Silver Lining is the fourteenth album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 2002 ( see 2002 in music ).

In 2002, he joined up with Raitt, and has been a member of Raitt's band.

On March 14, 2002, an agreement was signed to transform the FRY into a loose state union called Serbia and Montenegro ; it took effect on February 4, 2003.

In 2002 Chile signed an association agreement with the European Union ( comprising FTA, political and cultural agreements ), in 2003, an extensive free trade agreement with the United States, and in 2004 with South Korea, expecting a boom in import and export of local produce and becoming a regional trade-hub.

Pitcher Darryl Kile ( who died in 2002 ) signed as a free agent in the offseason, struggled in Colorado, going 13 – 17 with a 5. 20 ERA — a far cry from his numbers the prior year as a member of the Houston Astros, when he went 19 – 7 with a 2. 57 ERA.

In 2002, Compaq signed a merger agreement with Hewlett-Packard for $ 24. 2 billion, including $ 14. 45 billion for goodwill, where each Compaq share would be exchanged for 0. 6325 of a Hewlett-Packard share.

In October 2002, the new president was successful in getting occupying Rwandan forces to withdraw from eastern Congo ; two months later, an agreement was signed by all remaining warring parties to end the fighting and set up a Transition Government, the make-up of which would allow representation for all negotiating parties.

Under the Global and All-Inclusive Agreement, signed on 17 December 2002, in Pretoria, there was to be one President and four Vice-Presidents, one from the government, one from the Rally for Congolese Democracy, one from the MLC, and one from civil society.

* An agreement concerning the use of the Port of Djibouti and the transit of cargo, was signed in Djibouti between the two countries on 13 April 2002, and ratified by the Ethiopian Federal Parliamentary Assembly on 4 June of the same year.

Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling, Air Pollution – Persistent Organic Pollutants ( signed 2001, ratified 2002 ), Climate Change – Kyoto Protocol ( signed May 1998, ratified together with 14 other EU countries May 31, 2002 ).

In addition, it works with several major standards development organizations, including the IEEE with which it signed a cooperation agreement in 2002, which was amended in 2008 to include joint development work.

To reduce phosphorus inputs to this part of the Lake, Vermont and Quebec agreed to reduce their inputs by 60 % and 40 %, respectively, by an agreement signed in 2002.

An international agreement was signed in 2002 in Ghent, Belgium about the management of the river amongst France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Belgium.

During 2002 Nauru severed diplomatic recognition with Taiwan ( Republic of China ) and signed an agreement to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.

* Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty ( SORT or Moscow Treaty )— signed 2002, into force 2003: A very loose treaty that is often criticized by arms control advocates for its ambiguity and lack of depth, Russia and the United States agreed to reduce their " strategic nuclear warheads " ( a term that remain undefined in the treaty ) to between 1, 700 and 2, 200 by 2012.

In 2002, the Sri Lankan government and LTTE signed a Norwegian-mediated ceasefire agreement.

In 2002 it signed a treaty with the OECD, agreeing to greater transparency in banking and taxation matters to help combat tax evasion.

In October 2002, Alcoa and BHP Billiton signed a letter of intent as the basis for new joint ventures between the two companies, in which Alcoa will take part for 55 % in all bauxite mining activities in West Suriname.

Switzerland played a key role in brokering a truce agreement between the Sudanese Government and Sudan People's Liberation Army for the Nuba Mountains region, signed after a week's negotiations taking place near Lucerne in January 2002.

Congress passed and President Bush signed the Homeland Security Act of 2002, creating the Department of Homeland Security, representing the largest restructuring of the U. S. government in contemporary history.

This boundary dispute was settled in agreements signed in 2002 that would cede 1, 000 km² of Pamir mountain range to China in return for China relinquishing claims to 28, 000 km² of Tajik lands.

On 6 May 2002, the Israeli government released a report, based in part on documents captured during the Israeli raid of Arafat's Ramallah headquarters, which included copies of papers signed by Arafat authorizing funding for al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades ' activities.

In June 2002, over 100 evangelical leaders signed a ' Statement of Concern ' opposing the TNIV.

In 2002, Williams signed a record-breaking £ 80 million contract with EMI.

The phylogenetic tree presented below is based on Panero & Funk ( 2002 ).

* Konstantin Raikin, Neudacha Puaro ( Poirot's Failure ) ( 2002 ; based on " The Murder of Roger Ackroyd ")

It became effective as a federal government standard on May 26, 2002 after approval by the Secretary of Commerce.

( Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002 ) excerpt and text search, focus on historiography

Since 2002, Actium is linked with Preveza on the north shore of the Ambracian Gulf by the Aktio-Preveza Undersea Tunnel, or Aktio-Preveza Immersed Tunnel ( traffic labels ).

The damaged sections of the Pentagon were rebuilt in 2002, with occupants moving back into the completed areas on August 15, 2002.

On September 12, 2002, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and General Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, dedicated the Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.

Arthur Blank who purchased the team on February 2002 owns 90 % of the franchise and the eight limited partners own the remaining 10 % of the franchise.

In a special meeting prior to Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans on February 2, 2002, NFL owners voted unanimously to approve the purchase.

( Passed / agreed to in Senate on November 20, 2002 ).

In 2002, fighting Abu Sayyaf became a mission of the American military's Operation Enduring Freedom and part of the U. S. War on Terror .< ref >

* The world income per head has increased by more over period 2002 – 2007 than during any other period on the record.

Cindy went on to become an accomplished gymnast and in her 30s was three times world champion kitesurfer ( 2002, 2003 & 2004 ).

He was the co-host and co-creator of the television program The Man Show ( 1999 – 2004 ), and the co-creator and a regular performer on the television show Crank Yankers ( 2002 – 2007 ).

Johnson & Johnson gave more than $ 700, 000 to a research center that was headed by Biederman from 2002 to 2005, where research was conducted, in part, on Risperdal, the company's antipsychotic drug.

* CNN A short article on the U. S. policy banning political assassination since 1976 from CNN. com / Law Center, November 4, 2002.

Discussions led to the signing of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty in Moscow on May 24, 2002.

A videotape released with The Wills of the New York and Washington Battle Martyrs, was aired on Al Jazeera on April 16, 2002.

Some artists from elsewhere in New York City have begun to converge on the area, and housing prices have nearly quadrupled in the area since 2002.

* ( 2002 ): Phylogeny of Capparaceae and Brassicaceae based on chloroplast sequence data.

The Archduke plays a significant role both in Elizabeth George's mystery A Traitor to Memory ( 2001 ); and in Haruki Murakami's novel Kafka on the Shore ( 2002 ).

The U. S. Peace Corps returned to Botswana in August 2002 with a focus on HIV / AIDS-related programs after concluding 30 years of more broadly targeted assistance in 1997.

Since the 2002 civil war in Côte d ' Ivoire, relations between it and Burkina Faso have been filled with accusations of Burkinabé support for rebels on one side and claims of mistreatment of Burkinabé workers on the other .< ref > Blaise Campaoré :<< La crise ivoirienne inquiète le Burkina >>, Le Figaro, December 11, 2005 </ ref > Côte d ' Ivoire remains Burkina Faso's largest regional trading partner in spite of their disputes and tens of thousands of Burkinabés continue to work in the Ivory Coast.