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January 2nd 2002 68th Orange Bowl: #5 Florida beats #6 Maryland, 56-23
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march 4th 2002 Canada bans human embryo cloning but permits government-funded scientists to use embryos left over from fertility treatment or abortions.
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may 2nd 2002 Marad massacre of eight Hindus near Palakkad in Kerala.
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May 3rd 2002 A military MiG-21 aircraft crashes into the Bank of Rajasthan in India, killing eight.
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july 2nd 2002 Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
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August 4th 2002 Soham murders: 10 year old school girls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells go missing from the town of Soham, Cambridgeshire.
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october 2nd 2002 The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
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october 6th 2002 The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen.
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november 4th 2002 Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress
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november 6 2002 12 people are killed in a fire on board a train headed for Vienna from Paris.
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december 1st 2002 91st Davis Cup: Russia beats France in Paris (3-2)
