The Year 2002 (Part Two)
The year 2002, July through December.
Source: The Associated Press
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U.S. planes bomb a village in central Afghanistan after American forces came under fire, according to U.S. officials; Afghans said the villagers were celebrating a wedding. Plane carrying Russian children to Spain for vacation and a cargo jet ram into one another; 71 killed.
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Gunman opens fire at Israel's El Al airline ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport. Three people die, including the gunman. Heavy rains in Texas force hundreds to flee.
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Gunmen assassinate Afghan Vice President Abdul Qadir, key to U.S.-backed efforts to stabilize the war-fractured nation.
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John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to two felonies in deal sparing him life in prison.
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Irish Republican Army issues unprecedented apology for killing hundreds of civilians in bomb blasts or attacks over last 30 years.
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The House expels convicted Ohio Rep. James Traficant, only the second time a sitting member has been banished since the Civil War. Also, nine coal miners are trapped in a flooded mine in western Pennsylvania.
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The nine trapped coal miners are rescued.
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Bomb kills seven, injures more than 80 at Hebrew University cafeteria. Also, an alleged Russian crime boss is arrested on charges he fixed figure skating results at Salt Lake City Winter Games.
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One-year-old Guatemalan twins joined at the head are separated.
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Tens of thousands of Czechs flee their historic capital as torrential rains flood Vltava River. Death toll from flooding in Europe reaches 88.
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With just hours to spare, Major League Baseball averts a strike.
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Bush administration raises nationwide terror alert to second-highest level, closing nine U.S. embassies overseas and increasing security at federal buildings and landmarks in America.
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With words of comfort and resolve, President Bush joins the nation in remembering "how it began and who fell first" in the terrorist attacks one year earlier.
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Tropical Storm Isidore drenches Gulf Coast.
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Sen. Robert Torricelli ends his scandal-tainted re-election campaign after the deadline to issue a replacement, resulting in court struggle to get new candidate on the ballot.
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Five people are gunned down in the Washington suburbs in 16 hours, beginning the hunt for the "Beltway Sniper." Also, Hurricane Lili strikes Louisiana coast.
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American Taliban John Walker Lindh receives 20-year sentence. Also, Attorney General John Ashcroft announces arrests of four people in Oregon and Michigan on charges of conspiring to wage war on the United States and support al-Qaida.
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Bomb destroys a nightclub on the island of Bali, killing nearly 200 people and injuring scores of others.
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Gunmen seize crowded Moscow theater, taking hundreds hostage. Three days later, commandos striking behind clouds of disabling gas bring a sudden end to the hostage nightmare. At least 129 of the hostages die from the effects of a narcotic gas used to knock out the militants.
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Authorities arrest Army veteran John Allen Muhammad and a teenager in connection with the Washington-area sniper attacks. The two ultimately are accused of shooting 18 people, killing 13 and wounding five.
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Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn)dies in plane crash just 11 days before the election.
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Republicans win the battle for control of Congress in midterm elections. President Bush and GOP savor the sweeping election victories and begin sketching an agenda for a Republican-controlled Congress.
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In an audiotaped message, a voice purported to be that of Osama bin Laden praises terrorist strikes in Bali and Moscow and threatens Western nations over any attack on Iraq.
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U.N. arms inspectors return to Iraq after four-year hiatus, calling on Saddam Hussein's government to cooperate with their search for weapons of mass destruction.
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Oil tanker carrying 20 million gallons of fuel oil breaks in two and sinks in Atlantic Ocean, threatening environmental catastrophe along scenic Spanish coastline.
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Early testing shows experimental vaccine to be 100 percent effective against virus that causes cervical cancer.
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President Bush pushes Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and economic adviser Larry Lindsey from their posts. Figures show nation's unemployment rate soars to 6 percent in November.
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President Bush selects railroad executive John W. Snow as Treasury secretary. United Airlines files biggest bankruptcy in aviation history after losing $4 billion in last two years.
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Former Vice President Al Gore says he won't run for president in 2004.
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Bowing to harsh criticism from fellow senators and the Bush White House, Trent Lott resigns as Senate Republican leader. Lott ran into trouble at the beginning of December for comments backing Senator Strom Thurmond's 1948 bid for president on a segregationist ticket.
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