December 2002

Tuesday 10:

High Court of Australia handed down its judgement in the Internet defamation dispute in the case of Gutnick v Dow Jones.

Friday 13:

The European Union announces the addition of ten new members, effective May 1, 2004.

Sunday 15:

BBC 7, digital radio station is launched in UK

Tuesday 17:

A peace accord is signed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Wednesday 18:

California Governor Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier; the budget issue was used to support his 2003 recall from office.

Friday 20:

US Senator Trent Lott resigns as majority leader.

Saturday 21:

Vancouver, British Columbia city council declares "D.O.A. Day" in observance of the Canadian punk band D.O.A.'s decades of influence and accomplishments.

Wednesday 25:

The New Delhi Metro opens.

Thursday 26:

French Raelian scientist Brigitte Boisselier says Clonaid has delivered the first of a supposed five clone babies through cesarean section

Friday 27:

Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya.