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In 2002, the world population was approximately 6,337,730,342 people[†]
2002Patrick Baldwin Jr., American basketball player[†]
Patrick O'Neal Baldwin Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the San Diego Clippers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Milwaukee Panthers. He was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2021 class.
2002James Coburn, American actor (born 1928)[†]
James Harrison Coburn III was an American film and television actor who was featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career.
2002Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.[†]
The Iraq disarmament crisis was claimed as one of the primary issues that led to the multinational invasion of Iraq on 20 March 2003.
This Week column; Henry Street Chamber Opera presents Hla Lesa and Les Lames du Couteau, two short operas by Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu; Butoh dance troupe Sankai Juku performs at Brooklyn Academy of Music Next Wave Festival; Gov George E Pataki to present 2002 Governor's Arts Awards; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, exhibits Impressionist works on loan from Musee d'Orsay; photos (S)
New York Giants defeat Washington Redskins, 19-17; photos (M)
A Border War Over Gambling New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are scrambling to protect one of their great moneymakers: wagering. Other Northeast states want a piece of the action. PAGE B1 U.S.-German Chill Persists Chilly relations between President Bush and Chancellor Gerhard Schröder of Germany appear unlikely to thaw at this week's NATO meeting in Prague. PAGE A16
Blacks rarely appear on covers of mass-circulation magazines, whether men's or women's, entertainment publications or teenagers' magazines; this may reflect fact that only 6.1 percent of magazine industry's professional staff is nonwhite, but another factor may be ingrained conservatism of industry in which everyone is afraid of making a misstep; some black and Hispanic women are making inroads, but black males are still mainly restricted to sports and music magazines; photos; graphs (M)
Center for Jewish History presents Finding Pictures, film documentary by Christian Geissler about Polish Jewish writer and painter Bruno Schulz, on 60th anniversary of his murder by Gestapo officer in 1942; disappearance of many of Schulz's works and dispersal of wall paintings he did in apartment in Drohobycz, Ukraine, discussed; photos (M)
Practice of using anonymous juries, begun 25 years ago in notorious drug case in New York City, spreads in state and federal courts, sometimes in cases that are quite routine; no longer is rationale simply that jurors must be shielded from threats of retaliation; prosecutors, courts and some legal experts argue that anonymity protects jurors from being badgered by reporters after verdicts and makes them feel more comfortable about serving; critics, including defense lawyers and civil libertarians, say practice erodes presumption of innocence before trial begins, and lawyers for news organizations contend inability to interview jurors after trials makes juries less accountable; photo (M)
Joyce Purnick Metro Matters column decries tax incentives given to businesses so they will stay in New York City; Fiscal Policy Institute economist James A Parrott contends businesses will not leave regardless of tax situation; especially troubling is Madison Square Garden's full property tax exemption, as Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposes 25 percent increase (M)
Movie Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets earns estimated $87.7 million in first three days in theaters; photo (S)
Nonprofit organizations face most difficult fund-raising environment in years and are forced to find new ways to survive; five organizations that have are Las America, which represents detained children and others in trouble with immigration authorities in El Paso, Tex, Princeton University, Children's Art Project at Unversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival in New York, and Habitat for Humanity International; photos (L) (Special Section, Giving)
Charities large and small are undertaking fresh drive to beat back AIDS epidemic in third world, trying to inject hope in landscape of despair; their message is that saving lives in third world can be mind-bogglingly cheap; photos (M) (Special section, Giving)
Decline of New York Knicks, who are currently in last place in NBA's Eastern Conference, thins ranks of celebrities at courtside, and Madison Square Garden is no longer packed to rafters; decline is attributed to string of questionable decisions by management and team's remarkable bad luck; instead of rebuilding with draft picks, team has for years used Band-Aid strategy of hiring overpaid, over-age and often injury-plagued players; has tried hard to spend itself out of its problems, amassing one of largest payrolls in NBA, at $93 million; under league's salary cap, team is virtually unable to add any more top-flight veterans; photos; graphs; charts (L)
HBO schedules television drama Baghdad, story of Persian Gulf War based on book by former CNN producer Robert Weiner; years-long production process ends with show ready to air just as possibility of second gulf war looms; photo (M)