According to Christopher Ehret ( 2002: 35 – 36 ), Proto-Afroasiatic was spoken c. 11, 000 BC at the latest and possibly as early as c. 16, 000 BC.

* Markus Weimer, The Peace Dividend: Analysis of a Decade of Angolan Indicators, 2002 – 2012

** Atlas V ( 2002 – Present )

The Turkic-Mongolic-Tungusic and Korean-Japanese-Ainu groupings were also posited by Joseph Greenberg ( 2000 – 2002 ) who, however, treated them as independent members of a larger family, which he termed Eurasiatic.

This would make it a language family about as old as Indo-European ( 4000 to 7, 000 BC according to several hypotheses cited in Mallory 1997: 106 ) but considerably younger than Afroasiatic ( c. 10, 000 BC according to Diakonoff 1988: 33n, 11, 000 to 16, 000 BC according to Ehret 2002: 35 – 36 ).

* Joseph Greenberg ( 2000 – 2002 ).

* " The Nobels in Baku " in Azerbaijan International, Vol 10. 2 ( Summer 2002 ), 56 – 59.

* 1969 – Bison Dele, American basketball player ( d. 2002 )

* 2002 – A female suicide bomber detonated at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market, killing 7 and wounding 104.

* 1910 – Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and lyricist ( d. 2002 )

* 2002 – Miguel Urdangarín y de Borbón

* 1926 – Pat Coombs, English actress ( d. 2002 )

* 1926 – Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist ( d. 2002 )

* 1947 – Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer ( d. 2002 )

* 1952 – Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer ) ( d. 2002 )

* 1952 – Herb Ritts, American photographer ( d. 2002 )

After re-establishing its credibility in 1989, Australia underlined its superiority with victories in the 1990 – 91, 1993, 1994 – 95, 1997, 1998 – 99, 2001 and 2002 – 03 series, all by convincing margins.

* 2002 – Simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper ( b. 1905 )

* 2002 – Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer ( b. 1947 )

" History and Theory 41, Theme Issue 41 ( December 2002 ), 90 – 103

* 1914 – J. Lee Thompson, English director ( d. 2002 )

* 1930 – Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist ( d. 2002 )

* 2002: Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154 passenger jet, collided with DHL Flight 611, a Boeing 757-200 cargo jet, at over Überlingen, Germany, due to a miscommunication between the pilots of Flight 2937 and Swiss air traffic control.

* 2002 – An EAS Airlines BAC 1-11-500 crashes in a suburb of Kano, Nigeria shortly after takeoff killing more than 148 people.

* 2002 – A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.

* 2002 – Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya ; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air-missiles.

In 2002 the government merged the nine largest airlines into three regional groups based in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, respectively: Air China, China Eastern Airlines, and China Southern Airlines, which operate most of China's external flights.

United Airlines filed a counter motion which was dismissed by a district judge on October 11, 2002.

After a share sale to majority partner Austrian Airlines in 1999, he managed the Jaguar Formula One racing team from 2001 to 2002.

Lufthansa Technik ( short LHT ), a subsidiary of Lufthansa German Airlines, acquired Hawker Pacific in 2002.

In 2002, Sky Busters made a comeback, but with Continental Airlines as the only major airline to sponsor the product.

After its bankruptcy in 2001, the newly formed SN Brussels Airlines took over part of Sabena's assets in February 2002, which then became Brussels Airlines.

SN Brussels Airlines BAe 146 in the former Sabena livery at London Heathrow Airport in 2002.

Category: Airlines disestablished in 2002

Qantas revived the Australian Airlines brand between 2002 and 2006 to serve the low-cost leisure market of visitors to and from Australia but using a full-service model.

In October 2002, Qantas revived the Australian Airlines brand as a full-service carrier, targeting the low-cost leisure market and flying primarily out of Cairns and Bali.

The airline was founded by its first President Yolanda Suarez in September 2002 as Caribbean Sun Airlines in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and started operations in January 2003, with flights from San Juan's Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport to Tortola, using Bombardier Dash 8-100 aircraft.

Australian Airlines was a full-service airline based in Australia, servicing Australian and Asian destinations between 2002 and 2006.

The airline was established in 2001 and started operations on 27 October 2002, reusing the name Qantas gained when it acquired former Australian domestic carrier Australian Airlines in September 1992.

" He is also alleged to have confessed to a role in many of the most significant terrorist plots over the last twenty years, including the World Trade Center 1993 bombings, the Bojinka plot, an aborted 2002 attack on the U. S. Bank Tower in Los Angeles, the Bali nightclub bombings, the failed bombing of American Airlines Flight 63, the Millennium Plot, and the murder of Daniel Pearl.

A Libyan Arab Airlines Airbus A300-600 upon take-off from Malta International Airport ( 2002 ).

Category: Airlines established in 2002

On 25 May 2002, China Airlines Flight 611, a Boeing 747-200 aircraft flying from Taipei, Taiwan to Hong Kong disintegrated and exploded over the Islands.

Alaska Airlines provided International service to Vancouver in 2002 however shortly after launch a stop in Seattle ( or change of planes ) was required as John Wayne airport was not authorized for pre clearance or International flights by US Agencies.

Category: Airlines established in 2002