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.

An the other hand, the armed forces of the MPLA ( now the official armed forces of the Angolan state ) and of UNITA fought each other until the leader of UNITA, Jonas Savimbi, was killed in action, in 2002.

In 2002 one was lost during the civil war with UNITA forces.

From the mid-1980s through at least 1992, the United States was the primary source of military and other support for the UNITA rebel movement, which was led from its creation through 2002 by Jonas Savimbi.

The Intelligent Mechatronics Lab, directed by Hiroshi Kobayashi at the Tokyo University of Science, has developed an android head called Saya, which was exhibited at Robodex 2002 in Yokohama, Japan.

From 2002 to July 2008 under Turkmen calendar reform, the month of August was named after Alp Arslan.

The electricity distribution system was privatized in 2002.

According to estimates by the National Statistical Survey, the rate of labor emigration was twice as higher in 2001 and 2002.

Furthermore, in 2002, Bligh's great-great-grandson Lord Clifton, the heir-apparent to the Earldom of Darnley, argued that the Ashes urn should not be returned to Australia because it belonged to his family and was given to the MCC only for safe keeping.

In 2002, a theoretical attack, termed the " XSL attack ", was announced by Nicolas Courtois and Josef Pieprzyk, purporting to show a weakness in the AES algorithm due to its simple description .< ref >

* In 2002, Fleming was named in the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest Britons following a nationwide vote.

In 2002, O ' Donohue launched a court action that argued the Act of Settlement violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but the case was dismissed by the court, which found that, as the Act of Settlement is part of the Canadian constitution, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not have supremacy over it.

Every game during the 2002 season was sold out.

Vick, who saw minimal playing time in 2001, playing backup and learning the system under then-starting quarterback Chris Chandler, was designated starting quarterback for the 2002 season.

The 2002 season was the Falcons ' first in the more geographically-accurate NFC South upon NFL realignment.

A beta test version of AIX 5L for IA-64 systems was released, but according to documents released in the SCO v. IBM lawsuit, less than forty licenses for the finished Monterey Unix were ever sold before the project was terminated in 2002.

Remarkably " Aster " was also the name given to a Dutch Supercomputer much later, in 2002.

18-bis Legge 91 / 1981 mainly for the abnormal signing in 2002 – 03 season, ( such as Davide Bombardini for € 11 million account value, which the flopped player exchange boosted 2002 – 03 season result ) and the tax payment of 2002 – 03 season was rescheduled.

In 1998 the 2, 000th DB7 was built, and in 2002 the 6, 000th, exceeding production of all previous DB models.

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.

The first European Social Forum ( ESF ) was held in November 2002 in Florence.

From 8 November 2001-24 March 2002, The British Museum had an exhibit named “ Agatha Christie and Archaeology: Mystery in Mesopotamia ”, which presented a fascinating look at the secret life of Agatha Christie and the influences of archaeology in her life and works.

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

* 2002 – Robert Steinhäuser infiltrates and kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.

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.

In 2002, Vick set many records and supplied the media with numerous highlights for the season, including rushing for 173 yards in an overtime win at Minnesota, the highest single-game rushing total for an NFL quarterback ever ( Vick's footwear from this game are currently enshrined in the NFL Hall of Fame ).

Accidents have occurred, sometimes with a large loss of life, such as the 1988 disaster at Ramstein Air Base in Germany and the 2002 air show crash at Lviv, Ukraine.

* Bloomberg News, FTC Says Alcohol Type Not Aimed at Minors, Los Angeles Times, June 5, 2002.

* Melillo, W. FTC: Ads for ' Alcopops ' Not Aimed at Teens, Adweek, June 6, 2002.

( Batting helmets at that time were not required to have an " ear flap "; indeed, it was not until 2002 that all major league batters were required to wear helmets with side protection.

Brian Lara batting against Indian national cricket team | India at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados, in 2002.

The leading figures of the second generation of historical dance research include Shirley Wynne and her Baroque Dance Ensemble which was founded at Ohio State University in the early 1970s and Wendy Hilton ( 1931 – 2002 ), a student of Belinda Quirey who supplemented the work of Melusine Wood with her own research into original sources.

* Borzoi can also been seen in cameo roles in the films Love at First Bite, Legends of the Fall (" Notchee Boy "), Excalibur, All Dogs Go to Heaven ( 1989 ), Bride of Frankenstein, Easter Parade, Wolfen, Ziegfeld Follies, Onegin ( 1999 ), Gangs of New York ( 2002 ), Chaplin, The Avengers ( TV series ), JAG, Maverick ( 1994 ), Sleepy Hollow, Last Action Hero, and A Knights Tale ( on the DVD deleted scenes ).

A 2002 report estimated there were 5, 000 to 12, 000 blue whales worldwide, located in at least five groups.

* 2002: Bo Diddley was honored as one of the first BMI Icons at the 50th annual BMI Pop Awards.

fixed-line connections stand at less than 1 per 100 persons ; equipment is old and outdated, and connections with many parts of the country are unreliable ; mobile-cellular usage, in part a reflection of the poor condition and general inadequacy of the fixed-line network, increased more than 6-fold between 2002 and 2007 reaching a subscribership base of 25 per 100 persons

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was forced to close its refugee camp at Mboki in October 2002, due to the high prevalence of weapons.

In late 2002, Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro adopted an interim agreement to settle the disputed Prevlaka peninsula at the entrance of the Bay of Kotor in Croatia's favour, allowing the withdrawal of the UN monitoring mission.

On May 28, 2002, the United States Food and Drug Administration instituted a policy that excludes from donation anyone who spent at least six months in certain European countries, ( or three months in the United Kingdom ), from 1980 to 1996.

Other British comedies examined the role of the Asian community in British life, including Bhaji on the Beach ( 1993 ), East Is East ( 1999 ), Bend It Like Beckham ( 2002 ), Anita and Me ( 2003 ) and Death at a Funeral.

In 2002, Baldursdottir and his coworkers found that in the hospital, more comatose patients survived after induced hypothermia than patients that remained at normal body temperature.