For instance, in the 55 Cancri system the first planet – 55 Cancri b – was discovered in 1996 ; two additional farther planets were simultaneously discovered in 2002 with the nearest to the star being named 55 Cancri c and the other 55 Cancri d ; a fourth planet was claimed ( its existence was later disputed ) in 2004 and named 55 Cancri e despite lying closer to the star than 55 Cancri b ; and the most recently discovered planet, in 2007, was named 55 Cancri f despite lying between 55 Cancri c and 55 Cancri d. As of April 2012 the highest letter in use is " j ", for the unconfirmed planet HD 10180 j ( HD 10180 h is the confirmed planet with the highest letter ).

* 2002 – Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.

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.

In October 2002, Alcoa and BHP Billiton signed a letter of intent as the basis for new joint ventures between the two companies, in which Alcoa will take part for 55 % in all bauxite mining activities in West Suriname.

As early as 2002, while experimental work was still in progress, Galonsky, in a letter to the journal Science

On January 28, 2002, Global Crossing announced that it had signed a letter of intent with Hutchison Whampoa and ST Telemedia for a cash investment in a joint majority stake in the company's equity in connection with a restructuring of the company's balance sheet.

In February 2002, Vittorio Emanuele and his son Emanuele Filiberto wrote a signed letter, published through a law firm, in which they formally expressed their loyalty to the Constitution of Italy.

Unlike Reagan's 1985 letter, Bush's 2002 letter specifically cited Section 3 as the authority for the transfer of power.

She then voiced her displeasure in 2002 in a private letter to Jiang about the distortion of history.

In late 2002, the town's mayor received a letter from Jeff Manning, executive director of the California Milk Processor Board, proposing that the town change its name to " Got Milk ?":.

In October 2002, then-Mayor Laurier T. Raymond wrote an open letter addressed to leaders of the Somali community, predicting a negative impact on the city's social services and requesting that they discourage further relocation to Lewiston.

" In a September 2002 letter to Mayor Joseph Harper, which copied Steve Surber ( then the village treasurer ), Groteke discussed "... the possibility that citations may have been improperly handled ", and recommended "... an outside independent agency should do a complete audit of all tickets written for at least the last 12 months.

In May 2007, Pilger co-signed and put forward a letter supporting the refusal of the government of Venezuela under Hugo Chavez to renew the broadcasting licence of Venezuela's largest television network Radio Caracas Televisión ( RCTV ), as they openly supported a 2002 coup attempt against the democratically elected government.

" Wexler maintained in 2002: " I know Solomon is upset about that, and I wrote him a long letter explaining how we wrote the song together and that he has always gotten his share of the royalties.

In another case in Canada in early 2002, an Ontario federal Liberal MP wrote an ill-advised letter to a constituent telling him that if he wished help on some matter he'd written to the MP about, next time he " had better vote Liberal.

In the 2010 bid by Tom Campbell for the Republican nomination for Senator of California, a dispute was triggered by a letter Campbell had written to USF's president in defense of Al-Arian on January 21, 2002.

Later in the day, in London and Hong Kong, PCCW issued statements saying it had made a preliminary takeover approach to C & W in a letter at the end of 2002.

On 27 June 2002, The Daily Telegraph carried a letter from the CDA, signed by Mike Smith, attacking the Conservative Party and its Chairman Francis Maude for " the sleaze, double-dealing, arrogance, incompetence, Europhilia, indifference and drift with which the party is still associated.

* On July 21, 2007, under the same circumstances as the 2002 invocation, President George W. Bush transmitted a letter to President pro tempore of the Senate Robert Byrd and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi declaring himself temporarily unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office prior to undergoing a colonoscopy which required sedation ( text of letters to Congress ).

In an unpublished letter, written in 1963 to a Mrs. Munsby ( and auctioned in 2002 at Sotheby's ), Tolkien confirmed that female Orcs did exist.

He was also a co-signatory of the Land letter of 2002 which outlined a just war rationale for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, providing a theological underpinning for the invasion being planned by President George W. Bush.

The Land letter was a letter sent to U. S. President George W. Bush by five evangelical Christian leaders on October 3, 2002, outlining their support for a just war pre-emptive invasion of Iraq.

The French government awarded him the Legion of Honor, the country's top civilian honor, as a Chevalier in 2002 and then an Officier in 2007, while that same year, The Guardian described Lynch as " the most important director of this era ".

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

* Frank Malley: Obituary: Kenneth Wolstenholme, The Guardian, 26 March 2002

* ( 2002 ): Hawaiian Legend of the Guardian Spirits.

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

* " Killer's secret behind revenge attack " The Guardian article ( April 29, 2002 )

* Guardian. co. uk-' No more Mr. Scrupulous Guy: How one of the two brains behind the Iran-Contra scandal this week became one of America's most powerful men ', John Sutherland, The Guardian ( February 18, 2002 )

No chance, The Guardian, February 21, 2002.

Here is an example ( taken from The Guardian crossword of Aug 6 2002, set by " Shed ").

* Obituary: General Choi Hong-hi in The Guardian, 9 August 2002.

The Guardian ( London ), August 17, 2002, p. 1.

* Guardian review 14 September 2002.

* Inveterate anarchist with a plan to put roofs over the rural poor, Guardian, 10 July 2002

* Top 10 Chip Shops, The Guardian 2002

" Guardian, 24 August 2002.

* Moscow theatre siege, The Guardian, 28 October 2002

" Margaret Booth: Tough, unsentimental film editor who began her career ' patching ' during the First World War ", The Guardian November 2, 2002.

* Obituary from The Guardian, Monday, September 9, 2002

* Sharon cannot be tried in Belgium, says court The Guardian 15 February 2002 ( Andrew Osborn )

* Let Mr Zakayev stay ; Chechen leader should not be extradited, The Guardian, December 13, 2002

* Sharing a glass with the ' international terrorist ', The Guardian, December 22, 2002

* Bloggers Catch What Washington Post Missed, The Guardian ( UK ), Saturday, December 21, 2002.

Today found itself in the midst of controversy again in 2002, when its editor Rod Liddle wrote a column in The Guardian that was extremely critical of the Countryside Alliance and which raised questions about his own impartiality.