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In 2002, the world population was approximately 6,337,730,342 people[†]
2002Tim Stützle, German ice hockey player[†]
Tim Stützle is a German professional ice hockey centre for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Rated one of the top prospects available for the 2020 NHL entry draft, he was selected third overall by the Ottawa Senators.
2002Michael Anthony Bilandic, American politician, 49th Mayor of Chicago (born 1923)[†]
Michael Anthony Bilandic was an American Democratic politician, judge, and attorney who served as the 49th mayor of Chicago from 1976 to 1979, after the death of his predecessor, Richard J. Daley. Bilandic practiced law in Chicago for several years, having graduated from the DePaul University College of Law. Bilandic served as an alderman in Chicago City Council, representing the eleventh ward on the south-west side from June 1969 until he began his tenure as mayor in December 1976. After his mayoralty, Bilandic served on the Illinois Appellate Court from 1984 until being elected to the Illinois Supreme Court in 1990. He served on the state supreme court until 2000, and was the court’s chief Justice from 1994 to 1997.
2002Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (born 1913)[†]
Eugène Brands was a Dutch painter, an early member of the COBRA avant-garde art movement.
2002Jeanne Voltz, American food journalist and cookbook writer (born 1920)[†]
Jeanne Voltz was an American food journalist, editor, and cookbook author. She was food editor for the Miami Herald and the Los Angeles Times, two of the most influential food sections in the country during her tenure in the 1950s and 1960s. She won three James Beard awards for her cookbooks.
Sunbeam Corp's former chief executive Albert J Dunlap and other former Sunbeam executives agree to pay $15 million to settle shareholder lawsuit accusing them of inflating stock prices; private complaints filed by Sunbeam bondholders and group of Texas investors against Dunlap are also settled; photo (M)
Harvey Araton Sports of The Times column analyzes New York Knickerbockers and sorts out responsibility for current roster and team's sorry season among general manager Scott Layden, former president and GM Dave Checketts, and Madison Square Garden president James Dolan; photo (M)
Anthony Tommasini comments on Placido Domingo's newest recording, Verdi/Domingo: The Tenor Arias, four-CD set of complete Verdi arias for tenor; photos (L)
Sainsbury, Britain's second-largest supermarket chain, says sales increased 6.4 percent in 12 weeks ended Jan 5; GUS, Europe's biggest catalog-shopping company and owner of Argos chain of stores, says sales rose 17 percent in 14 weeks ended Jan 5 (S)
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani quietly amended lease of Yankees and Mets shortly before leaving office as part of last-minute agreement with teams to build each new stadium; new leases give Yankees right to leave city on 60 days' notice if team does not get new stadium and releases Mets from paying city large sums of advertising dollars; Giuliani signed agreement to build both teams new stadiums and announced publicly that city would share costs, but did not disclose that leases were amended; city Comptroller William C Thompson Jr, in letter to Mayor Michael R Bloomberg, denounces Giuliani's action; urges Bloomberg to reject stadium plan and to negotiate new lease amendments that protect city's financial interests; says city should not be paying each team $5 million annually for next five years to cover planning costs--expenses he says would not have to be approved by city in advance; calls leases 'troubling;' terms of amended leases discussed (M)
India will open international long-distance calling licenses to bidders from Jan 26; government-owned Videsh Sanchar Nigam holds monopoly on international long-distance calling until end of March; government has already announced that it plans to sell its 53 percent stake in Videsh Sanchar to private partner (S)
Chaotic Time for Coaches Pro football coaches are living in a perilous climate in which regular-season success is no longer sufficient for many owners. PAGE D1 Ex-Priest on Trial for Abuse A former Roman Catholic priest accused of molesting more than 130 children is going on trial in a case that has shaken Boston. PAGE A14
Amy Vedder and her husband, Bill Weber, conservationists at Wildlife Conservation Society at Bronx Zoo, discuss their work with mountain gorillas in Rwanda, which is also subject of their new book, In the Kingdom of Gorillas: Fragile Species in a Dangerous Land; photo (M)
Pakistani government rounds up 1,430 people nationwide and seals off 390 offices of militant organizations in crackdown against Islamic extremists ordered by Pres Pervez Musharraf; arrests include for first time militants inside Pakistan-controlled portion of Kashmir; Pakistani officials say action is evidence that Musharraf is serious about pledge to purge society of spreading extremism and prevent Pakistan from being used as base for international terrorism; India's Defense Min George Fernandes says India remains poised for war if Pakistan does not act quickly enough (M)
Argentina's currency devaluation and debt default could create problems for some of biggest US and European telecommunications companies; international arm of US wireless carrier Nextel Communications has missed debt payment to banks, mainly as result of Argentine crisis; other telecommunications companies with big presence in Argentina, including AT&T, BellSouth, Verizon Communications and Telefonica of Spain, all could feel pinch of decline in hard-currency revenue and could find themselves in uncertainty over planning as they await regulatory changes; venture capital investors are also exposed, including Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, which financed expansion of telecommunications and cable television companies within Argentina and into neighborhing countries; graphs; photo (M)
Bill Parcells, former coach of New York Giants and Jets and New England Patriots, dismisses reports that he will replace Tony Dungy as head coach of Tampa Bay Buccaneers following Dungy's firing (M)
Gennifer Flowers, who gained notoriety for publicized affair with former Pres Bill Clinton, has become popular saloon singer in New Orleans; her saloon, Gennifer Flowers Kelsto Club, is one of most prestigious addresses in city's Latin Quarter; she comments on her new star status; photos (M)