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

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 AFL became the de facto governing body when it pushed for the closure of the International Australian Football Council in 2002.

The WSF became a periodic meeting: in 2002 and 2003 it was held again in Porto Alegre and became a rallying point for worldwide protest against the American invasion of Iraq.

" When administration of the prize was transferred to the Booker Prize Foundation in 2002, the title sponsor became the investment company Man Group, which opted to retain " Booker " as part of the official title of the prize.

* In 2002, Edwina Currie revealed that she had had an affair, beginning in 1984, with John Major before he became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Interestingly, even after Southern Cameroons voted in 1961 to leave Nigeria and became a part of Cameroon, Bakassi remained under Calabar administration in Nigeria until ICJ judgement of 2002.

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.

The stock price of Compaq, which was around $ 25 when Capellas became CEO, was trading at half that by 2002.

The Montespertoli sub-zone was part of the Colli Fiorentini sub-zone until 2002 when it became its own tiny enclave.

The DPP became the largest party having reached a plurality in the Legislative Yuan for the first time in 2002 following the 2001 legislative election.

As many regular players reached excellent gaming skills, diplomacy became essential, so team games slowly started to replace free-for-all games from around 2002.

GNC Networks was renamed Gibconnect and the parent company became Gibraltar Telecommunications International Limited, which is referred to as Gibtelecom, in 2002.

In 2002 the first multimedia messaging services ( MMS ) were introduced and the first GSM network in the 800 MHz frequency band became operational.

To manage the merchandise, Davis founded Paws, Inc. By 2002, Garfield became the world's most syndicated strip, appearing in 2, 570 newspapers with 263 million readers worldwide ; by 2004, Garfield appeared in nearly 2, 600 newspapers and sold from $ 750 million to $ 1 billion worth of merchandise in 111 countries.

Upon the show's American debut in 1999, it was an instant hit and became a regular part of ABC's prime time lineup until 2002.

In October 1999, the Indonesian parliament ( MPR ) revoked the decree that annexed East Timor, and the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor ( UNTAET ) assumed responsibility for governing East Timor until it officially became an independent state in May 2002.

Although the white jerseys of the Minnesota Vikings at the time also had a similar striping pattern and continued as such ( as well as the throwbacks the New England Patriots wore in the Thanksgiving game against the Detroit Lions in 2002, though the Patriots later wore the same throwbacks in 2009 with truncated stripes and in 2010 became their official alternate uniform ), the Colts and most college teams with this striping pattern did not make this adjustment.

It became an independent nation in 2002 ; and Macau was handed over to the Chinese as per a treaty in 1999.

Initially, some users of the Kazaa network were users of the Morpheus client program, formerly made available by MusicCity, but once the official Kazaa client became more widespread, Kazaa developers used its automatic update ability to shut out Morpheus clients by changing the protocol in February 2002, when Morpheus developers failed to pay license fees.

It became available in April 2002.

In 2002, a more expensive, high-end product called " Kahlúa Especial " became available in the United States, Canada and Australia after previously being offered only in duty-free markets.

The Finnish markka was added into the ERM system in 1996 and then became a fraction of the euro in 1999, physical euro money arriving later in 2002.

In 2002 he became the only driver in Formula One history to finish in the top three in every race of a season and then also broke the record for most consecutive podium finishes.

In 2002, the Committee adopted a responsum that provides an official religious-law foundation for its past actions and articulates the current Conservative approach to the role of women in Judaism.

" On August 13, 2002 American Catholic bishops issued a joint statement with leaders of Reform and Conservative Judaism, called " Reflections on Covenant and Mission ", which affirmed that Christians should not target Jews for conversion.

Since 2002, Conservative Jewish women have been regarded as having undertaken a communal obligation to pray the same prayers at the same times as men, with traditionalist communities and individual women permitted to opt out.

In 2002, the CJLS adapted a responsum by Rabbi David Fine, Women and the Minyan, which provides an official religious-law foundation for these actions and explains the current Conservative approach to the role of women in prayer.

Between 1973 and 2002, the Conservative movement adapted changes through its official organizations, but without issuing explanatory opinions.

Since 2002, the Conservative movement has coalesced around a single across-the board approach to the role of women in Jewish law.

In 2002, the CJLS returned to the issue of justifying its actions regarding women's status, and adopted a single authoritative approach, the Fine responsum, as the definitive Conservative halakha on role-of-women issues.

Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly ( Conservative ), 2002

In 1999, Janmaat was in the process of starting another party, the Conservative Democrats, however it did not get off the ground and did not participate in the 2002 election.

Previously, a Liberal Democrat / Conservative coalition had run Southwark Council since 2002.

* Mordecai Waxman ( 1917 – 2002 ), prominent rabbi in the Conservative movement and of Temple Israel of Great Neck.

Following broadcast on ITV in the UK, Pilger's documentary Palestine Is Still the Issue ( 2002 ) was alleged by complainants including the Israeli embassy, the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Conservative Friends of Israel to be inaccurate and biased.

The 2002 Conservative Party conference saw an attempt to turn Duncan Smith's lack of charisma into a positive attribute, with his much-quoted line, " do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man ".

In 2002, Lord delivered what the media and others hailed as an electrifying speech at the national Progressive Conservative Party of Canada convention in Edmonton, Alberta, which started speculation that he might run for a job in federal politics, specifically, replacing Joe Clark as federal PC leader.

* 2002: Letters to a Young Conservative ( ISBN 0-465-01734-7 )

Elections to the council are held in three out of every four years, with the Conservative party having had a majority since the 2002 election.

In 2002, Anthony Giddens, a leading architect of the Third Way political philosophy, named spin as New Labour's biggest failure, but commended the party's success in certain policy areas and at marginalising the Conservative Party.

Principles and Heresies: Frank S. Meyer and the Shaping of the American Conservative Movement ( 2002 ) ( ISBN 1-882926-72-2 )

Hunter ceased links with the magazine in 2002, following pressure from Iain Duncan Smith, stating disagreement with an advert in the magazine for the Conservative Democratic Alliance which was critical of the Conservative Party.

On 27 June 2002, The Daily Telegraph carried a letter from the CDA, signed by Mike Smith, attacking the Conservative Party and its Chairman Francis Maude for " the sleaze, double-dealing, arrogance, incompetence, Europhilia, indifference and drift with which the party is still associated.

The CDA fringe meeting at the Conservative Party conference in October 2002 was addressed by Roger Knapman, leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party ; Ashley Mote, prominent UKIP MEP and author of " Overcrowded Britain-Our Immigration Crisis Exposed " ( 2004 ); John Gouriet, a founder with Norris McWhirter of the Freedom Association alongside Derek Turner, editor of Right Now!

In 2002, Iain Duncan Smith expelled CDA Chairman Michael Keith Smith from the Conservative Party for threatening to stand candidates against Conservatives.

After its 1997 general election defeat, the Conservative Party began decisive moves towards becoming more centrist ; the 2002 – 2003 party chairman, Theresa May, would later state that it had been perceived by voters as the " Nasty Party ".

On the 10 May 2002, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported that the club sought to restore its links with the Conservative Party.