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Bodies of John Kondogianis and George Lawrence, missing since they were hurled overboard in boating collision on Little Neck Bay in Queens, are found; Robert Arnold, who was driving boat, has been charged with boating while intoxicated and could face additional charges, including reckless manslaughter (M)
Residents of New Orleans are offended by results of study by makers of Old Spice deodorant which ranked city as only third-sweatiest in country, behind San Antonio and Dallas-Fort Worth; regard sweatiness with sense of civic pride; say it is hardship they cannot overcome, only live with in metropolis surrounded by swamp and water and which simmers in 90-degree-plus daily temperatures in summer months; photo (M)
Movie K-19, first mainstream feature film co-produced by National Geographic Society, is based on true story of Russian sub whose nuclear reactor malfunctioned in North Atlantic in 1961; Harrison Ford stars; photo; Geographic's film division plans series of movies based based on true events, as well as documentaries; photo (M)
New York Mets defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 4-2; photos (M)
Bruce Weber reviews of Ta'siyeh of Hor, traditional Shiite Muslim musical drama, presented by Iranian troupe at Lincoln Center Festival; photos (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 10, 2002, covering July 15, 2002.
Nelly
Eminem
N.O.R.E.
Avril Lavigne
Truth Hurts
2002"American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.[†]
The Taliban, which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is an Afghan political and militant movement with an ideology comprising elements of the Deobandi movement of Islamic fundamentalism. It ruled approximately 75% of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, before it was overthrown by an American invasion after the September 11 attacks carried out by the Taliban's ally al-Qaeda. The Taliban recaptured Kabul in August 2021 following the departure of coalition forces, after 20 years of Taliban insurgency, and now controls the entire country. The Taliban government is not recognized by any country and has been condemned for restricting human rights, including women's rights to work and have an education.
2002The Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan sentences British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh to death, and three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl to life.[†]
The Anti Terrorism Court of Pakistan was established in Pakistan in 1997, under Nawaz Sharif's government, to deal with terrorism cases.
In 2002, the world population was approximately 6,337,730,342 people[†]