International Events in August 2002
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Aug. 1
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The U.S. and the ASEAN sign a joint declaration for Cooperation to Combat International Terrorism, in the Brunei capital, Bandar Seri Begawan.
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Aug. 3
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Shahbaz Sharif, brother of former Pakistan Premier, Nawaz Sharif, is elected president of the Pakistan Muslim League.
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Aug. 4
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Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada is elected Bolivian President and Carlos Mesa the Vice-President by the Congress.
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Aug. 6
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Surgeons separate 1-year-old conjoined Guatemalan twins after a 22 hour $1.5 million operation at a Los Angeles hospital.
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Aug. 7
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Alvaro Uribe is sworn in Colombian President, in Parliament in Bogota.
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Aug. 10
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Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly amends statute to allow direct presidential polls and to kick the military out of Parliament.
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Aug. 13
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Augustin Bizimungu, a key figure in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, is captured by Angolan authorities.
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Aug. 14
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A Jakarta human rights court convicts Abilio Soares, the last Governor of East Timor of massacres and slaps a three-year sentence.
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Aug. 16
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Abu Nidal, leader of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, is shot dead in his Baghdad house.
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Aug. 19
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Over 115 persons, mostly Russian servicemen die as their helicopter crashes in Chechnya.
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Aug. 21
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The Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf proclaims himself as the President and Chief of the Army till 2007.
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Aug. 22
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Russia and China announce a strategic entente to fight terrorism after a meeting between the two nations Premiers, in Shanghai.
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Aug. 25
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Irans Parliament approves a Bill giving women equal right for divorce.
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Aug. 26
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Unite to overcome global apartheid in the path towards sustainable development, the South African President, Thabo Mbeki tells delegates at the opening of the U.N. World Summit on Sustainable Development, in Johannesburg.
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Aug. 27
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The Spanish Parliament votes to outlaw the Basque separatist organisation ETAs political wing, the Batasuna party.
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Aug. 28
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South Koreas Parliament rejects the President, Kim Dae-Jung's Prime Ministerial nominee the second time in a month, Chang Dae-Whan.
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Aug. 30
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The Pakistan poll panel rejects the former Premier, Benazir Bhutto's nomination to contest the October 10 polls, in view of her conviction by an accountability court.
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The Kenyan President, Daniel Arap Moi, dismisses his Vice-President, George Saitoti for spearheading a mutiny in the Cabinet.
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Aug. 31
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A Pak. anti-terrorism court sentences six men to death for gangraping a woman in the Punjab province.
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Events 2002 |