In 2002, United States units began operations from Djibouti with the aim of countering the possible threat of Islamic terrorism in the Horn of Africa.

* An agreement concerning the use of the Port of Djibouti and the transit of cargo, was signed in Djibouti between the two countries on 13 April 2002, and ratified by the Ethiopian Federal Parliamentary Assembly on 4 June of the same year.

In October 2002, the Combined Task Force 150 and United States military Special Forces established themselves in Djibouti at Camp Lemonnier.

In October 2002, the Combined Joint Task Force, Horn of Africa ( CJTF-HOA ) was established at Djibouti at Camp Lemonier, taking over responsibilities from the CJSOTF.

: Algeria ; Chad ( 1960 – 1972 ); Comoros ; Djibouti ; Guinea ( 1959 – 1967 ); Libya ; Mali ( 1960 – 1973 ); Morocco ( 1994 – 2000 ); Mauritania ( 2000 – 2009 ); Niger ( 1960 – 1973, 1996 – 2002 ); Somalia ; Sudan ; and Tunisia ( 1996 – 2000 ), all of which have a Muslim majority.

Kahin's previous posts included a diplomatic position at the Somali Embassy in Djibouti, intelligence in the government of former president Mohamed Siad Barre, a stint as governor of Awdal and as a businessman, and a term as vice president of Somaliland ( 1997 – 2002 ).

Djibouti entered its first ever World Cup qualification in an attempt to reach the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan.

Soviet aircraft are largely used, although some Boeing and Airbus aircraft have been added, enabling the launch of direct flights between Djibouti and Paris in July 2001, and flights between Djibouti and London in October 2002.

Air Djibouti, also known as Red Sea Airlines, was the national airline of Djibouti between 1962 and 2002.

The 2nd ACR deployed to Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan and Djibouti in 2002 to in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and then deployed in Iraq in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom ( now known as Operation New Dawn ).

Lake Assal is the world's largest salt reserve, which is presently exploited under four concessions awarded in 2002 at the southeast end of the lake ; the major share of production ( nearly 80 %) is held by Société d ’ Exploitation du Lac and Société d ’ Exploitation du Salt Investment S. A de Djibouti.

However, since 2008 the production has increased manifold as a result of the Government of Djibouti Department of Industries initiating action plans, in 2002, to expand the salt extraction process from the Lake Assal by adopting modern mechanical processes so that a crude salt production of 6 million tonnes could be achieved annually, eventually.

The Social Democratic People's Party (), () is a centre-left, social democratic political party, in Djibouti, founded in 2002 and led by Moumin Bahdon Farah.

Category: 2002 establishments in Djibouti

( Passed / agreed to in Senate on November 20, 2002 ).

On a hot summer day in 2002, a Coptic monk moved his chair from its agreed spot into the shade.

In 2002, the McDonald's Corporation agreed to donate $ 10 million to Hindu and other groups to settle lawsuits filed against the chain for mislabeling French fries and hash browns as vegetarian, because their French fries and hash browns were found to contain beef extract added during production.

The European Union and the European Space Agency agreed in March 2002 to fund the project, pending a review in 2003 ( which was finalised on 26 May 2003 ).

'" In 2002, Candice Bergen, the actress who played Brown, said " I never have really said much about the whole episode, which was endless, but his speech was a perfectly intelligent speech about fathers not being dispensable and nobody agreed with that more than I did.

To reduce phosphorus inputs to this part of the Lake, Vermont and Quebec agreed to reduce their inputs by 60 % and 40 %, respectively, by an agreement signed in 2002.

* Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty ( SORT or Moscow Treaty )— signed 2002, into force 2003: A very loose treaty that is often criticized by arms control advocates for its ambiguity and lack of depth, Russia and the United States agreed to reduce their " strategic nuclear warheads " ( a term that remain undefined in the treaty ) to between 1, 700 and 2, 200 by 2012.

" Still, the House of Lords has remained reluctant to overrule itself in some cases ; in R v Kansal ( 2002 ), the majority of House members adopted the opinion that R v Lambert had been wrongly decided and agreed to depart from their earlier decision.

A new constitution was agreed upon in January 2002, granting the president new powers and extending his term to seven years as well as introducing a new bicameral assembly.

In January 2002 the presidents of Suriname and Guyana met in Suriname and agreed to resume negotiations, establishing the Suriname-Guyana border commission to begin meeting in May 2002.

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.

On 20 March 2002 ( 10 days after the elections, which Mugabe won ) Howard announced that they had agreed to suspend Zimbabwe for a year.

In May 2002, Mohammed Jabarah agreed to cooperate with investigators as part of a plea bargain.

" In a negotiated settlement to avoid appealing the ruling to the Federal Court of Canada, CBC agreed to commence 100 % captioning on CBC Television and Newsworld beginning November 1, 2002.

The Football Conference introduced play-offs in 2002 after the Football League agreed to a two-club exchange with the Conference.

The Court agreed in July 2002, admonishing the Court of Cassation and awarding Papon FF429, 192 ( approx.

In June 2002, the U. S. agreed to forgive $ 14 million of Peru's debt in exchange for a promise to invest $ 12 million in conservation projects.

Following a lengthy campaign, the then newly formed Transport for London agreed to revert most of the streets to two-way working, a project which was completed in late 2002.

On 18 January 2002, at Truro Crown Court, after the prosecution successfully applied for a Public Immunity Certificate in order to suppress defence evidence ( these are normally issued in cases involving national security ), three members of the group agreed to return the signs and pay £ 4, 500 in compensation to English Heritage and to be bound over to keep the peace.

His lawsuit against the school district and several administrators ended in a 2002 settlement in which the district agreed to create a series of policies to protect gay and lesbian students and to pay Henkle $ 451, 000.

The population data was challenged in 2002 and the Census agreed that the housing units were under surveyed.

The University agreed in 2009 to make an annual payment in lieu of taxes of $ 50, 000 that would be indexed to inflation to cover of land in the township that the university had purchased in 2002.

Oskar Saville replaced her as lead singer in 2002, but Ramsey agreed to become a touring musician with the band in 2006, singing backing vocals and playing viola on select songs.

In 1996 FIFA announced that the two countries would jointly host the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

* June 16 – The IOC selects Salt Lake City to host the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Three-time champions Sweden were the next to host the European Championship, in 2002.

Salt Lake City has since developed a strong outdoor recreation tourist industry based primarily on skiing, and was host to the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Salt Lake City was selected to host the 2002 Winter Olympics in 1995.

Salt Lake City hosted the 16th Winter Deaflympic games in 2007, taking place in the venues in Salt Lake City and Park City, and Rotary International chose the city as the host site of their 2007 convention, which was the single largest gathering in Salt Lake City since the 2002 Winter Olympics.

San Salvador has been the host of the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1935, and 2002, it has also been the host city of the Central American Games in 1977, and in 1994.

The host and the initiator of The Internationale LGBT Pride was Zagreb Pride, which has been held since 2002.

the non papers produced in 1998 and 1999 ensured that when the UN Commission met in 2000 it could agree to host another Summit in 2002.

Led by this, in October 2002, the Asian Racing Federation decided to designate South Korea as the host of the 30th Asian Racing Conference in May 2005.

The stadium has also been host to a number of internationals including England's qualifying game against FYR Macedonia in 2002 where the teams drew 2 – 2, with David Beckham and Steven Gerrard scoring for England.

Since then Vans Skatepark in Orange County rebuilt a replica of the original Combi Pool, its been host to some of the greatest contest of the past decade. The Pipeline Skatepark also influenced the rebuild of a 20 foot full pipe in Upland's Memorial Park, It was designed by none other than Pipeline's local and most respected Steve Alba and constructed by California Skatepark and was dedicated on October 12 2002 by Mayor John Pomierski.

In 2002, Kreutzberger's show completed 40 years, and its host said he has no plans to retire before the day he dies.

In 2002, the school built a regulation-size baseball field to be able to host home games.

* Gene Burns, ( born 1940 ), Talk radio host, ranked # 24 by Talkers Magazine in 2002 on its list of 25 Greatest Radio Talk Show Hosts of All Time.

* An indoor ice rink and event arena, Löfbergs Lila Arena, expanded in 2002 to host the Ice Hockey World Championships

Since 2002, Manchester has been the host city for the annual Bonnaroo Music Festival.

Monroe has also been host to a few Hollywood films, such as The Ring ( 2002 ), The Ring Two ( 2005 ), and The Butterfly Effect ( 2004 ).

In 2002, he played a Hispanic game show host on the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire with Hilary Duff.

In 2002 the pageant was slated for choosing Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria to host its final.

DARPA agreed to host the program and appointed Poindexter to run it in 2002.

From October 2001 to January 2002, several guest celebrities played the Narrator role normally performed by Dick Cavett ( Kate Clinton took over for a week while Cavett was on vacation ), including Gilbert Gottfried, Sally Jesse Raphael, Robin Leach, magicians Penn & Teller, New York Post columnist Cindy Adams, MTV personality Dave Holmes, and talk show host Jerry Springer.

The host city of the 2002 Commonwealth Games.