defense network. February 18 – FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested and charged with spying for Russia for 25 years. March March 28 – The United States declares its intention to end involvement in the Kyoto Protocol. April April 1 Hainan Island incident: A Chinese fighter jet bumps into a U.S. EP-3E surveillance aircraft, which is forced to make an emergency landing in Hainan, China. The U.S. crew is detained for 10 days and the F-8 Chinese pilot, Wang Wei, goes missing and is presumed dead. The Act on the Opening up of Marriage goes into effect in the Netherlands, which becomes the first modern country to legalize same-sex marriage. April 2 – Former President of Serbia and Montenegro Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces to be tried on charges of crimes against humanity. April 17 Nông Đức Mạnh is chosen as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Israel occupies an area in the Gaza Strip, killing two people. Israeli forces withdraw the same day after the United States denounces the attack. April 26 Junichiro Koizumi becomes the 86th Prime Minister of Japan. The Parliament of Ukraine votes to dismiss Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko. May May 13 – Silvio Berlusconi wins the general election and becomes Prime Minister of Italy for the second