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In 2002, the world population was approximately 6,337,730,342 people[†]
2002Madison Hu, American actress[†]
Madison Hu is an American actress. She is known for playing the role of Frankie Wong on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark, and for her previous recurring role as Marci on another Disney Channel series, Best Friends Whenever. More recently she played Grace, a recurring role in the American action comedy drama series The Brothers Sun, which premiered in January 2024.
2002Fonua Pole, New Zealand rugby league player[†]
Fonua Pole is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop or lock forward for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL).
2002Hugo van Lawick, Dutch director and photographer (born 1937)[†]
Hugo Arndt Rodolf, Baron van Lawick was a Dutch wildlife filmmaker and photographer.
Gretchen Morgenson column says economic rebound in US is threatened by continued depression of broad stock market indexes, which generally begin to rise well before evidence of economic recovery; says that if stocks stay in slump, consumers may rein in their spending, hurting recovery, and that prolonged slump would make it harder and most costly for companies to raise capital they need to expand their operations and increase revenue and profits; suggest that fault lies in good part with steady stream of accounting scandals, corporate chicanery and questionable practices at Wall Street firms, which are undermining investors' trust in nation's capital markets and role they play in helping to generate growth and prosperity; photos (L)
Slow Evacuation From India Americans leaving India after a State Department warning said they had little sense that their lives were in danger. But Pakistani soldiers in Kashmir said they were prepared for an assault by India. PAGE 10 Bishops May Hear Victims The nation's Roman Catholic bishops are weighing whether to allow victims of sexual abuse by priests to speak at the bishops' annual meeting this month. PAGE 18
Profile of and interview with German-born Parisian designer Karl Lagerfeld, 63, who is to achieve lifetime achievement award from Council of Fashion Designers of America at ceremony in New York; Lagerfeld is only leading designer without permanent house or his own label; photos (M)
Jon Pareles column on 'franchising' of rapper Eminem, who has new album and DVD, The Eminem Show, and is about to begin tour; photo (M)
Article on string of embarrassments at InStyle and InStyle Weddings magazines, which published cover shots and articles about celebrity marriages that did not survive until publication dates; photos (M)
Horse trainer Bob Baffert patiently awaits opportunity for shot at Triple Crown victory, as Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes-winning War Emblem waits to race at Belmont Stakes; photos (M)
Loft apartments begin renting in conversion of nondescript downtown Manhattan office building; developer World-Wide Group budgeted about $160 million on project, which will have 388 units; photo (M)
New Jersey Nets defeat odds, break tradition and reverse history with Game 6 victory over Boston Celtics to win Eastern Conference title for first time as franchise; photos (M)
Pres Bush delivers toughly worded speech to 1,000 graduates at United States Military Academy that seems aimed at preparing Americans for potential war with Iraq; says cold war doctrines of containment and deterrence are irrelevant in world where only strategy for defeating America's new enemies is to strike them first; says to wait for threats to fully materialize is to wait too long; says enemy's plans must be disrupted and worst threats be confronted before they emerge; he does not mention Iraq by name, but says 'even weak states' could hope to 'strike great nations'; reminds graduates that in their last year at West Point America was attacked by 'ruthless and resourceful enemy'; says they are graduating in time of war; photo (M)
New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 10-2; photos (M)
FBI Dir Robert S Mueller II's acknowledgment that agency missed warning signals on terrorism comes as no surprise to FBI veterans and members of Congress, who say agency never developed nimble enough structure, analytic capability or sense of mission to foil terrorist plots before they are carried out; they say Mueller faces many hurdles in fulfilling his promise to transform agency's rigid, risk-averse culture into kind of terror prevention agency he foresees; some even question whether bureau can be salvaged, or whether or whether it should be broken apart so government can create domestic intelligence agency separate from FBI; Mueller, in announcing reorganization, says bureau would hire 400 more analysts, including 25 officers to be borrowed from CIA; says he will establish 'flying squads' of terrorism experts based at FBI headquarters, who would feed intelligence to field offices; claims changes would vastly enhance FBI's ability to thwart terrorists; says Sept 11 hijackings drove home realization that change cannot wait; history of bureau recalled; time line of major events in bureau; time line of other terror attacks and signals, dating from 1993 and leading to Sept 11; photos (L)
Matthew Flamm article on decline of New York's pornographic magazine industry, which once centered on Times Square and which has been eclipsed by videos and the Internet; writers describe how magazine style and content have changed; industry's history traced; photos (L)