International Events in December 2002
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Dec 1
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Forty-seven persons die after fire sweeps through a nightclub in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.
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Janez Drnovsek, Premier since 1992 wins the Slovenian presidential polls.
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Dec 2
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"China and Russia will be good neighbours, friends and partners forever," says the Chinese President, Jiang Zemin after a summit with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Singapore.
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Dec 5
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Sri Lankan Govt., LTTE agree on federal structure after talks in Oslo.
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Dec 7
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Miss Turkey, Azra Akin (21), is crowned Miss World at a pageant, in London.
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Fifteen persons are killed and 200 injured in blasts at four cinemas in Bangladesh's Mymensingh district.
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Dec 8
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Anees Ibrahim Kaskar, one of the key accused in the 1993 Bombay serial blasts and younger brother of Dawood Ibrahim, is arrested in Dubai.
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Dec 9
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The Indonesian Government and Aceh rebels sign a landmark accord to end the 26-year separatist war.
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Venezuelan army takes over oil delivery as a strike to make the President, Hugo Chavez quit, enters the second week.
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The U.N. Security Council lifts nine-year-old sanctions against Angola's UNITA movement.
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Dec 10
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The former U.S. President, Jimmy Carter (78), is presented with the Nobel Peace Prize, in Oslo.
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Dec 11
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The first upgraded Ariane-5 rocket explodes soon after blastoff from French Guyana sending two satellites plunging into the Atlantic Ocean in a $600 million space disaster.
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North Korean ship carrying Scud missiles and bound for Yemen is intercepted and seized in the Arabian Sea.
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Dec 13
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EU throws open its doors to 10 new countries, in a summit at Copenhagen.
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The Malaysian High Courts rejects the Indian Government's plea for the extradition of the Italian businessman, Ottavio Quattrocchi, in the Bofors pay off case.
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Chinese scientists publish the world's first complete genome map of the Indica Rice.
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Dec 14
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Henry Kissinger quits as chairman of the panel to probe the 9/11 attack.
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Pakistan frees Masood Azhar, chief of the banned militant group, Jaish-e-Mohammad.
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Dec 15
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The Chechen Warlord, Salman Raduyev dies in prison serving a life sentence for terrorism and murder.
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US President, George W. Bush authorises the CIA to track down and kill terrorist leaders
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Dec 16
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Sri Lankan peace talks move towards the more difficult phase with the LTTE hardening its stance.
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Dec 18
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Pakistan rules out Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status for India
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Dec 19
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Roh Moo-hyun of the New Millennium Party wins South Korean presidential election and becomes the country's 16th head of State.
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Dec 20
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Pope John Paul II approves a miracle attributed to Mother Teresa, thus bringing the Roman Catholic nun closer to sainthood.
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