International Events in November 2002

Nov 01 Sri Lanka, LTTE reach agreement on joint task force for North East at talks in Nakorn Pathom, Thailand. Full Story
Nov 02 A Federal Judge approves Microsoft deal with the U.S. Justice Department, brushing aside objections from nine states. Full Story
Nov 05 Turkey's pro-Islamic Justice and Development Party wins landslide victory in polls to Parliament. Full Story
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee moots an ASEAN-India free trade area at the inaugural of the ASEAN summit in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. Full Story
Nov 06 Republicans gain full control of the U.S. Congress in midterm polls. Full Story
India announces a $10 million Line of Credit each for Cambodia and Laos. Full Story
Nov 08 The Communist Party of China should move away from its glasshouse and onto a new political turf says the Chinese President, Jiang Zemin at the opening session of the 16th National Congress, in Beijing. Full Story
Gibraltar rejects British-Spain joint sovereignty, in a referendum.
The U.N. Secretary Council votes on a tough new Iraq resolution that warns Saddam Hussein to disarm or face serious consequences. Full Story
Nov 10 Iranian Parliament gives the President, Mohammad Khatami, the right to suspend rulings by the judiciary.
Nov 13 Iraq accepts U.N. resolution on weapons inspections. Full Story
Nov 14 The Chinese President, Jiang Zamin, the Premier, Zhu Rongji and party veteran, Li Peng bid adieu to active politics on the last day of the party Congress. Full Story
The WTO Trade Ministers' meeting in Sydney agrees on a plan to give the world's poorest nations access to affordable medicines.
Nov 15 Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf revives the 1973 consitution, suspended after the October 1999, coup "except a few articles". Full Story
The Vice-President, Hu Jintao, is elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of China. Full Story
Nov 16 Pervez Musharraf is sworn in Pakistan President for five more years, till November 16, 2007. Full Story
Abdullah Gul is named Turkey's Prime Minister.
Nov 18 U.N. weapons inspectors arrive in Baghdad. Full Story
Nov 19 Chaudhry Amir Hussain of the Pakistan Muslim League Quaid-e-Azam is elected Pakistan Speaker. Full Story
An oil tanker, Prestige with 77,000 tonnes of oil spills threatening ecological disaster, off the Northwest coast of Spain and Portugal. Full Story
Russia decides to introduce religious education in schools for the first time since the Tsars.
Nov 20 The U.S. Senate passes the Homeland Security Bill. Full Story
In a historic eastward shift, NATO agrees to expand membership and invites seven ex-communist countries under its security umbrella, at a summit in Prague. Full Story
Nov 21 A key suspect in the Oct. 12 Bali blasts, Imam Samndra is held in the port of Merak.
A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 11 persons by blowing himself upon a Jerusalem city bus packed with students and soldiers.
Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali is elected Pakistan Prime Minister. Full Story
Twenty five persons die and 1,000 houses are destroyed as a deadly quake rocks the Gilgit region in Pakistan.
Nov 23 Pakistani President, Pevez Musharraf swears in a 21-member Cabinet headed by Jamali. Khurshid Mehmood Qasoori is the new Foreign Minister. Rao Sikander Iqbal gets Defence and Faisal Saleh Hayat, Interior portfolios. Full Story
Nov 24 Lucio Gutierrez, a former army colonel wins Ecuador presidential polls.
Chancellor, Wolfgang Schuessel and his People's Party emerge victors in Austrian parliamentary polls.
Nov 27 U.N. weapons inspectors begin search in Iraq. Full Story
The U.S. President, Bush appoints former Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger to head probe panel on Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Full Story
Ready to consider regional self-rule as an alternative to Tamil Eelam, says the LTTE leader, V. Prabakaran. Full Story
Nov 28 Fourteen persons die after suicide bombers blow up a hotel full of Israelis in Kikambala, near Mombasa in Kenya. Missiles are fired at an Israeli plane. Full Story
Events 2002