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In 2002, the world population was approximately 6,337,730,342 people[ā ]
2002JoĆ£o Gomes, Brazilian singer[ā ]
JoĆ£o Fernando Gomes ValĆ©rio is a Brazilian singer and songwriter who came to national prominence with his debut album Eu tenho a senha. One song from the album, "Meu PedaƧo de Pecado", was the most played song among Brazil's Spotify users as of 1 July 2021, and also appeared in Spotify's Top 50 Global chart the same month.
2002Will Penisini, Australian-Tongan rugby league player[ā ]
Viliami Penisini is a Tonga international rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League.
New York Jets quarterback Vinny Testaverde jams right thumb and will be out of training camp for at least few days; photo (M)
Amanda Hesser article visits beekeeper John Miller in North Dakota, which produces more honey than any state except California; Miller is migratory beekeeper, transporting hives from crop to crop; honey-making and grading processes described; map; photos (M)
New York Giants rookie tight end Jeremy Shockey arrives at training camp after five-day holdout and long night of travel; photos (M)
Article on meticulous restoration of two giant murals by Barry Faulkner that hang in National Archives rotunda as background for Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights; photos; works were commissioned in 1934 (M)
Government's confusion over how to respond to growing crisis in telecommunications industry bursts into open, as Democrats, Republicans and a regulator offer competing and often contradictory prescriptions for fixing industry's problems; FCC Chmn Michael K Powell receives chilly lecture from senators on Commerce Committee--some of whom urge him to step up deregulation while others ask him to impose greater oversight; hearing illustrates that matter of overhauling nation's muddled telecommunications policies has yet to find political consensus; growing number of telecommunications companies report financial trouble; photos of Powell, and others at committee hearing: John J Legere of Global Crossing, John W Sidgmore of WorldCom and Afshin Mohebbi of Qwest (L)
Michelin, Europe's largest tire maker, announces better-than-expected results for first half of year; says it expects income to grow by about 7 percent in 2002; first-half net income increased 16 percent, to 254 million euros ($249 million) (S)
Japan's jobless rate remains at near-record 5.4 percent (S)
Ford Motor Co decides not to build second generation of Excursion sport utility vehicle, which is seven feet tall and able to seat a softball team; Excursion, cited by critics as industry's most visible symbol of sport utility vehicle excess, is expected to be discontinued at conclusion of 2004 model year; was introduced in 1999 as 2000 model year vehicle; photo (M)
Newly elected French government announces plans to sell majority of its stake in Air France, reducing its ownership from 54.5 percent to less than 20 percent; photo of Finance Min Francis Mer (S)
Analysis of urgent task facing Defense Sec Donald H Rumsfeld as he presses case for ground action against Iraq to eliminate its weapons of mass destruction; he must make sure American military forces are ready should Pres Bush elect military option in coming months (M)
Sen John Kerry, in possible effort to set himself apart from Democratic pack in race for presidential nomination, has been attacking Pres Bush's foreign policy, strategy many other Democrats view as too risky in light of war on terrorism; cites errors in American ground campaign in Afghanistan, interview; Republicans and some Democrats say attacking Bush on war-related issues is nearly risk-free for Kerry because he is decorated Vietnam veteran whose patriotism is not easily impugned; photo (M)
Italy plans to sell all of Ente Tabacchi Italiani, country's biggest cigarette maker, to raise funds to cut government's debt (S)