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

The Advanced Encryption Standard ( AES ) is a specification for the encryption of electronic data established by the U. S. National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST ) in 2002.

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 their first five seasons of existence, the Diamondbacks won three division titles ( 1999, 2001, 2002 ) a National League pennant ( 2001 ) and a World Series championship ( 2001 ).

Jane Goodall, in a September 27, 2002, interview on National Public Radio's " Science Friday ", expressed her ideas about the existence of Bigfoot.

* 2002: Pioneer in Entertainment Award from the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters

However, as attendance began to dwindle — the Rockies fell to just sixth in the National League in attendance in 2002, and ninth in 2003 and 2004 — the club could no longer afford to build through big-name free agents.

* Webberley, Helen The Book of Esther in C17th Dutch Art, AAANZ National Conference, Art Gallery NSW, 2002

To date, and with support from Europe's National Meteorological Services and the European Commission, ECMWF has conducted two major reanalyses of the global atmosphere: the first ECMWF re-analysis ( ERA-15 ) project generated reanalyses from December 1978 to February 1994 ; the ERA-40 project generated reanalyses from September 1957 to August 2002.

With the exception of a single gray whale killed in 1999, the Makah people have been prevented from hunting by a series of legal challenges, culminating in a United States federal appeals court decision in December 2002 that required the National Marine Fisheries Service to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.

In 2002, the Department for Education and Skills developed National Occupational Standards for hypnotherapy linked to National Vocational Qualification based on National Qualifications Framework under The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.

Included are: VISTA ( Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, 1987 ), Discovery II ( NASA / GRC, 2002 ), Human Outer Planet Exploration ( NASA / MSFC, 2003 ), ICAN-II ( The Pennsylvania State University )

Article 3 of the Basic Law of the Palestinian Authority, which was ratified in 2002 by the Palestinian National Authority and serves as an interim constitution, states that " Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine.

National Academy Press, 2002.

On 27 December 2002 by 62 % the voters overwhelmingly elected members of the National Rainbow Coalition ( NaRC ) to parliament and NaRC candidate Mwai Kibaki ( b. 1931 ) to the presidency.

of the National Institute of Mental Health until his death in 2002.

* National Geographic Guide to the Lewis & Clark Trail, Thomas Schmidt, 2002 – ISBN 0-7922-6471-1

On 15 August 2002, in his National Day Address, Prince Hans-Adam II announced that after months of intensive negotiations, a compromise in the debate on constitutional reform had been reached.

Lithuanian Special Operations Force ( SOF ) of Lithuanian Armed Forces has been in operation de facto since 2002 and it was established de jure on April 3, 2008, when amendments of National Defence System organisation and military service law came into force.

In 2002 the Malaysian National Space Agency ( Angkasa ) was formed to deal with all of Malaysia's activities in space, and to promote space education and space experiments.

* Ali A. Jalali, Rebuilding Afghanistan's National Army, Parameters, Autumn 2002, pp. 72 – 86

* Carlowicz, M. and R. Lopez, Storms from the Sun, National Academies Press ( 2002 ) ISBN 978-0-309-07642-5

In 2002, Imation received a US $ 11. 9 million grant from the U. S. National Institute of Standards and Technology for research into increasing the data capacity of magnetic tape.

* Pocket Monsters The Guardian of the Water Capital Latias and Latios ( 2002 )

* Edward H Ntalami — CEO at his Kenyan Capital Markets Authority ( 2002 – present )

International tourism has boomed, and new efforts have resulted in Bruges being designated ' European Capital of Culture ' in 2002.

Electra claims the title of Pump Jack Capital of Texas, a title made official by the state in 2001, and has celebrated an annual Pump Jack Festival since 2002.

* Fraser Bullock, Managing Director of Sorenson Capital and former COO of the 2002 Winter Olympics

John S. Harris arrived in La Crescent in 1856 and soon gave the town its identity of " Apple Capital of Minnesota ", a title that the city copyrighted in 2002.

Over the next half century, the company would change hands four times, with its third set of owners, a partnership of TPG Capital, Bain Capital, and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, taking it public in 2002.

The twenty-first century saw the company return to independence when it was purchased from Diageo by a group of investment firms led by TPG Capital for in 2002.

Shortly after the acquisition of Burger King by TPG Capital, L. P. in 2002, its new CEO Brad Blum set about turning around the fortunes of the company by initiating an overhaul of its flailing advertising programs.

* Mark Coggins ' 2002 novel Vulture Capital features a venture capitalist protagonist who investigates the disappearance of the chief scientist in a biotech firm in which he has invested.

Having left BBC Radio 1 after 17 years he took over BBC Radio London's weekday mid-morning show in 1984, mixing soul music with guests and phone-ins until 1988 when he joined Capital Gold presenting the breakfast show for many years, later moving to the drivetime slot until early 2002 when he took over the Weekday Evening Show from 8-10pm, playing soul music.

Blackburn left Capital Gold in late 2002 ; he joined London's Jazz FM following the station's acquisition by GMG Radio in March 2003 as host of Real Soul every weeknight from 10pm until midnight, initially a live programme before a contract to host the Classic Gold breakfast show that May meant the show became voicetracked-Real Soul ended in March 2004.

# D Dayananda – R Irons – S Harrison-J Herbohn-P Rowland, 2002, Capital Budgeting: Financial appraisal of investment projects – Cambridge University Press.

The Capital One Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played in Orlando, Florida at the Citrus Bowl, and previously known as the Tangerine Bowl ( 1947 – 1982 ) and the Florida Citrus Bowl ( 1983 – 2002 ).

In 2002 the Kansas City Southern Industries formally changed its name to Kansas City Southern ( KCS ) after spinning off many subsidiary businesses that were not directly related to the railroad business ( the largest of which were Janus Capital Group and DST Systems ).

In 2002, Onex Corporation and Oaktree Capital Management acquired Loews Cineplex.

* Ovason, David, The Secret Architectpre of Our Nation's Capital: the Masons and the building of Washington, D. C., New York City: Perennial, 2002.

The company was originally founded in 2002 with a $ 12 million investment by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Benchmark Capital, and private investors.

* Span, Christopher M. "' I Must Learn Now or Not at All ': Social and Cultural Capital in the Educational Initiatives of Formerly Enslaved African Americans in Mississippi, 1862 – 1869 ," The Journal of African American History, 2002 pp 196 – 222

Paul Sweezy & Monopoly Capital ( Pluto Press, Sterling, 2002 ).

After resigning her post as the Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory, Carnell served as a director of the National Roads and Motorists ' Association ( NRMA ) from 2001 to 2002 and later was the chairperson of General Practice Education and Training Ltd and an executive director of the National Association of Forest Industries.

The Capital Region was struck by the Beltway sniper attacks, a series of sniper attacks on civilians and federal workers by two gunmen over a month-long period in October 2002.