November 2002

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This article covers breaking news and events in November 2002.

Daily events

Friday 1st November 2002

• Berlin / Germany : The Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt Wolfgang Böhmer ( CDU) takes up his post as President of the Federal Council . Böhmer is the first Federal Council President appointed by the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
• London / United Kingdom : The trial in the High Court of Justice of the former butler of Princess Diana , the late wife of the heir to the throne of the British monarchy , collapses when it turns out that the accused Paul Burrell was the regent Elizabeth II in a previously unmentioned conversation . informed of having personal belongings of Diana. The public prosecutor's office held the items for looted property.

Monday 4th November 2002

• London / United Kingdom : The non-profit organization Amnesty International released a 74-page report on war crimes and violations of human rights by the Israeli Defense Forces in Jenin and Nablus .

Tuesday 5th November 2002

• Jerusalem / Israel : Parliament is being dissolved and will be re-elected shortly .
• Washington, DC / United States : In the mid-term mid-term election of 43rd President George W. Bush ( Republican Party ), Republicans win a majority of the seats in the Senate and House elections . In the Senate there was previously a one-vote majority of the Democrats.

Wednesday November 6, 2002

• Niederanven / Luxembourg : A Fokker 50 aircraft of the Luxair airline disappears from the radar while approaching Luxembourg Airport and crashes into a field near Niederanven. 20 of the 22 inmates die as a result of the accident.
• Schwerin / Germany : The state parliament re- elects Prime Minister Harald Ringstorff ( SPD ) , who has been in office since 1998, as head of government in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .

Thursday November 7, 2002

Gibraltar Bay

• Gibraltar : The administration of the overseas territory of the United Kingdom has the population vote in a non-binding referendum on whether they should start negotiations on the division of sovereignty between the United Kingdom and its immediate neighbor, Spain . A large majority is against the division. In its current constitution, Gibraltar is a so-called “ tax haven ”.

Saturday 9th November 2002

Logo of Germany is looking for the superstar

• Cologne / Germany : The broadcaster RTL starts broadcasting the first season of the format Deutschland sucht den Superstar , an offshoot of the British program Pop Idol .

Friday November 15, 2002

Hu Jintao

Basking shark

• Beijing / China : Hu Jintao is elected General Secretary of the CCP at the Communist Party conference .
• Santiago / Chile : The 12th Conference on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora adopts restrictions on trade in the whale shark , the largest fish in the world, and the basking shark . In the future, trading nations will have to comply with regulations that help ensure the continued existence of fish.

Saturday November 16, 2002

• Ankara / Turkey : The President of the Republic of Turkey Ahmet Necdet Sezer appoints Abdullah Gül of the Justice and Recovery Party founded in August 2001 as the country's new Prime Minister .

Thursday November 21, 2002

• Kiev / Ukraine : The newly created Party of Regions provides the new Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych . He succeeds Anatoly Kinach from the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

Friday November 22, 2002

• Canberra / Australia : Despite the great geographical distance, Australia ratifies the Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education in the European Region , with which higher education entrance qualifications and university degrees are mutually recognized in all contracting states.

Sunday November 24, 2002

Wolfgang bowl

• Vienna / Austria : The early National Council election ends with a victory for the ÖVP and a debacle for the FPÖ . The ÖVP has increased by more than 15% compared to 1999 . In contrast, the vote share of their former coalition partner FPÖ falls by almost 17% to around 10%. This time the SPÖ becomes the second strongest force with around 37% of the votes.

Monday November 25, 2002

• Washington, DC / United States : US President George W. Bush signs the Homeland Security Act to create a department to protect the population from terrorism in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks .

See also

• Nekrolog November 2002 for deaths that month
• List of annually recurring memorial and action days in November
• Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in November

Web links

Croatia in November 2002

Commons : November 2002  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Presidents of the Federal Council. In: bundesrat.de . Retrieved November 14, 2016 . 
2. ^ Böhmer new President of the Federal Council. In: n-tv.de . October 18, 2002, accessed October 26, 2017 . 
3. ^ Queen's evidence clears Diana butler. In: theguardian.com . February 1, 2002, accessed November 11, 2017 . 
4. ^ IDF violations in Jenin and Nablus. In: amnesty.org . November 4, 2002, accessed November 9, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Israel before elections in late January 2003. In: kas.de . November 15, 2002, accessed September 20, 2016 . 
6. ^ Election Info 2002. In: house.gov . Accessed November 23, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Black November 6th. In: wort.lu . March 15, 2012, accessed September 16, 2018 . 
8. ^ The election of the Prime Ministers in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein. In: nomos.de , material from NordÖR . September 2013, accessed on October 21, 2017 : "Day of the Prime Minister's Election, Name of the Prime Minister" 
9. ↑ Gibraltar on the rocks. In: hoover.org . December 2002, accessed September 12, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Human sacrifice for the entertainment gods. In: poptext.de, Peter Wagner, published in Financial Times Germany . March 10, 2003, accessed November 11, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Chronicle of the PR China: 2000 to 2008. In: beijingreview.com.cn . September 27, 2009, accessed September 20, 2016 . 
12. ↑ CITES conference ends with strong decisions on wildlife conservation. In: cites.org . November 15, 2002, accessed October 17, 2018 . 
13. ↑ gov.tr: Abdullah Gül ( Memento from December 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
14. ↑ Donetsk Oblast Chairman Yanukovich approved as Ukraine's prime minister. In: ukrweekly.com, Ukrainian Weekly. November 24, 2002, accessed October 6, 2016 . 
15. ↑ Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education in the European Region. In: admin.ch . June 3, 2013, accessed February 15, 2017 (list of contracting states). 
16. ↑ National Council election 2002. In: wienerzeitung.at . Retrieved October 26, 2017 . 
17. ↑ Homeland Security Act of 2002. In: govtrack.us. November 25, 2002, accessed October 6, 2016 .