Advocates address the first doubt by pointing out that the first macroscale autonomous machine replicator, made of Lego blocks, was built and operated experimentally in 2002.

In 2002, Lego released a 3, 104-piece Imperial-class Star Destroyer building kit for their Ultimate Collectors ' Series line.

One of eight Lego mini-kit vehicles released in 2002 is a TIE advanced, and the pieces to all eight can be combined to create a TIE bomber.

Lego Baby line had been combined with Lego Duplo line to make " Lego Explore " during 2002 till mid-2004.

::* Ice Planet 2002, a sub-line of Lego Space is introduced.

::* Ice Planet 2002, a sub-line of Lego Space is discontinued.

A small Lego model of the Tantive IV is included with the Ultimate Collector series 3, 000-piece Star Destroyer, which at the time of its 2002 release was Lego's largest set.

In 2002, Lego Group Swiss subsidiary Interlego AG sued the company for copyright infringement.

October 2002 saw a significant change in The Lego Group's direct retail policy with the opening of the first so-called Lego Brand Store in Cologne, Germany.

The 1989 Pirates set " Black Seas Barracuda " was updated and re-released for 2002 for the Lego Legends series.

" 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.

The prize money awarded with the Booker Prize was originally £ 21, 000, and was subsequently raised to £ 50, 000 in 2002 under the sponsorship of the Man Group, making it one of the world's richest literary prizes.

Chile hosted the second Summit of the Americas in 1998, was the chair of the Rio Group in 2001, hosted the Defense Ministerial of the Americas in 2002, and the APEC summit and related meetings in 2004.

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.

It is owned and operated by the NASDAQ OMX Group, the stock of which was listed on its own stock exchange beginning July 2, 2002, under the ticker symbol.

* 2002, 8 Canada Square ( HSBC Group Head Office ), London, UK

Ferdinand Porsche's grandson, Ferdinand Piëch, was chairman and CEO of the Volkswagen Group from 1993 to 2002.

The Cayenne, introduced in 2002, shares its entire chassis with Volkswagen Touareg and Audi Q7, which is built at the Volkswagen Group factory in Bratislava.

" Structure, Function and Process in the Early Song Cycles and Extended Songs of the Canadian Rock Group Rush ," PhD dissertation in music theory, Ohio State University, 2002.

The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but on 3 October 2002, the main operating arm-the owner and operator of the national railway network, Railtrack plc-was sold by its parent company Railtrack Group plc to " not for dividend " company Network Rail ( a company limited by guarantee ) and was later renamed Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd.

Railtrack's parent company, Railtrack Group, was placed into members ’ voluntary liquidation as RT Group on 18 October 2002.

The latest version of the specification is RFC 3261 from the IETF Network Working Group published in June 2002.

* Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease August 16, 2002 MMWR 2000 ; 49: 228-232.

In 2002, Hungary initiated establishment of an Expert Working Group on Energy.

* Algerian Civil War ( 1991 – 2002 ) – the conflict effectively ended with a government victory, following the surrender of the Islamic Salvation Army and the 2002 defeat of the Armed Islamic Group.

* Insurgency in the Maghreb ( 2002 – present ) – Algeria has been the subject of an Islamic insurgency since 2002 waged by the Sunni Islamic Jihadist militant group Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat ( GSPC ).

In July 2002, the European Commission also established the European Regulators Group for Electronic Communications Networks and Services ; creating, for the first time, a formal structure for interaction and coordination between the European Commission and regulators in all EU Member States to ensure consistent application of European legislation.

After several years of failing to make a profit, more than a year of negotiations over revised financing arrangements with the government, and grave concern over its future viability, National Express Group announced on 16 December 2002, its decision to walk away from all of their Victorian contracts and hand control back to the state government, with funding for its operations to stop on 23 December 2002.

Nature Publishing Group actively supports the self-archiving process and in 2002 was one of the first publishers to allow authors to post their contributions on their personal websites, by requesting an exclusive licence to publish, rather than requiring authors to transfer copyright.

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* Margulis, Lynn, and Dorion Sagan, 2002, Acquiring Genomes: A Theory of the Origins of Species, Perseus Books Group, ISBN 0-465-04391-7

* 2002 – Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Swiss industrialist and art collector ( b. 1921 )

* Exchange rates: Swiss francs per US dollar-1. 3467 ( 2003 ), 1. 5586 ( 2002 ), 1. 6876 ( 2001 ), 1. 6888 ( 2000 ), 1. 5022 ( 1999 )

* 2002 – Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss conductor and violinist ( b. 1917 )

On May 2, 2002, the Swiss Government eased the sanctions regime in accord with UNSCR 1388 and 1390, lifting the ban on the sale of acetic acid ( used in drug production ), Afghan airlines, and Afghan diplomatic representations.

* 1917 – Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss conductor and violinist ( d. 2002 )

After two years and several lawsuits in Olympic and Swiss courts, the skiers in question ( Johann Mühlegg of Spain, and Larissa Lazutina and Olga Danilova of Russia ) were stripped of all their medals from the 2002 Games.

A large scale use of cold water fog is the Blur Building ( 2002 ), an exhibition pavilion built for Swiss Expo. 02 on Lake Neuchatel by architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro.

Franz Krienbühl ( 24 March 1929 – 16 April 2002 ) was a Swiss speed skater who is mostly known for his inventions that changed the sport.

Around 2002 Swiss International Air Lines's North American headquarters moved from Melville to Uniondale, Town of Hempstead.

She was a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1993 to 2002, representing the Canton of Geneva ).

It became Swiss International Air Lines after taking over most of the assets of Swissair following that airline's bankruptcy in 2002.

On 31 March 2002, Swissair passed out of existence as most of its assets were taken over by Crossair which then changed names to Swiss International Air Lines.

Hans Henrik ( Hans Heinrich " Heini ") Ágost Gábor Tasso Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon ( 13 April 1921 – 26 April 2002 ), a noted industrialist and art collector, was a Dutch-born Swiss citizen with a Hungarian title, a legal resident of Monaco for tax purposes, with a declared second residency in the United Kingdom, but in actuality a long-time resident of Spain, and son of a German father and a Hungarian and English American mother ( related to Daniel M. Frost and John Kerry ).< ref >

As his successor was named Sergio Marchionne, an expert of reorganisation, who led between 2002 and 2004 the Swiss certification company, Societé Générale de Surveillance ( SGS ).

* Daniel Speich: The Linth Valley Hydro Engineering Scheme ( 1807-1823 ) and the Genesis of Swiss National Unity, Environment and History 8 ( 2002 ) 429-447

Pumping ( tech ) house is another, much more successful subgenre of tech that originated in Southern Europe when a trio called " The Biz ", consisting of the Italian DJ Benny Benassi and two Swiss / French singers created a hit " Satisfaction " in late 2002.

From 1999 to 2006, he was a member of the Swiss Federal Council, heading first the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs ( 1999 – 2002 ) and then the Federal Department of Economic Affairs ( 2003 – 2006 ).

Hans-Peter Tschudi ( 22 October 1913-30 September 2002 ) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council ( 1959-1973 ) heading the Department of Home Affairs ( Swiss interior minister ).

Sergei Duvanov ( born 1953 ) is a prominent Kazakhstani journalist who, in 2002, wrote articles that claimed President Nursultan Nazarbayev and several other Kazakh politicians had illicit Swiss bank accounts containing millions of U. S .' dollars.

The Retreat of glaciers since 1850 | retreat of Aletsch Glacier in the Swiss Alps ( situation in 1979, 1991 and 2002 ), due to global warming.

The first time was in 1995 as a track in the original soundtrack for the movie " The Full Monty "; the second time was in 2002, as a duet she recorded with successful Swiss artist DJ BoBo.

* Mogadishu, Somalia – February 23, 2002 – A Swiss woman who ran a small aid agency was shot dead.

In 2002, Doppelmayr acquired CWA, a Swiss maker of gondola and cable car cabins.