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 )

The 2002 and 2003 announcements of the Women's Health Initiative of the American National Institute of Health and The Million Women Study of the UK Cancer Research and National Health Service collaboration respectively, that HRT treatment coincides with an increased incidence of breast cancer, heart attacks and strokes, lead to a sharp decline in HRT prescription throughout the world, which was followed by a decrease in breast cancer incidence.

By October, 2002, the ADHS in conjunction with the Arizona Cancer Registry, determined that, " No common environmental exposure from drinking water, ambient air or waste sites were identified that might have placed residents of the Sierra Vista area at greater risk of developing leukemia.

McLachlan also participated in several concerts during her break, such as Sheryl Crow's Live from Central Park in 1999, the Arista Records twenty-fifth anniversary celebration in 2000, as well as the 2002 British Columbia Cancer Foundation Benefit Concert in memory of cancer victim Michele Bourbonnais.

A study issued in 2002 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization concluded that non-smokers are exposed to the same carcinogens on account of tobacco smoke as active smokers.

Cancer Research UK is a cancer research and awareness charity in the United Kingdom, formed on 4 February 2002 by the merger of The Cancer Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund.

In 2002 the two charities agreed to merge to form Cancer Research UK, the largest independent research organisation in the world dedicated to fighting cancer ( The largest, the National Cancer Institute, is funded by the US Government ).

* Board Member, Cancer Therapy & Research Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, 2002 – present

* The 3rd ( 2002 ) International Conference on Smokeless Tobacco-Daily Media Summaries from the U. S. National Cancer Institute

Milian was the honorary judge for Washington's 2002 Teachers Making A Difference campaign and is actively involved in supporting Southern Florida's Children's Cancer Center's Summer Camp, hosting " Camp Court " mock trials of camp counselors by the young campers.

: Cancer Research 62, 3675-3684, July 1, 2002

* Healthy Eating for Life to Prevent and Treat Cancer ( 2002 )

In 2002, Ponce School of Medicine established an academic partnership with the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute.

A 2002 summary by International Agency for Research on Cancer puts insulation glass wool into Category 3 carcinogen, " not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity to humans ".

After failure to pass a 2002 multi-million dollar bond, the TSC tax district voters successfully passed a $ 68 million bond issue to construct additional classrooms ($ 28 million ), additional library space ($ 14 million ), Workforce Training Classrooms ($ 17 million ), Center for Early Childhood Studies ($ 4 million ), and Center for Alzheimer's, Diabetes, Cancer, and Heart Disease ($ 5 million ).

Worldwide, the WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer estimated that in 2002 17. 8 % of human cancers were caused by infection, with 11. 9 % being caused by one of seven different viruses.

Street was honored with a New Jersey State Senate Proclamation on May 11, 2002, for his charitable works at a Mount Laurel, NJ benefit for Cancer.

Since 2002, NDC has been under the management of Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd. NDC is located within Singapore's premier healthcare hub at Outram Park, together with Singapore General Hospital and three other of Singapore's national specialist centres ( Heart, Eye and Cancer ).

The Hematological Cancer Research Investment and Education Act, enacted in 2002, establishes the Joe Moakley Research Excellence Program for expanded and coordinated blood cancer research programs.

Nevada Cancer Institute ( NVCI ), founded in 2002, has been the official cancer institute for the state of Nevada since 2003.

* In 2002, " Minerva 2 " was driven by Pierre Robert in the 93. 3 WMMR Ozz-Fund, a four-day fundraiser to collect money for the Fox Chase Cancer Center in the name of Ozzy Osbourne's wife Sharon Osbourne.

In late Aug 2002 Avon introduced its own two-day walk ( the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, a 39-mile walk over two days ).