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• OLD 2005 HEADLINES:

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• 2004 HEADLINES:
  OGLE 2004-BLG-482: Resolution of a cool giant during a caustic passage
  OGLE 2002-BLG-069: Determination of mass and distance of the binary lens
  OGLE 2003-BLG-238: Microlensing mass estimate of an isolated star
  OGLE 2004-BLG-347: Two smooth peaks
  OGLE 2004-BLG-441: Peak anomaly observed
  OGLE 2004-BLG-368: Multiple-peak structure
  OGLE 2004-BLG-280: Planetary caustic crossed?
  MOA 2004-BLG-33 / OGLE 2004-BLG-367: Anomalous high-magnification event
  OGLE 2003-BLG-175 / MOA 2003-BLG-45: Potential for accurate measurement of the mass of the lens
  OGLE 2004-BLG-250: Sudden and short caustic exit
  OGLE 2004-BLG-254: Finite source effects in a high-magnification peak
  OGLE 2004-BLG-273: Does the lens harbour a planet?
  OGLE 2002-BLG-69: Probing a G5III stellar atmosphere by microlensing variations in the Hα line

• 2000 HEADLINES:
  Anomaly Alert: Rare event HB-2K-060 on 24 August 2000
  MACHO 98-BLG-35: No evidence in PLANET data of planet orbiting lens
  Five Year Result: Limits on Jovian Planets in the Milky Way
  Anomaly Alert: Multiple lens microlensing in OB-2K-038
  Anomaly Alert: Caustic and possible cusp crossing in EB-2K-005
  Anomaly Alert: Multiple lens microlensing in OB-2K-028
  MACHO 97-BLG-41: Detection of rotation in a binary microlens
  OGLE 98-BLG-14: Constraints on stellar and planetary companions
  

• 1999 HEADLINES:
  Anomaly Alert: Multiple lens microlensing in MB-99-047
  Anomaly Alert: High Magnification Event OB-99-035
  GRB 990712: Optical ID of bright gamma ray burst
  Anomaly Alert: Second caustic crossing in OB-99-023
  Anomaly Alert: Anomalous behaviour in OB-99-023
  Anomaly Alert: Caustic crossing in OB-99-025
  Anomaly Alert: Caustic crossing in OB-99-011
  GRB 990510: Optical ID of bright gamma ray burst
  Anomaly Alert: High Magnification Event OB-99-005
  MACHO 98-BLG-35: Does this microlensing event harbor a planet?
  MACHO 97-BLG-28: Studying the surface of a star 25,000 light years away
  

• 1998 HEADLINES:
  MACHO 98-SMC-01: Is the lens Milky Way dark matter or a normal SMC star?
  Caustic Crossing: Multiple Lens Microlensing in MB-98-42
  PLANET camera ANDICAM Sees First Light at CTIO
  (D)ANDICAMS: PLANET members build novel cameras for 1998 season
  
  
• 1997 HEADLINES:
  Caustic Crossing : Multiple Lens Microlensing in MB-97-41
  Anomaly Alert: Multiple Lens Microlensing in MB-97-28

• A Summary of 1999 Monitored Events
  
• A Summary of 1997 Monitored Events
  
• A Summary of 1996 Monitored Events

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