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Russia Rethinks the Draft Russia's lower house of Parliament passed legislation that would provide conscientious objectors with an alternative to the draft, but under conditions critics call onerous. PAGE A7 Israelis Attack in Hebron Troops blasted away part of the Palestinian Authority offices in an attempt to end a four-day standoff with a dozen Palestinians who are believed to be hiding inside. PAGE A6
New York City is installing radiation-detection sensors outside several public buildings, starting with police headquarters; photo; Comr Raymond Kelly explains (S)
Exodus of workers from telecommunications industry swells as companies cut labor force by laying off or buying out workers and forcing retirements; industry accounts for 167,000 jobs cuts, over ten percent of lost jobs in nation since recession began in Mar 2001; industry analysts believe that elimination of another ten percent of industry's employees is required and that no rehiring will be necessary when economy rebounds; graphs; photographs (M)
William C Rhoden Sports of The Times column challenges notion that European basketball players' ability to hit outside shot better than Americans explains increasing presence of European players in American basketball; photo (M)
Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into Martha Stewart's sale of 3,928 shares of ImClone stock for $227,000 on Dec 27, 2001 will focus on content of conversation between her and Merrill Lynch employees Peter Bacanovic and Douglas Faneuil; will attempt to discover whether trade was predicated on insider information (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 26, 2002, covering June 29, 2002.
Eminem
Korn
Various Artists
New Found Glory
Various Artists
2002Matt Rempe, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Matthew Rempe is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. He was drafted by the Rangers in the sixth round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.
2002Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (born 1928)[†]
Rosemary Clooney was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me", "Mambo Italiano", "Tenderly", "Half as Much", "Hey There", "This Ole House", and "Sway". She also had success as a jazz vocalist. Clooney's career languished in the 1960s, partly because of problems related to bipolar disorder and drug addiction, but revived in 1977, when her White Christmas co-star Bing Crosby asked her to appear with him at a show marking his 50th anniversary in show business. She continued recording until her death in 2002.
2002Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.[†]
The Battle of Yeongpyeong was a confrontation at sea between North Korean and South Korean patrol boats along a disputed maritime boundary near Yeonpyeong Island in the Yellow Sea in 2002. This followed a similar confrontation in 1999. Two North Korean patrol boats crossed the contested border and engaged two South Korean Chamsuri-class patrol boats. The North Koreans withdrew before South Korean reinforcements arrived.
In 2002, the world population was approximately 6,337,730,342 people[†]