The pacas ( genus Cuniculus ) are placed by some authorities ( Woods, 1993 ; McKenna and Bell, 1997 ) in the Dasyproctidae, but molecular studies have demonstrated that they do not form a monophyletic group ( Rowe and Honeycutt, 2002 ).

In 2001, a group of activists collected thousands of signatures for the Varela Project, a petition requesting a referendum on the island's political process was openly supported by former US president Jimmy Carter during his historic 2002 visit to Cuba.

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.

Heads of communion from each member of COCU ( as well as the ELCA, a partner in mission and dialogue ) inaugurated the group on the day before Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in 2002 at the motel where he was killed.

The Cabaret Voltaire fell into disrepair until it was occupied from January to March, 2002, by a group proclaiming themselves Neo-Dadaists, led by Mark Divo.

From 1951 to 2002, Ackerman entertained some 50, 000 fans at open houses-including, on one such evening, a group of 186 fans and professionals including astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

In February 2002, Morpheus, a commercial file sharing group, abandoned its FastTrack-based peer-to-peer software and released a new client based on the free and open source gnutella client Gnucleus.

The Global Climate Coalition ( 1989 – 2002 ) was a group of mainly United States businesses opposing immediate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

In 2002 the renamed BAE Systems resold HK to a group of private investors, who created the German group holding company ( HK Beteiligungs-GmbH ).

group Idolisto during November 2005 showed that 57 % had begun their studies of the language during the past three years, 32 % from the mid-1990s to 2002, and 8 % had known the language from before.

According to the industry group Craft Yarn Council of America, the number of women knitters in the United States age 25 – 35 increased 150 % in the two years between 2002 and 2004.

" Forever Changes " was praised by a group of Members of the British Parliament in 2002 as being one of the greatest albums of all time.

This issue came up again in 2002, when Riefenstahl was one hundred years old and she was taken to court by a Roma group for denying the Nazis had exterminated gypsies.

* 2001 – Members of Islamist separatist group Abu Sayyaf seize twenty hostages from an upscale island resort on Palawan in the Philippines ; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.

The earliest fossils attributed to the Polaes dates to the late Cretaceous period about 65. 5 million years ago, though some studies ( e. g., Bremer, 2002 ) suggest the origin of the of the group may extend to nearly 115 million years ago, likely in South America.

Also, in 2002, a large group of prairie dogs in captivity in Texas were found to have contracted tularemia.

The film is rumored to depict the life and story of the group beginning from their inception in Hollis, Queens, and leading up to the 2002 murder of Jam-Master Jay.

Railtrack was a group of companies that owned the track, signalling, tunnels, bridges, level crossings and all but a handful of the stations of the British railway system from its formation in April 1994 until 2002.

Laboratory rats have also proved valuable in psychological studies of learning and other mental processes ( Barnett, 2002 ), as well as to understand group behavior and overcrowding ( with the work of John B. Calhoun on behavioral sink ).

According to the 2002 census, Slovenia's main ethnic group are the Slovenes ( 83 %).

There have been a few exceptions, notably in 2002 when the New York City administration agreed to turn over eleven squatted buildings in the Lower East Side to an established non-profit group, on the condition that the apartments would later be turned over to the tenants as low-income housing cooperatives.

In 2002, Robertson bought all other former members ' financial interests in the group, with the exception of Helm, giving him major control of the presentation of the group's material, including latter-day compilations.

In 2002, a Kahanist group known as " Revenge of the Toddlers " claimed responsibility for a bombing attack at Tzur Baher, an East Jerusalem secondary school for Arab boys, that wounded seven.

The group also claimed credit for the 2003 bombing of a Palestinian school in Jaba that injured 20 and was thought to be linked to the 2002 Zil Elementary school bombing.

* 2002 – A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside of Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.

However, some of the more successful American League teams of recent memory, including the 2002 Anaheim Angels, the 2001 Seattle Mariners and the 2005 Chicago White Sox have experienced their success in part as a result of playing " small ball ," advancing runners through means such as the stolen base and the related hit and run play.

One was recorded in 1812 ; one measuring 7. 6 on the Richter Scale hit on November 30, 1983 at 21: 46 local time and lasted 142 seconds, resulting in a small tsunami which raised wave height in the lagoon to 1. 5 metres ( 5 ft ), and another on December 2, 2002, an earthquake measuring 4. 6 on the Richter Scale struck the island at 12: 21 a. m.

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.

* Greg Ham sang their hit " Helpless Automaton " on the Oprah series in 2002

After being hit hard by El Niño in 1998, fisheries exports have recovered, and minerals and metals exports recorded large gains in 2001 and 2002, mostly as a result of the opening of the Antamina copper-zinc mine.

Crow's fourth studio album, C ' mon, C ' mon was released in 2002, spawning the hit single " Soak Up the Sun.

" Boss of Me " became the band's second top-40 hit in the UK which they performed on long running UK television programme Top of the Pops, and in 2002, won the duo a Grammy Award.

The hardest hit sectors in the worst recession years, 2002 – 2003, were construction (− 55. 9 %), petroleum (− 26. 5 %), commerce (− 23. 6 %) and manufacturing (− 22. 5 %).

When the single was released in late 2002, it became Williams ' biggest international hit, going number one in countries like The Netherlands and Italy, as well as reaching the top ten in almost every single European country.

When Williams ' fifth studio album, Escapology, was released in late 2002, it hit number one in at least 10 countries around the world.

In Japan, divorces were on a generally upward trend from the 1960s until 2002 when they hit a peak of 290, 000.

In 2002, Queen's " Bohemian Rhapsody " was voted " the UK's favourite hit of all time "

The band Basement Jaxx had a huge hit in 2002 with " Where's Your Head At?

From 1984 to 2002, he hit the honorary starting tee shot at The Masters.

Godrèche was nominated for a 2002 César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the surprise European hit, L ' Auberge espagnole.

Exports were also expected to pick up in 2002, helped by the weakness of the Swedish krona, which hit record lows against both the dollar and the Euro in 2001.

The album was an instant hit, leading to a successful tour that resulted in the 2002 live album Radio Bemba Sound System.

Yoshi's Island also proved to be a critical and commercial hit in its Game Boy Advance version, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, which was released in 2002.

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.

But the biggest political disaster hit his government between December 2001 and March 2002: the VHP held the Government hostage in a major standoff in Ayodhya over the Ram Mandir.

In 2002, when asked what he wanted for his 50th birthday, he requested " a second hit ".

In 2002 the lighthouse was partially destroyed when it was hit by lightning.

* April 21, 2002, the Nozomi Mars Probe was hit by a large Solar Energetic Particles event which caused large-scale failure.