The pacas ( genus Cuniculus ) are placed by some authorities ( Woods, 1993 ; McKenna and Bell, 1997 ) in the Dasyproctidae, but molecular studies have demonstrated that they do not form a monophyletic group ( Rowe and Honeycutt, 2002 ).

In 2001, a group of activists collected thousands of signatures for the Varela Project, a petition requesting a referendum on the island's political process was openly supported by former US president Jimmy Carter during his historic 2002 visit to Cuba.

The group became dormant in the following two years, and on May 24, 2002, officially announced their breakup amid continuing litigation with Universal Music Group over their record contract.

Heads of communion from each member of COCU ( as well as the ELCA, a partner in mission and dialogue ) inaugurated the group on the day before Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in 2002 at the motel where he was killed.

The Cabaret Voltaire fell into disrepair until it was occupied from January to March, 2002, by a group proclaiming themselves Neo-Dadaists, led by Mark Divo.

From 1951 to 2002, Ackerman entertained some 50, 000 fans at open houses-including, on one such evening, a group of 186 fans and professionals including astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

In February 2002, Morpheus, a commercial file sharing group, abandoned its FastTrack-based peer-to-peer software and released a new client based on the free and open source gnutella client Gnucleus.

The Global Climate Coalition ( 1989 – 2002 ) was a group of mainly United States businesses opposing immediate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

In 2002 the renamed BAE Systems resold HK to a group of private investors, who created the German group holding company ( HK Beteiligungs-GmbH ).

group Idolisto during November 2005 showed that 57 % had begun their studies of the language during the past three years, 32 % from the mid-1990s to 2002, and 8 % had known the language from before.

According to the industry group Craft Yarn Council of America, the number of women knitters in the United States age 25 – 35 increased 150 % in the two years between 2002 and 2004.

" Forever Changes " was praised by a group of Members of the British Parliament in 2002 as being one of the greatest albums of all time.

This issue came up again in 2002, when Riefenstahl was one hundred years old and she was taken to court by a Roma group for denying the Nazis had exterminated gypsies.

* 2001 – Members of Islamist separatist group Abu Sayyaf seize twenty hostages from an upscale island resort on Palawan in the Philippines ; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.

The earliest fossils attributed to the Polaes dates to the late Cretaceous period about 65. 5 million years ago, though some studies ( e. g., Bremer, 2002 ) suggest the origin of the of the group may extend to nearly 115 million years ago, likely in South America.

Also, in 2002, a large group of prairie dogs in captivity in Texas were found to have contracted tularemia.

The film is rumored to depict the life and story of the group beginning from their inception in Hollis, Queens, and leading up to the 2002 murder of Jam-Master Jay.

Railtrack was a group of companies that owned the track, signalling, tunnels, bridges, level crossings and all but a handful of the stations of the British railway system from its formation in April 1994 until 2002.

Laboratory rats have also proved valuable in psychological studies of learning and other mental processes ( Barnett, 2002 ), as well as to understand group behavior and overcrowding ( with the work of John B. Calhoun on behavioral sink ).

According to the 2002 census, Slovenia's main ethnic group are the Slovenes ( 83 %).

There have been a few exceptions, notably in 2002 when the New York City administration agreed to turn over eleven squatted buildings in the Lower East Side to an established non-profit group, on the condition that the apartments would later be turned over to the tenants as low-income housing cooperatives.

In 2002, Robertson bought all other former members ' financial interests in the group, with the exception of Helm, giving him major control of the presentation of the group's material, including latter-day compilations.

In 2002, a Kahanist group known as " Revenge of the Toddlers " claimed responsibility for a bombing attack at Tzur Baher, an East Jerusalem secondary school for Arab boys, that wounded seven.

The group also claimed credit for the 2003 bombing of a Palestinian school in Jaba that injured 20 and was thought to be linked to the 2002 Zil Elementary school bombing.

* John Wodehouse, 4th Earl of Kimberley ( 1924 – 2002 )

* John Wodehouse, 4th Earl of Kimberley ( 1924 – 2002 )

John Wodehouse, 4th Earl of Kimberley ( 12 May 1924 – 26 May 2002 ), styled Lord Wodehouse between 1932 and 1941, was a British peer, bobsled racer and Cresta member.

Media fans, have, on occasion, organized on behalf of canceled television series, with notable success in cases such as Star Trek in 1968, Cagney & Lacey in 1983, Xena: Warrior Princess, in 1995, Roswell in 2000 and 2001 ( it was canceled with finality at the end of the 2002 season ), Farscape in 2002, Firefly in 2002, and Jericho in 2007.

From 2002 to 2006, the Chargers used the early-1960s powder blue uniforms as alternate jerseys, which many football fans ( both of the Chargers and of other teams ) clamored for the team to bring back full-time.

An annual festival, the Lebowski Fest, began in Louisville, Kentucky, United States in 2002 with 150 fans showing up, and has since expanded to several other cities.

Tom Coombe of The Morning Call wrote in 2002 that " fans of The Simpsons will tell you that the cartoon family's dog [...] is often dumb, disobedient and skittish.

The team averaged more than 150, 000 fans in 1999 and set new franchise records in 2000 and again in 2002.

When Thomson was chosen as kit sponsor in 2002 some Tottenham fans were unhappy as the logo on the front was red, the colour of their closest rivals, Arsenal FC.

The momentum from the Cup Finals appearance did not last, however, and the next two seasons saw the ' Canes drop into the cellar of the NHL rankings ; many of the new fans attracted to the team ( and to hockey itself ) during the 2002 playoff run lost interest and attendance declined.

After the 2002 – 03 season, Garry St. Jean's earlier mistakes of committing money to players like Danny Fortson, Adonal Foyle and Erick Dampier were painfully felt by Warriors fans when the team was unable to re-sign up-and-coming star Gilbert Arenas, despite Arenas's desire to stay in the Bay Area.

From 2002 and 2007 the team averaged just over 18, 900 fans, which placed them in the top ten in the NBA in attendance.

Reruns were carried from 2002 to 2006 on the teen-oriented cable channel The N. Many U. S. Daria fans have reported that The N's reruns were edited for content, often making remaining portions confusing, or removing much of the satire, subplots, and subtext.

The band greets fans after its first show since 2002 at the Houdini Mansion on April 7, 2008.

The band announced its farewell tour during the Academy of Country Music awards in 2002, and spent most of 2003 saying good-bye to the fans.

The memorial receives frequent visits from his fans, and in 2002 a bronze bust of Bolan was installed to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death.

However, a new Wimbledon club-AFC Wimbledon-was formed to represent the local area in 2002 by fans of the original club after the move to Milton Keynes was given the go-ahead.

In 2002 Norman continued to request prayer and financial assistance from his fans.

In January 2002, S Club 7 embarked upon their second arena tour, S Club 7 Carnival 2002, which aimed to please fans by stylising their songs to fit with a carnival-like theme with music styles from different countries of the world.

The music industry and fans have bestowed Lifetime Achievement honors from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ( Rhythm & Soul Heritage Award – 2002 ), NAACP ( Hall of Fame – 1994 ) and the BET Awards ( Lifetime Achievement Award – 2002 ).

He uses effects such as two Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamers ( with Analogman's Silver Mod ) in sequence, the famous Univibe clone, the Black Cat Vibe, a Ross compressor ( he switched to Analogman's Bicompressor around 1998, dropped the compressor from his rig in 2002, and resumed use the Ross Compressor in 2008 when a group of fans who desired the return of Trey's " signature " Ross compressor sound pooled their resources to obtain a vintage Ross Compressor and sent it to Trey in an attempt to compel him to return the vintage effect pedal to his rig.

In March 2002, a remix compilation titled This Is the Remix was released to win fans over before a new studio album would be released.