January

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A timeline of events in the news for January, 2002.

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Contents

1 January 29, 2002

2 January 24, 2002

3 January 23, 2002

4 January 20, 2002

5 January 8, 2002

6 January 4, 2002

7 January 4, 2002

8 January 3, 2002

9 January 1, 2002

10 Topics in the news in January 2002

11 Background for events in January 2002

January 29, 2002

George W. Bush delivered his State of the Union Address to Congress.

January 24, 2002

Enron hearings begin.
Terrorist suspect John Walker Lindh's hearing begins.

January 23, 2002

Kenneth Lay, CEO of the bankrupt Enron Corporation, resigns.

January 20, 2002

Speed skating: world championships sprint, Hamar, Norway. Katriona Lemay-Doan of Canada wins in the women's event (2. Andrea Nuyt, Neth., 3. Anzhela Kotyuaga, Bel.), Jeremy Wotherspoon, also of Canada becomes the champion in the men's competition (2. Casey Fitzrandolph, USA, 3. Michael Ireland, Can.).

January 8, 2002

Fast-food restaurant chain Wendy's founder Dave Thomas dies at 69.
Ozzie Smith is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Michael Jordan's wife files for divorce.

January 4, 2002

U.S. officials announce they have custody of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi.

January 4, 2002

The Israeli Army seizes the Karine A on the Red Sea, claiming the arms on the ship were bound for the Palestinian Authority.
Tom Daschle accuses President Bush and the Republicans have caused the "most dramatic fiscal deterioration in our nation's history."
The United States Department of Labor announces that the United States unemployment rate rose to 5.8% in December.
U2, India Arie, and Alicia Keys lead the nominations for the 44th annual Grammy Awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
The movies Impostor, Eisenstein, Black Hawk Down, and Gosford Park are released in the U.S.

January 3, 2002

Beer brewer Freddy Heineken (grandson of the brewery's founder) died in his home at the age of 78.

January 1, 2002

Euro banknotes and coins become legal tender in 12 member states of the European Union.

Topics in the news in January 2002

Ethnicity: Israeli - Jew - Palestinian
Geography:
- Re Colin Powell's speech: Gaza - Gaza Strip - Golan Heights - Israel - Judea - Palestine - Syria - West Bank
- Re airport security bill: Reagan National Airport
- Re germ warfare: Iraq - North Korea
Law: anti-terrorism legislation
Organizations, governmental and professional: Air Transport Association - American Automobile Association - House of Lords - United States Department of Transportation
People: Yasser Arafat - Caroline Dickinson - Saddam Hussein - Shimon Peres - Colin Powell - Condoleezza Rice - Nabil Shaath - Ariel Sharon
Religion: Islam - Judaism
Concepts:
- Military and defense: biological weapons program - sniffer dogs - weapons of mass destruction - x-ray searching
- Other: airline baggage - bounty - bounty hunter - sniffer dog - x-ray searching

Background for events in January 2002

The War in Afghanistan: Background

Developing stories: 2001 U.S. Attack on Afghanistan - individual cases of anthrax
Ethnicity: People of Afghanistan - Azerbaijan - Pashtun - Tajik
Geography: Afghanistan - Baghlan, Afghanistan - Israel - Kabul - Kandahar - Kunduz, Afghanistan - New York City - Pakistan - Palestine - United States of America - Washington, D.C.
History: September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Back history
People: Osama bin Laden - Tony Blair - George W. Bush - Abdul Rashid Dostum - Pervez Musharraf - Mullah Mohammed Omar - Burhanuddin Rabbani - Donald Rumsfeld - Abdul Sattar
Organizations: al Qaeda - CDC - Northern Alliance - Taliban - United Nations - United Nations Security Council - U.S. Special Operations
Concepts
- Geographical: airport - airspace - pipeline
- Military/guerilla/defense technology and strategy: aircraft carrier - airport security - anthrax - antibiotic resistance - baggage screening - biological warfare - biological weapon - car bomb - ciprofloxacin - domestic security - gas mask - germ warfare - aircraft hijacking - smallpox - terrorist cell - vaccine
- Political: anti-Americanism - domestic terrorism - foreign aid - foreign aid worker - humanitarian aid - peace - risk analysis - terrorism - terrorist groups - war
- Religious: Islamism
- Psychological: collective trauma

U.S. Domestic Response to Terrorism: Background

Geography: New York City - Reno, Nevada - Washington, D.C.
People: John Ashcroft - George W. Bush - Colin Powell -
Organizations: Air Transport Association - Central Intelligence Agency - U.S. Department of Defense - Federal Bureau of Investigation - Office of Homeland Security
Concepts: bipartisanship - electronic surveillance - encryption - wiretap - tax cut

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Background

Ethnicity: Israeli - Jew - Palestinian
Geography: Gaza - Gaza Strip - Golan Heights - Israel - Judea - Palestine - Syria - West Bank
People: Yasser Arafat - Shimon Peres - Colin Powell - Nabil Shaath - Ariel Sharon
Religion: Islam - Judaism
The terrorist attack: September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack - World Trade Center - The Pentagon - New York City - Washington, D.C. - AA Flight 11 - UA Flight 75 - AA Flight 77 - UA Flight 93 - September 11

India and Pakistan

Other Conflicts

East Timor

Science and Technology

Max Perutz, the molecular biologist, has died at the age of 87.
A new genetic mechanism has been found allowing evolution to radically redesign body plans, caused by mutations occurring in the regulatory genes that control embryonic development.

Europe

ETA
Anti-war protests

Business news

Celebrity news

Jennifer Lopez - Sharon Stone - aneurysm

Sports news

Basketball: Michael Jordan returns to the NBA, with the Washington Wizards
American football: Super Bowl XXXVI
2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah

Categories: 2002

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