* 2002 – Soham murders: 10 year old school girls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells go missing from the town of Soham, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.

In his essay " Chicanismo " in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures ( 2002 ), Jose Cuellar dates the transition from derisive to positive to the late 1950s, with a usage by young Mexican-American high school students.

Meanwhile, in the USA, cheerleading accounted for 65. 1 % of all major sports injuries to high school females, and to 66. 7 % of major sports injuries to college students from 1982 to 2007, with 22, 900 minors being admitted to hospital with cheerleading-related injuries in 2002.

This was later reversed during 2002 in a landmark case before the US Supreme Court, Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, in which the divided court, in a 5-4 decision, ruled the Ohio school voucher plan constitutional and removed any constitutional barriers to similar voucher plans in the future, with moderate justices Anthony Kennedy and Sandra Day O ' Connor and conservative justices William Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas in the majority.

The school's name was changed to the Maria L. Baldwin School on May 21, 2002, in honor of the African-American principal of the school who served from 1889 until 1922.

Mark Yarhouse and Warren Throckmorton, of the private Christian school Grove City College, in 2002 published " Ethical Issues in Attempts to Ban Reorientation Therapies ", which argues that conversion therapy should be available out of respect for a patient ’ s values system and because there is evidence that it can be effective.

In Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, 536 U. S. 639 ( 2002 ), the Supreme Court of the United States held that school vouchers could be used to pay for education in sectarian schools without violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

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.

In addition to the full-time MBA, the school offers four Executive MBA programs: the NY-EMBA Friday / Saturday program, the EMBA-Global program ( launched in 2001 in conjunction with the London Business School ), the Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA program ( launched in 2002 in conjunction with the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley ), and the EMBA-Global Asia program ( launching in 2009 in conjunction with the London Business School and the University of Hong Kong Business School ).

As a result of its efforts to improve the region, the IDA has helped bring electricity to an additional 66 million Africans since 1997, helped build or restore 240, 000 kilometers of paved roads, and helped enroll an additional 15 million African children in school since 2002.

The Faculty of Divinity became a constituent school of the Faculty of Arts in 2002, while the Faculty of Law was changed in 1984 into the Faculty of Law and Financial Studies, and in 2005 became the Faculty of Law, Business and Social Sciences.

In the final season of the show ( 2002 – 2003 ), things starts to come around for Buffy when Principal Robin Wood hires her as a school counselor for the newly-rebuilt Sunnydale High School and has repaired her relationships with Dawn and her friends.

In 2002, Ramallah was reoccupied by Israel in an IDF operation codenamed Operation Defensive Shield, which resulted in curfews, electricity cuts, school closures and disruptions of commercial life.

The Bilingual Education Act of 1968 offered federal aid to local school districts in assisting them to address the needs of children with limited English-speaking ability until it expired in 2002.

In a 2002 case brought by atheist Michael Newdow, whose daughter was being taught the Pledge in school, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the phrase " under God " an unconstitutional endorsement of monotheism when the Pledge was promoted in public school.

Citing the precedent of the 2002 ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Karlton issued an Order stating that, upon proper motion, he would enjoin the school district defendants from continuing their practices of leading children in pledging allegiance to " one Nation under God ".

* 2001 – 2002 ( 4 Deaths resulting from school shootings in the U. S .)

* 2002 – 2003 ( 14 Deaths resulting from school shootings in the U. S .)

The Erfurt massacre was a school massacre that occurred on April 26, 2002 at the Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany.

* " 18 dead in German school shooting " BBC News article ( April 26, 2002 )

* " Eighteen killed in German school shooting " The Guardian article ( April 26, 2002 )

* " How teacher stopped the school slaughter " The Observer article ( April 28, 2002 )

In addition the Chargers obtained wide receiver / kick returner Tim Dwight and the Falcons ' second-round draft selection in the 2002 NFL Draft.

From October 2001 to February 2002, columnist Michael Shackleford obtained PAR sheets for five different nickel machines ; four IGT games Austin Powers, Fortune Cookie, Leopard Spots and Wheel of Fortune and one game manufactured by WMS ; Reel ' em In.

The most visible accomplishment so far is the recognition by the Patent Co-operation Treaty ( PCT ) of the innovative character and industrial applicability of the UNL, which was obtained in May 2002 through the World Intellectual Property Organisation ( WIPO ).

In the late 1990s, Warner obtained rights to the Harry Potter novels, and released feature film adaptations of the first in 2001, the second in 2002, the third in June 2004, the fourth in November 2005, and the fifth on July 11, 2007.

In the presidential elections of 2002, Le Pen obtained 16. 86 % of the votes in the first round of voting.

On 8 May 2002, José Padilla ( a. k. a. Abdulla al-Muhajir ) was arrested on suspicion that he was an Al-Qaeda terrorist planning to detonate a dirty bomb in the U. S. This suspicion was raised by information obtained from an arrested top Al-Qaeda official in U. S. custody, Abu Zubaydah, who under interrogation revealed that the organization was close to constructing a dirty bomb.

* 2002 — The Cosmic Background Imager ( CBI ) in Chile obtained images of the cosmic microwave background radiation with the highest angular resolution of 4 arc minutes.

The Irish government, having obtained the Seville Declaration on Ireland's policy of military neutrality from the European Council, decided to have another referendum on the Treaty of Nice on Saturday, 19 October 2002.

In 1999, the Carlyle Group obtained a 40 % stake in the paper, which it later sold in March 2002., Le Figaro is controlled by Serge Dassault, a conservative businessman and politician best known for running the aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation, which he inherited from his father, its founder, Marcel ( 1892 – 1986 ).

The whole district obtained city status in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign.

The group transferred their successful work on an Environmental Impact Statement to the county in 2002 and a county-wide 10-A permit was obtained in October 2008.

In September 2002, Governor Davis signed bills to ensure age verification was obtained for cigarettes and other tobacco products sold over the Internet or through the mail, ensured that all state taxes are being fully paid on tobacco purchases and increased the penalty for possessing or purchasing untaxed cigarettes.

*" Remote viewing " Study for U. K. Ministry of Defence 2001 – 2002, obtained through Freedom of Information Act

Madelin's obtained slightly less 4 % if the vote in the 2002 presidential election and merged his party into the UMP.

Through these financings BCP obtained control of Red Herring and in 2002 put the company through an assignment for the benefit of creditors ( ABC ), which is a California state process similar to a federal bankruptcy.

After several years in journalism she obtained her PhD from Cambridge in 1998, and from 1999 to 2003 was lecturer in Russian contemporary history at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies ( SSEES ), a post which she left after becoming deputy editor of The Annual Register in 2002.

The 2002 NSSE survey, which obtained data from 135, 000 students at 613 institutions, shows MUM was in the top 10 % for: active and collaborative learning, supportive campus environment, enriching educational experiences and student-faculty interaction.

On October 23, 2006, the Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong obtained approval from a Hong Kong court to arrest Zhou for allegedly providing false information to the city's stock market regulators in relation to his acquisition of a listed company in 2002.

In 2002, an aspiring game designer, tester for Atari, and longtime fan of the game obtained the title's trademark and began work on a sequel aptly titled River City Ransom 2.

In the 2002 presidential election, the party split ; while Alain Madelin obtained only 3. 91 % of the votes, party's Vice-President Jean-Pierre Raffarin endorsed incumbent Jacques Chirac.

He obtained the presidential nomination from his party on 22 December 2002.

In the elections of 2002 it obtained 1 % of the vote and got no seats.

An October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate that concluded Iraq " has " biological weapons was " based almost exclusively on information obtained " from Curveball, according to the report.

From 1999 to 2002 TeleOnce ( now Univision Puerto Rico ) obtained the franchise and renamed it " Miss Puerto Rico Universe ".