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Contents 1 Events 1.1 December 1, 2002 1.2 December 3, 2002 1.3 December 5, 2002 1.4 December 6, 2002 1.5 December 7, 2002 1.6 December 9, 2002 1.7 December 10, 2002 1.8 December 11, 2002 1.9 December 13, 2002 1.10 December 16, 2002 1.11 December 17, 2002 1.12 December 18, 2002 1.13 December 19, 2002 1.14 December 20, 2002 1.15 December 21, 2002 1.16 December 22, 2002 1.17 December 23, 2002 1.18 December 24, 2002 1.19 December 25, 2002 1.20 December 26, 2002 1.21 December 27, 2002 1.22 December 29, 2002 1.23 December 30, 2002 1.24 December 31, 2002

Events

See also: Timeline of the War in Afghanistan (December 2002)

December 1, 2002

• World AIDS Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness of the global AIDS epidemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. Events in December Union Day of Romania (1 December World AIDS Day ( December 1) National Day of See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. January 2002: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August February 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - March 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September June 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September July 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September August 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September September 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - October 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - November 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - January 2003: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August This is a Timeline of the history of Afghanistan in December 2002. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. World AIDS Day, observed December 1 each year is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of In Epidemiology, an epidemic (from Greek epi- upon + demos people is a classification of a disease that appears as new cases in a Human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV) is a Lentivirus (a member of the Retrovirus family that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

December 3, 2002

• Football (soccer): Real Madrid has defeated Olimpia Paraguay to win the Intercontinental Cup. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by

December 5, 2002

• Today is the Islamic festival of Eid ul-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan for Muslims worldwide. Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. A festival is an event usually and ordinarily staged by a local community which centers on some unique aspect of that community Eid ul-Fitr or Id-ul-Fitr (عيد الفطر ‘Īdu l-Fiṭr) often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim Holiday that marks the end of Ramadan or Ramazan ( Arabic: رمضان Ramaḍān) is a Muslim religious observance that takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion
• United Airlines, the world's second-biggest carrier, appears headed for the largest bankruptcy filing in airline industry history. United Air Lines Inc, trading as United Airlines ( is a major airline of the United States. The company's efforts to avoid a Chapter 11 filing apparently ended Wednesday when a government board rejected its bid for $1. Chapter 11 is a chapter of the United States Bankruptcy Code, which permits reorganization under the Bankruptcy laws of the United States 8 billion in federal loan guarantees.
• The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Harvard mouse, designed for its usefulness in cancer research, is not patentable. The Supreme Court of Canada ( French: Cour suprême du Canada) is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeal in the Canadian The OncoMouse or Harvard mouse is a type of laboratory mouse that has been genetically modified using modifications designed by Philip Leder Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled A patent is a set of Exclusive rights granted by a State to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an In its view such a higher life form does not fall within the definition of invention. An invention is a new form composition of matter device or Process.
• At Arusha, Tanzania, President Pierre Buyoya of Burundi and Pierre Nkurunziza, leader of the Hutu insurgents Forces for the Defense of Democracy (FDD), signed a cease-fire accord. This article refers to the city of Arusha For other uses see Arusha (disambiguation. Major Pierre Buyoya (born 24 November 1949) is a Burundi politician who has ruled Burundi twice from 1987 to 1993 and from 1996 to 2003 Burundi (buˈɾundi officially the Republic of Burundi, is a small country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda Pierre Nkurunziza (b 18 December, 1963) is the President of Burundi and chairman of the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the The National Council for the Defense of Democracy&ndashForces for the Defense of Democracy ( French: Conseil National Pour la Défense de la Démocratie&ndashForces pour The goal is to end a nine-year civil war.

December 6, 2002

• The Chechen separatist Akhmed Zakayev has returned to London, where he is expected to seek asylum. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Chechen Republic (ˈʧɛʧɨn rɪˈpʌblɨk Чече́нская Респу́блика Chechenskaya Respublika; Нохчийн Республика Noxçiyn Respublika Akhmed Khalidovich Zakayev ( Ахмед Халидович Закаев) (born April 26 1956 in Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is the former Deputy London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. He was arrested but released soon afterwards on bail paid by Vanessa Redgrave. Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January, 1937) is an English Academy Award, two-time Cannes Best Actress,
• Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Israeli troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships swept into the Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Friday, provoking a gunbattle and killing 10 people, Palestinian witnesses and medics said. The Gaza Strip (قطاع غزة, רצועת עזה Retzu'at 'Azza) is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt on the south-west
• Venezuela's oil exports ground to a halt, negotiations stalled and protesters faced off on the streets as prospects dimmed for a peaceful resolution to a strike designed to unseat President Hugo Chávez. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work. Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (ˈuɰo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβ̞es ˈfɾias (born July 28 1954 is the current President of Venezuela.
• In continuing legal action against Exxon over the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, punitive damages against the company have been reduced from $5000 to $4000 million. Exxon is a brand of fuel sold by ExxonMobil. History Exxon formally replaced the Esso, Enco, Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Punitive damages (termed exemplary damages in the United Kingdom) are Damages not awarded in order to compensate the Plaintiff, but in order The company is expected to appeal.
• Archeologists digging near the Gulf Coast of Mexico have discovered an inscribed seal and fragments of a plaque which contain writing, pushing back the date for the first appearance of writing in Mesoamerica to about 650 BC. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Mesoamerica or Meso-America (Mesoamérica is a Region extending approximately from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua, defined Events and trends Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras Guatemala. It also suggests that the Olmec culture developed writing, not the Zapotecs. The Olmec were an ancient Pre-Columbian people living in the Tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in what are roughly the modern-day states The Zapotec civilization was an indigenous Pre-Columbian civilization that flourished in the Valley of Oaxaca of southern Mesoamerica.
• Pi has been calculated to 1. IMPORTANT NOTICE Please note that Wikipedia is not a database to store the millions of digits of π please refrain from adding those to Wikipedia as it could cause technical problems 24 trillion digits. Professor Yasumasa Kanada and nine other researchers at the Information Technology Center at the University of Tokyo have set the new world record. The, abbreviated as, is a major Research university located in Tokyo, Japan.

December 7, 2002

• Two paintings by Vincent van Gogh were stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam overnight. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Van Gogh Museum is a Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, featuring the works of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west Coming shortly after a large diamond theft from an exhibition at the Museon in The Hague, it casts doubt on the high-tech security systems. In Mineralogy, diamond is the allotrope of carbon where the carbon atoms are arranged in The Museon is a Science museum in The Hague, Netherlands. It was the scene of a large Diamond theft at about 4 in the morning of
• Miss Turkey, Azra Akin from Almelo, won the Miss World competition which had been moved from Nigeria to London because of religious violence. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Azra Akın is a Turkish model who was crowned Miss World 2002 at the annual pageant held on December 7 Almelo is a Municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international Beauty pageant created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951 Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• A massive fire in Edinburgh's Old Town destroys part of the pioneering Informatics department of the University, as well as a major venue for the Edinburgh Fringe. The Cowgate is a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, located about 5 minutes' walk from Edinburgh Castle, within the city's World Heritage Site Informatics is the science of Information, the practice of Information processing, and the engineering of Information systems. The University of Edinburgh (Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann founded in 1582 is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The Edinburgh Fringe (officially the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, commonly just The Fringe) is the world’s largest Arts festival.

December 9, 2002

• Sports Illustrated magazine announces that cyclist Lance Armstrong is their Sportsman of the Year. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Sports Illustrated is an American Sports Magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. The bicycle, cycle, or bike is a pedal-driven, human-powered vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson September 18 1971 is an American professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam Team Astana

December 10, 2002

• The government of Indonesia and rebel leaders from the province of Aceh (in the north of Sumatra) have signed a peace accord which negotiators hope will bring an end to fighting in the province. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. See also Sultanate of Aceh Aceh (ʔaˈtɕɛh generally anglicized as ˈɑːtʃeɪ is a special territory ( daerah istimewa) of Indonesia Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island in the world (approximately 470000 km² and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two
• Venezuela's |Supreme Court announced it was suspending its services, citing political harassment and condemning deadly violence during a general strike by opponents of President Hugo Chávez. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the The Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Tribunal Supremo de Justicia is the highest Court of law in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and is the head of the judicial Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (ˈuɰo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβ̞es ˈfɾias (born July 28 1954 is the current President of Venezuela.
• The 2nd U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, located in New York, reversed a lower court ruling that found the federal death penalty unconstitutional because it amounted to the "state-sponsored murder" of innocent people. The City of New York Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment.
• A paper published in The Lancet by a team led by Christos Pantelis from the University of Melbourne suggests that it may be possible to predict the onset of schizophrenia using magnetic resonance imaging of the brain. This article is about the journal For other uses of the term "lancet" see Lancet (disambiguation. Professor Christos Pantelis is an Australian professor of medicine who is the Director of the Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre. The University of Melbourne is a Public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Schizophrenia ( from the Greek roots schizein (σχίζειν "to split" and phrēn The brain is the center of the Nervous system in animals All Vertebrates and the majority of Invertebrates have a brain If so, this will be the first time that brain scans have been used to predict the onset of a mental illness, offering the possibility of preventative treatment before a major psychotic episode. Mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual and is thought to cause distress or disability that is not expected as
• Nobel prize awards in Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924 is the Capital and largest city of Norway. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional
• The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools revoked the accreditation of Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia for financial irregularities. Morris Brown College (MBC is a four-year private coed liberal arts college located in the Vine City Community of Atlanta Georgia.
• The UK electricity grid (see National Grid) reports the highest ever demand of 54,430MW between 17:00 and 17:30hrs.

December 11, 2002

• First flight of the ESC-A variant of the Ariane 5 is a failure, with the rocket and the two communications satellites it was carrying destroyed a few minutes after lift-off from Kourou, French Guiana. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Ariane 5 is a European Expendable launch A rocket or rocket vehicle is a Missile, Aircraft or other Vehicle which obtains Thrust by the reaction of the A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial Satellite stationed in space for the purposes of Telecommunications. Kourou is a town and commune in French Guiana, an overseas ''région'' and ''département'' of France located in South America French Guiana (Guyane française officially fr ''Guyane'' is an Overseas department (French département d'outre-mer, or DOM) of France
• South African police seize 384kg of explosives found in a truck belonging to Tom Vorster, alleged leader of the right-wing terrorist group the Boeremag. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa An explosive material is a material that either is chemically or otherwise Energetically unstable or produces a sudden expansion of the material usually accompanied The Boeremag (Boer Force is an alleged South African right-wing activism group with white separatist aims and is accused of planning to overthrow the ruling African

December 13, 2002

• The Vatican announces that Pope John Paul II has accepted the resignation of Boston's Cardinal Bernard Francis Law due to widespread outcry among Boston Catholics over Law's role in covering up pedophilia-related and other sex crimes among priests in his diocese. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope, and is the preeminent Episcopal see of the Roman Catholic History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and Pope Bernard Francis Law (born 4 November 1931 in Torreón Mexico) is an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". The term pedophilia or paedophilia has a range of definitions as found in Psychology, law enforcement and the popular vernacular A priest or priestess is a person having the authority or power to administer religious rites in particular rites of sacrifice to and propitiation of a deity or deities In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop.
• US Senate majority leader Trent Lott apologizes on television amid growing outcry for his resignation from both ends of the political spectrum for comments made at Senator Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday party which seemed to support Thurmond's 1948 segregationist presidential campaign platform. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Chester Trent Lott Sr (born October 9, 1941) is a former United States Senator from Mississippi and a member of the Republican Party James Strom Thurmond ( December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who served as governor of South Carolina and Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight. The Geminids are a Meteor shower caused by an object named 3200 Phaethon, which is thought to be an extinct Comet. Best viewing is between midnight and dawn.
• Henry Kissinger stepped down as the chairman of a panel investigating the September 11 attacks, citing conflict of interest with his clients. Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923) is a German -born American bureaucrat diplomat and 1973 The choice of Kissinger by President George W. Bush had been severely criticized in some quarters because of claims that Kissinger is a war criminal and a master of covering up past events. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war" including but not limited to "murder the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied
• The European Union invited Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Cyprus and Malta to join. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija) is a Country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the Cyprus (Κύπρος transliterated: Kýpros,; Kıbrıs officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Kypriakī́ Dīmokratía Malta, officially the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta is a European Microstate, comprising an Archipelago of three islands Expansion is scheduled for May of 2004. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

December 16, 2002

• Former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic pled guilty to one count of crimes against humanity at the Hague tribunal for her part in persecuting Bosnian Muslims and Croats during the 1992-95 conflict, which left 200,000 dead or missing. Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan Serbs ( Serbian: Срби Srbi) are a South Slavic people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, Biljana Plavšić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Биљана Плавшић (b
• Protesters blockaded highways in and around Caracas as the opposition, angered by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's resolve to hang on to power, called for an escalation in its campaign to remove him. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (ˈuɰo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβ̞es ˈfɾias (born July 28 1954 is the current President of Venezuela.
• Former US Vice President and 2000 Presidential candidate Al Gore announces on the CBS program 60 Minutes that he will not seek election to the Presidency in 2004. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Albert Arnold Gore Jr (born March 31 1948 is an American environmental Activist, author Businessperson, former Politician, and former CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Not to be confused with the BBC news magazine program Sixty Minutes (TV series. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

December 17, 2002

• Congo's government, rebels and opposition parties signed a peace accord to end four years of civil war and set up a transitional government to lead Africa's third-largest nation to its first democratic elections since independence in 1960. Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo often referred to as DR Congo, DRC or RDC, and formerly known or referred to A civil war is a War between a State and domestic political actors that are in control of some part of the territory claimed by the state Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• The Bush administration announced it will begin deploying a limited system to defend the United States against ballistic missiles by 2004. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A ballistic missile is a Missile that follows a Sub-orbital ballistic flightpath with the objective of delivering a warhead to a predetermined target "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
• ElcomSoft is found not guilty on 4 counts of DMCA violations, in the first important test case involving the controversial law. ElcomSoft is a Russian Computer software company specializing in computer security Data recovery applications and Spamware. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA is a United States Copyright Law which implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property

December 18, 2002

• Insurance and finance company Conseco Inc. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Insurance, in Law and Economics, is a form of Risk management primarily used to hedge against the Risk of a contingent loss , deep in debt and facing a federal investigation of its accounting practices, filed for Chapter 11 protection in the third-largest bankruptcy in U. Chapter 11 is a chapter of the United States Bankruptcy Code, which permits reorganization under the Bankruptcy laws of the United States Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their Creditors Creditors may file a bankruptcy petition against S. history.
• An Indian court sentenced three men to death for treason, for their assistance in helping five gunmen prepare for the December 13, 2001 attack on the national Parliament which killed nine people and nearly triggered a war with nuclear rival Pakistan. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country In Law, treason is the Crime that covers some of the more serious acts of disloyalty to one's sovereign or Nation. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Death sentences, which are carried out by hanging, are rare in India. Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death
• Matsushita and Sony have announced that they are collaborating on the development of a "Linux platform for digital home electronic devices"

December 19, 2002

• U.S. plan to invade Iraq: After reviewing a 12,000 page Iraqi weapons declaration document, U. is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with Linux (commonly pronounced ˈlɪnəks A digital system uses discrete (discontinuous values usually but not always Symbolized Numerically (hence called "digital" to represent information for Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The 2003 invasion of Iraq, from March 20 to May 1 2003 was spearheaded by the United States, backed by British forces and smaller contingents from Australia S. officials state that Iraq has failed to account for all its chemical and biological agents and that Iraq is in material breach of a United Nations Security Council resolution.
• Hundreds of Middle Eastern immigrants in Southern California who came to INS officials to register, as per new regulations, are arrested and imprisoned for various INS violations, many of them due to official delays in processing necessary forms. Southern California, or So Cal, is defined as the southern portion of the U The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service ( INS) was a part of the United States Department of Justice and handled legal and illegal Immigration Critics compared the action to the Japanese internment in the same region during World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Others claimed that the people are in violation of United States immigration law, and the arrests are valid. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Immigration law refers to national Government policies which control the phenomenon of Immigration to their country
• Ruling party candidate Roh Moo-hyun won South Korea's presidential election, a result that could complicate ties with the United States as the allies grapple with North Korea's nuclear programme. Roh Moo-hyun (nomuʝʌn (born in August 6, 1946 in Kimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea is a former President of South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː The United States of America —commonly referred to as the North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia,
• Pope John Paul II will approve the miracle needed to beatify Mother Teresa, whose dedication to the destitute earned her a special place in the pontiff's heart. Pope A miracle is an event believed to be caused by interposition of Divine intervention by a Supernatural being in the Universe by which the ordinary operation Beatification (from Latin beatus, blessed via Greek μακάριος makarios) is a recognition accorded by the Catholic church Mother Teresa, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, (born August 26, 1910 – September 5, 1997) was an Albanian ref>Spink A second miracle then will be needed to declare Mother Teresa a saint. A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity
• AOL Time Warner announced that they had been issued a patent for instant messaging. Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. AOL said that they have no plans to enforce the patent, but it could cause son major amigos problems for the purveyors of other instant messaging systems, in particular Microsoft and Yahoo!. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer
• Rebels in the Côte d'Ivoire seized the key western city of Man from government forces. Côte d'Ivoire (ˌkoʊt divˈwɑː(r ' in English, kot diˈvwaʀ in French) or Ivory Coast, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a Man is a Town and department (département in the west of central Côte d'Ivoire.

December 20, 2002

• Barbara Joyce Williams Ferrell, daughter of the late baseball player Ted Williams, has dropped her lawsuit to have the body of her father removed from a cryonics storage facility and cremated. Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams ( August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) also nicknamed The Kid, the Splendid Splinter Cryonics is the low-temperature Preservation of Humans and other Animals that can no longer be sustained by contemporary Medicine until
• Maoist guerrillas ambushed a police van in Jharkhand, a state in eastern India, killing 18 people, mostly police officers. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country At least 20 policemen were wounded in the ambush and the gunbattle that followed.
• Senator Trent Lott resigned as Senate Majority Leader, concluding that his approving statements of fellow Senator Strom Thurmond's segregationist run for President of the United States in 1948 had limited his effectiveness and that of his fellow Republicans. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Chester Trent Lott Sr (born October 9, 1941) is a former United States Senator from Mississippi and a member of the Republican Party The Senate Majority and Minority Leaders (also called Senate Floor Leaders) are two United States Senators who are elected by the party conferences James Strom Thurmond ( December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who served as governor of South Carolina and The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• Portland Trail Blazers players, Golden State Warriors players and Warriors' fans get involved in a melee after the Trail Blazers beat the Warriors, 113-111 in Oakland. The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, is an American professional Basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Golden State Warriors are an American professional Basketball team based in Oakland, California. Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U It might be the first time in NBA history that a home team's fans attack the visiting team during or after a game.
• Speed skater Catriona Le May Doan won the Lou Marsh Trophy, given annually to Canada's outstanding athlete. Catriona Ann Le May-Doan, OC (born December 23, 1970 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian speed skater The Lou Marsh Trophy, also known as the Lou Marsh Memorial Trophy and Lou Marsh Award is a trophy that is awarded annually to Canada's top athlete professional or Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page She edgted out Dallas Mavericks guard Steve Nash. The Dallas Mavericks (also known as the Mavs) are the professional Basketball team of the National Basketball Association based in Dallas Texas Stephen John Nash, OC, OBC (born 7 February 1974 is a Canadian professional Basketball player who plays Point guard for the
• The magazine Science chose the discovery of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) as the top science story of the year. Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally Science is the Academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is considered one of the world's most prestigious Scientific Small interfering RNA ( siRNA) sometimes known as short interfering RNA or silencing RNA, is a class of 20-25 Nucleotide -long double-stranded The molecular switches have the potential to treat such diseases as HIV and cancer. Human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV) is a Lentivirus (a member of the Retrovirus family that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
• Scientists at California Institute of Technology announced the discovery of clouds of methane on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. The California Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Caltech) is a private, Coeducational research university located in Pasadena Methane is a Chemical compound with the molecular formula. It is the simplest Alkane, and the principal component of Natural gas. TemplateInfobox Planet.--> Titan (ˈtaɪtən, or as A natural satellite or moon is a Celestial body that Orbits a Planet or smaller body which is called the primary.
• Governor Frank H. Murkowski of Alaska announced that he had chosen his daughter, state Representative and House Majority Leader Lisa Murkowski, to succeed him in the United States Senate. The Governor of Alaska is the head of the Executive branch of Alaska 's government and the Commander-in-chief of the state's military forces Francis Hughes Murkowski (born March 28, 1933) is an American Politician and a member of the Republican Party. Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent Lisa Ann Murkowski (born May 22, 1957) is an American politician of the Republican party and the junior United States Senator from The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The elder Murkowski, in winning the recent election as governor, was forced to leave his Senate position.

December 21, 2002

• In the Côte d'Ivoire, units of the French Foreign Legion, based at the city of Duekoue on Sassandra River have come into contact with rebels advancing southward from the city of Man. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Côte d'Ivoire (ˌkoʊt divˈwɑː(r ' in English, kot diˈvwaʀ in French) or Ivory Coast, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a The Sassandra River is a river of western Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa. Man is a Town and department (département in the west of central Côte d'Ivoire. Colonel Emmanuel Maurin, commander of the French force, states "Between what we have here and the river, they shall not pass. " They shall not pass " ( catalan: "de ''No passaran!''" French: "fr ''Ils ne passeront pas''" German: "de ''Sie kommen "
• South Korean President-elect Roh Mooh-hyun states that he will visit Washington after receiving an invitation from President George W. Bush. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. During his campaign, Roh stated he would not visit simply for a White House "photo op. "

December 22, 2002

• Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat announced that he has called off presidential and legislative elections scheduled for next month, as he feels that continued Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory will make a free election impossible. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini ( Arabic: محمد عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني (August 24 1929 – November 11 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics.
• North Korea announced that it is physically removing monitoring devices placed on the Yongbyon nuclear reactor. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, Nyongbyon-gun, alternatively Yongbyon-gun, is a county in North Pyongan province North Korea. The devices were placed by the United Nations following the 1994 nuclear agreement to shut down Yongbyon, which is capable of making weapons-grade material, in exchange for deliveries of oil. In November 2002, Korea admitted that it is working on a weapons of mass destruction program in response to "imperialist threats. A weapon of mass destruction ( WMD) is a weapon which can kill large numbers of humans and/or cause great damage to man-made structures (e " The United States states it does not trust the North Koreans. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• Demonstrators estimated in the tens of thousands supported proposed national security laws for Hong Kong, following last week's demonstrations with similar numbers against these proposed laws. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders The Government Consultation Exercise for the proposed laws received 18,000 comments. Article 23 of the Basic Law of Hong Kong, negotiated by Britain and China before the 1997 handover to China, stated that Hong Kong must enact national security legislation by itself banning treason, turning over state secrets, and urging separation from China. The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, or simply Hong Kong Basic Law, serves as the Constitutional document The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National
• A senior member of ETA, Ibon Femandez de Iradi, escaped from French custody yesterday. eu '''Euskadi Ta Askatasuna''' or ETA ( Basque for "Basque Homeland and Freedom" ˈɛːta is an illegal armed Basque nationalist Separatist This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. He and a woman companion was arrested Wednesday after their car was found to have false number plates. Ibon Femandez de Iradi was the logistics chief for ETA, a Basque separatist group which has been implicated in terrorist activities. The Basques (Euskaldunak are a people who inhabit a region spanning over parts of north-central Spain and southwestern France.
• Time Magazine announced that its "Persons of the Year" are three female whistleblowers -- Coleen Rowley, FBI agent who wrote a memorandum to FBI Director Robert Mueller claiming that the Minneapolis, Minnesota office had been remiss in its investigation of suspected terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui; Cynthia Cooper, former WorldCom auditor, who alerted the company's Board of Directors of accounting irregularities; and Sherron Watkins, former Enron Vice President, who reported to the company's former Chairman Kenneth Lay in 2001 that the company was about to collapse as a result of false accounting. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and This is an article about a term For the 2008 RTÉ drama see Whistleblower (TV series. Coleen Rowley (born December 20, 1954) is a former FBI agent and Whistleblower, and was a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL candidate Robert Swan Mueller III (born August 7 1944 is the current Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion Zacarias Moussaoui ( Arabic: زكريا موسوي; born May 30 1968 is a French citizen who was convicted of conspiring to kill citizens Cynthia F Cooper (born July 1964 to Gene Ferrell and the former Patsy Lee is an Internal auditor and consultant best known for being the Whistleblower who exposed MCI Inc is an American Telecommunications company that is headquartered in Ashburn Virginia. The most general definition of an audit is an evaluation of a person organization system process project or product Sherron Watkins (born August 28, 1959, in Tomball Texas) was Vice President of Corporate Development at the Enron Corporation. Enron Creditors Recovery Corporation (formerly Enron Corporation, former NYSE ticker symbol ENE was an American Energy company based in Kenneth Lee "Ken" Lay ( April 15, 1942 Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.
• Musician Joe Strummer dies of a heart attack, aged 50. John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002 better known as Joe Strummer, was the co-founder lyricist Rhythm guitarist and lead singer of the
• The city of Baltimore, Maryland passed an ordinance making the giving of a BB gun to a minor a misdemeanor punished by a $500 fine and two months in jail. BB guns are a type of Air gun designed to shoot projectiles called BB after the Birdshot pellet of approximately the same size
• Singer Kristyn Osbourne of the country music group SHeDAISY filed a $3. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. SHeDAISY (ʃə'deɪzi is an American Country music group founded in the late 1990s by sisters Kristyn Robyn Osborn (b 5 million lawsuit against karaoke companies for failure to pay songwriters. (kɑːrɑːˌoʊkɛ in Japanese karaoke) is a form of Entertainment in which Amateur Singers sing along with recorded Music (and/or a

December 23, 2002

• Bill Frist was voted to succeed Trent Lott as United States Senate Majority Leader. Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. William Harrison "Bill" Frist Chester Trent Lott Sr (born October 9, 1941) is a former United States Senator from Mississippi and a member of the Republican Party The Senate Majority and Minority Leaders (also called Senate Floor Leaders) are two United States Senators who are elected by the party conferences
• Scientists at California company VaxGen Inc. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. , have finished the first human trial of an AIDS vaccine, a mammoth $200 million, 5,400-patient effort more than a decade in the making. A vaccine is a biological preparation which is used to establish or improve immunity to a particular disease The Food and Drug Administration has granted the vaccine "fast-track" status that would speed it through the approval process, if it proves effective, for public availability. The test results are expected to be made public within approximately three months.
• The British musician Joe Strummer has died of a heart attack, aged 50. John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002 better known as Joe Strummer, was the co-founder lyricist Rhythm guitarist and lead singer of the His death made the top news story in a number of British news sources.
• Victor Emmanuel, Prince of Naples, the heir of the last King of Italy, visited the country for the first time since the Italian Royal Family was banned. Vittorio Emanuele Prince of Naples ( Vittorio Emanuele Alberto Carlo Teodoro Umberto Bonifacio Amedeo Damiano Bernardino Gennaro Maria di Savoia) (born February 12 Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest A constitutional amendment passed in November allowed the royal family to return as ordinary citizens.

December 24, 2002

• A number of US Muslim groups have initiated a class action lawsuit against the US Attorney General, John Ashcroft and the US immigration services over the arrest and detention of large numbers of Muslim men. Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion John David Ashcroft (born May 9 1942) is an American Politician who was the 79th United States Attorney General.
• A bomb believed planted by a Muslim separatist organisation killed 13 people, including a town mayor, and wounded 12 in a Christmas Eve attack in the southern Philippines town of Datu Piang. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion Christmas Eve, December 24, is the day before Christmas Day, the celebrated birthday of Jesus.
• Iran's state radio reported quoted a statement by airport officials, saying that pilot "carelessness" caused a plane carrying Ukrainian and Russian aerospace scientists to crash in central Iran, killing all 46 people on board. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics.
• Sun Microsystems won a major antitrust victory against Microsoft when a federal judge ordered Microsoft to distribute Sun's Java programming language in its Microsoft Windows operating system. Sun Microsystems Inc ( is a multinational vendor of Computers computer components Computer software, and Information technology services Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft.

December 25, 2002

• The Christmas holiday is celebrated in Western Christianity. Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Lists of holidays The words holiday or vacation have related meanings in different English-speaking countries and continents but will usually refer to one of Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings
• Kicker Katie Hnida of the University of New Mexico makes history by becoming the first woman to participate in a NCAA division 1 football game, missing a kick for her team during the Las Vegas Bowl game. Katharine Anne Hnida, better known as Katie Hnida (pronounced NYE duh (born May 17 1981 on August 30 2003 became the first woman to score The University of New Mexico ( UNM) is a Public University in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with

December 26, 2002

• North Korea is reactivating a plutonium producing nuclear power plant north of Pyongyang after removing United Nations seals on the reactor and degrading the capability of surveillance cameras. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, Nuclear power is any Nuclear technology designed to extract usable Energy from atomic nuclei via controlled Nuclear reactions Pyongyang (pʰjʌŋjaŋ is the Capital and largest City of North Korea, located on the Taedong River, at. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security This same reactor is thought by U. S. officials as the source for plutonium for two previously produced atomic bombs. A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. North Korea has been named by the George W. Bush Administration as part of the so-called "axis of evil. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Definition President Bush's exact statement was as follows second goal is to prevent regimes (terrorist that sponsor terror from threatening America or our friends and "[1]
• War on Terrorism: A Washington Post article quotes numerous anonymous CIA agents who confirm that the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States uses so-called "stress and duress" interrogation techniques, which are claimed by human rights activists to be acts of torture. The War on Terrorism (also known as the War on Terror) is the common term for the military political and legal, and ideological conflict and specifically for U The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental is intentionally The actions include beatings as a prelude to interrogation in order to break their will, followed by sleep deprivation, denial of pain medication, and enclosure in cramped rooms. The CIA frequently turns suspects over to Middle Eastern intelligence services for what is undisputablely torture and intensive interrogation. The anonymous agents defend the practice as necessary in light of the September 11th terrorist attacks; publicly, US government officials deny the charges, while declining to address specifics. Privately, however, one official justified human rights violations as being a necessary part of the job. [2]
• Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Israel announces it will begin with temporarily providing social services such as education, healthcare, and licenses in the West Bank. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The West Bank (الضفة الغربية, הגדה המערבית Hagadah Hamaaravit) also referred to in Israel as " Judea and Samaria The Israeli government claims the move is necessary to provide badly needed services to the Palestinian people in light of the Palestinian Authority's inability to do so. Palestinian officials claim the move is an attempt to undermine the legitimacy of the Palestinian Authority and tantamount to the reinstatement of the Israeli occupation that existed before the 1993 Oslo Accords. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Israeli-Palestinian conflict The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles
• A 55-year-old contractor from Putnam County, West Virginia named Andrew "Jack" Whittaker Jr won the $314. Putnam County is a County located in the US state of West Virginia. The West Virginia Lottery is run by government of West Virginia. 9 million Christmas Day Powerball jackpot which is the biggest undivided lottery prize in American history. Powerball is an American Lottery game sold through US lotteries as a shared Jackpot pool game A lottery is a form of Gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize [3]

December 27, 2002

• Chechen rebels detonate two car bombs at the Grozny headquarters of Chechnya's Russian-backed government in an apparent suicide attack, killing more than 80 people. Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Chechens ( Chechen: Hохчи / Noxçi) constitute the largest native Ethnic group originating in the North Caucasus region Grozny (Гро́зный Соьлж-ГIала Sölƶ-Ġala or Соьлжа-ГIала Sölƶa -Ġala sometimes referred to as ce Джовхар-ГIала Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending [4]
• North Korea expels UN weapons inspectors, and announces plans to reactivate a dormant nuclear fuel processing laboratory. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, [5]
• Clonaid, the medical arm of a cult called Raelism, who believe that aliens introduced human life on Earth, claims to have successfully cloned a human being. Clonaid is a Human cloning company founded in 1997 It has philosophical ties with the Raëlian sect which sees cloning as the first step in achieving Immortality Raëlism or Raëlian Church consists of the practitioners of a UFO religion founded by a former French sports-car journalist and test driver named Claude Cloning in Biology is the process of producing populations of genetically-identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as Bacteria, Insects They claim that aliens taught them how to perform cloning, even though the company has no record of having successfully cloned any previous animal. A spokesperson said an independent agency would prove that the baby, named Eve, is in fact an exact copy of her mother. [6]
• Presidential elections in Kenya between Uhuru Kenyatta, candidate for ruling party KANU, and Mwai Kibaki, candidate for opposition party NARC. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta (born October 26 1961) is a Kenyan politician currently serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU, ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963 until its electoral Mwai Kibaki (born November 15, 1931) is the President of Kenya. The National Rainbow Coalition (National Alliance of Rainbow Coalition - NARC was a coalition of Kenyan political parties in power from 2002 and 2005 when it fell apart in a Early reports say the latter wins a landslide victory. In Politics, a landslide victory (or landslide) is the victory of a candidate or Political party by an overwhelming margin in an Election

December 29, 2002

• The Kenyan electoral commission confirms that the opposition National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) has won landslide victories over the ruling KANU party in Friday's elections, ending 40 years of single party rule and 24 years of rule by Daniel arap Moi. Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south The National Rainbow Coalition (National Alliance of Rainbow Coalition - NARC was a coalition of Kenyan political parties in power from 2002 and 2005 when it fell apart in a The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU, ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963 until its electoral Daniel Toroitich arap Moi (born September 2, 1924) was the President of Kenya from 1978 until 2002 The NARC's presidential candidate, Mwai Kibaki, led by more than 30 percentage points over the KANU's official candidate. Mwai Kibaki (born November 15, 1931) is the President of Kenya. [7]
• Brighton's West Pier collapsed. Brighton ( is a town on the south coast of England and with its neighbour Hove, forms the city of Brighton and Hove. It had served from the Victorian era until it was closed in 1975. Culture The Victorian fascination with novelty resulted in a deep interest in the relationship between modernity and cultural continuities Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [8][9]

December 30, 2002

• The Israeli Supreme Court rules that reservists may not refuse to serve in the West Bank or Gaza because of their objection to Israeli government policies. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The West Bank (الضفة الغربية, הגדה המערבית Hagadah Hamaaravit) also referred to in Israel as " Judea and Samaria Gaza (غزة, עַזָּה ʕazzā is the largest city in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian territories. The Court ruled "the recognition of selective conscientious objection might loosen the links that hold us together as a people. "
• Four Americans (the director, a doctor, the administrator and the pharmacist) at the Baptist hospital in Jibla, Yemen, were killed by Abed Abdul-Razzak Kamal. Jibla (جبلا is a town in southwestern Yemen, close to Ibb. Yemen ( Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman officially the Republic of Yemen ( Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya Kamal was captured and claims he was linked to the extremist Islamic Reform Party. Another member of his alleged cell, Ali al-Jarallah, was arrested for shooting a Yemeni left-wing politician on Sunday.
• The United Nations Security Council voted 13-0, with two abstentions, to revise the list of goods Iraq is allowed to purchase under the "food-for-oil" program. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. The list includes flight simulators, communications equipment, high-speed motorboats, and rocket cases, which the United States noted are dual-use technologies. A flight simulator is a system that tries to copy or simulate, the experience of flying an aircraft A motorboat is a vessel propelled by an Internal combustion engine driving a jet pump or a Propeller. A rocket or rocket vehicle is a Missile, Aircraft or other Vehicle which obtains Thrust by the reaction of the Dual-use is a term often used in Politics and Diplomacy to refer to Technology which can be used for both Peaceful and Military aims The Security Council also agreed to ask the UN for standards to evaluate the quantities of medicine and antibiotics Iraq is allowed to import under this program. Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the In modern usage an antibiotic is a Chemotherapeutic agent with activity against Microorganisms such as Bacteria, fungi or Protozoa
• A tanker, the Amazonian Explorer, arrived in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, 200 kilometers east of Caracas, the capital. Puerto la Cruz is a Venezuelan city and port in the state of Anzoátegui. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Caracas (kaˈɾakas is the Capital and largest city of Venezuela. President Hugo Chávez traveled to the port to supervise the unloading of 525,000 barrels (83,000 m³) of gasoline. Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (ˈuɰo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβ̞es ˈfɾias (born July 28 1954 is the current President of Venezuela. Gasoline is restricted due to a strike at Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PdVSA), the state-owned oil company, which is aimed at forcing President Chávez to call early elections. Petróleos de Venezuela SA ( PDVSA) is the Venezuelan state-owned Petroleum company
• Crude oil futures on the New York market rose to $33 per barrel (208 $/m³) because of the Venezuelan oil strike and fears of war with Iraq.

December 31, 2002

• United States troops get into a brief gun battle with paramilitary forces of the Warzirstan Scouts of Pakistan, in a remote tribal area along the undefined Afghan/Pakistani border, in Paktia Province, Afghanistan. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Paktia ( پکتيا) is one of the thirty-four Provinces of Afghanistan, in the east of the country Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, One US soldier is wounded by gunfire, and several Pakistani soldiers are killed when US air support arrives. The border in this region is poorly demarcated. [10]. Three missiles from US helicopter gunships strike a madrassa owned by former Taliban official Maulana Muhammad Hassan, according to the ANI news agency. "Madrasa" and "Medrese" redirect here For the village in Azerbaijan see Mədrəsə.
• The first trial of a member of the Russian military for human rights violations in Chechnya concludes controversially, with Col. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled The Chechen Republic (ˈʧɛʧɨn rɪˈpʌblɨk Чече́нская Респу́блика Chechenskaya Respublika; Нохчийн Республика Noxçiyn Respublika Yuri Budanov found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a psychiatric hospital for further evaluation and treatment. Psychiatry is a medical specialty which exists to study, prevent, and treat Mental disorders in Humans Psychiatric Budanov was charged with murder and abduction after being accused of raping and strangling Heda Kungayeva, an 18 year old Chechen girl whom Budanov contends was a rebel sniper. READ DISCUSSION PAGE BEFORE MAKING ANY EDITS TO CAPTION BELOW http//en [11]

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