CUNY officials reported that enrollment at its senior colleges increased 10. 5 % from 1999 to 2002, however.

In 2002, Saudi officials stated that the names of the hijackers were correct and that 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi.

Current barangay and SK officials started terms August 15, 2002.

In 2002, Amnesty International sent a letter to FARC-EP Commander Manuel Marulanda condemning kidnapping and hostage-taking as well as rejecting the threats directed at municipal or judicial officials and their families, arguing that they are civilians who are protected by international humanitarian law as long as they do not participate in hostilities.

Until 2008, elected officials were allowed to change political party, while retaining their seats, during set windows which occurred twice each electoral term, due to controversial floor crossing legislative amendments made in 2002.

Some Israeli government officials opined in 2002 that the armed Fatah sub-group al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades commenced attacks towards Israel in order to compete with Hamas.

The ICJ's decision issued on 14 February 2002 found that it did not have jurisdiction to consider the question of universal jurisdiction, instead deciding the question on the basis of immunity of high ranking State officials.

Other former WorldCom officials charged with criminal penalties in relation to the company's financial misstatements include former CFO Scott Sullivan ( entered a guilty plea on March 2, 2004 to one count each of securities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, and filing false statements ), former comptroller David Myers ( pleaded guilty to securities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, and filing false statements on September 27, 2002 ), former accounting director Buford Yates ( pleaded guilty to conspiracy and fraud charges on October 7, 2002 ), and former accounting managers Betty Vinson and Troy Normand ( both pleading guilty to conspiracy and securities fraud on October 10, 2002 ).

A series of controversial interest rate swaps, initiated in 2002 and 2003 by former Commission President Larry Langford ( removed as the mayor of Birmingham after his conviction ), were intended to lower interest payments, but have, in fact, had the opposite effect, increasing the county's indebtedness to the point that officials have issued formal statements doubting the county's ability to meet its financial obligations.

Shortly after coming to office Toledo met with IMF officials and promised that he would raise $ 700 million in 2002, and almost one billion dollars in 2003, by selling state assets.

Monsanto also has admitted to paying bribes to a number of other high-ranking Indonesian officials between 1997 and 2002.

This program was publicized in October 2002 when the United States asked North Korean officials about the program.

* February 20, 2002: After discussions on the purpose of the Office in the US media, Douglas Feith, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, assures the public in an interview that Defense Department officials will not undermine the credibility of US institutions by lying to the public, and states that the exact mandate of the office is under review.

In January 2002, he became dean of municipal officials in Oakland County.

* 2002 recall of multiple Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, elected county officials including Executive F. Thomas Ament ( resigned before election ); Board Chair Karen Ordinans ; and Board Supervisors Penny Podell, LeAnn Launstein, David Jasenski, Kathy Arciszewski, James McGuigan, and Linda Ryan.

Renée C. Lee said that Conroe around 2002 was a " a sleepy, semi-rural town 40 miles north of Houston " and that at the time, Conroe city officials needed to use financial incentives to attract home developers to Conroe.

In a system popularly called the Principal Officials Accountability System introduced by then Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa in July 2002, all principal officials, including the Chief Secretary, Financial Secretary, Secretary for Justice and heads of government bureaux would no longer be politically neutral career civil servants, but would all be political appointees chosen by the Chief Executive from within or outside the civil service.

Work on this project is conducted by SAIC through its former Hicks & Associates consulting arm run by former Defense and military officials and which had originally been awarded US $ 19 million IAO contract to build the prototype system in late 2002.

South African law enforcement officials charge that the Boeremag was responsible for the 2002 Soweto bombings and arrested twenty-six men, alleged to be members of the Boeremag in November and December 2002, and reportedly seized over 1, 000 kilograms of explosives in the process.

* In the October 30, 2002, piece " US Sniper Case Seen as a Barrier to a Confession ," Blair wrote that a dispute between police authorities had ruined the interrogation of suspect John Muhammad and that Muhammad was about to confess, quoting unnamed officials.

From communication between Mainline and airport officials during the planning stage in 2002, the company intended to operate leased aircraft, older wide-body L1011's refitted with new interiors featuring leather seats and TV's at each seat, a copy of JetBlue Airways.

In France, an " Antibiotics are not automatic " government campaign started in 2002 and led to a marked reduction of unnecessary antibacterial prescriptions, especially in children.

2002 marked the last full season for Jaguars legend Mark Brunell, who was benched in the third game of 2003 in favor of Byron Leftwich.

This marked the first time a team in the NFC South had made back-to-back playoff appearances since the division was formed in 2002.

Porsche's 2002 introduction of the Cayenne also marked the unveiling of a new production facility in Leipzig, Saxony, which once accounted for nearly half of Porsche's annual output.

It is estimated that the year 2002 marked the beginning of the digital age for information storage, which means that this years marked the date where human kind started to store more information on digital, than on analog storage devices.

The Dreamcast was discontinued as early as February 2002, which marked Sega's withdrawal from the console hardware business altogether.

In a 2002 report, the data showed no marked decrease in overall water quality, but a slight decrease in visibility due to an increase of algae.

Blatter's 2002 candidacy has been marked with rumours of financial irregularities and backroom dealings, culminating with direct accusations of bribery, by a third party, made in the British press by Farra Ado, vice-president of the Confederation of African Football and president of the Somali Football Federation, who claimed to have been offered $ 100, 000 to vote for Blatter in 1998.

The 2002 elections, only weeks after Fortuyn's death, were marked by large losses for the liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and especially the social democratic Labour Party ( whose parliamentary group was halved in size ); both parties replaced their leaders shortly after their losses.

In 2002, they carried a coffin marked The Death of Conceptual Art to the White Cube Gallery.

In 2002 the university marked the 40th anniversary of integration with a year-long series of events.

Their success has been marked on Forbes The Celebrity 100 list since 2002, and in 2007 Forbes ranked the twins as the eleventh-richest women in entertainment, with an estimated combined net worth of $ 100 million.

February 2002 marked Lord Blackthorn's Revenge.

2001 marked her career's turning point with the breakout role as Elle Woods in the box office hit Legally Blonde, and in 2002 she starred in Sweet Home Alabama, which became her biggest commercial film success to date.

Davis was re-elected in the November 2002 general election following a long and bitter campaign against Simon, marked by accusations of ethical lapses on both sides and widespread voter apathy.

Today, the plot first established in Bethlehem, located at the intersection of Rangeline Road and Main Street, is marked by a clock tower, donated by the local Rotary Club in 2002.

Her 2002 album, Sean-Nós Nua, marked a departure in that O ' Connor interpreted or, in her own words, " sexed up " traditional Irish folk songs, including several in the Irish language.

The deliveries of the new Airbus A319 and A320 in and 2002 and 2003, respectively, marked the start of the re-equipping exercise.

The first national commemoration of Eid ul-Fitr was on December 6, 2002, marked by prayers and celebrations by the Muslim community.

They released a brand new album Hollyweird in 2002 and in 2006 the band celebrated their 20 year Anniversary with The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock tour and album, which was certified Gold and marked Poison's return to the Billboard 200 top 20 charts for the first time since 1993.

The introduction of Blackberry devices with Voice, Data, Browser, SMS and organizer applications in 2002 marked the first true smartphones .. Services such as BlackBerry Messenger and the integration of all communications into a single inbox allowed users to access, create and share and act upon information instantly.

November 2002 marked the official release of Corporate America on the independent label Artemis Records.

The three new songs marked the first new material recorded since the 2002 release of A Jackknife to a Swan.