October 2002

See also: Moscow theatre siege Beltway sniper attacks Bali car bombing Myyrmanni bombing Zamboanga bombings Afghanistan timeline October 2002 October 2002 - October 31 2002. The Russian Health Minister Yuri Shevchenko has now stated that the incapacitating agent used in the storming of the Moscow theatre siege was a fentanyl derivative. Over a million people gather in Greenwich Village to celebrate Halloween. Ni ...

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October 2002, October 2002 - Events, October 2002 - October 31 2002, October 2002 - October 30 2002, October 2002 - October 29 2002, October 2002 - October 28 2002, October 2002 - October 27 2002, October 2002 - October 26 2002, October 2002 - October 25 2002, October 2002 - October 24 2002, October 2002 - October 23 2002, October 2002 - October 22 2002, October 2002 - October 21 2002, October 2002 - October 19 2002, October 2002 - October 18 2002, October 2002 - October 17 2002, October 2002 - October 16 2002, October 2002 - October 15 2002, October 2002 - October 14 2002, October 2002 - October 13 2002, October 2002 - October 12 2002, October 2002 - October 11 2002, October 2002 - October 10 2002, October 2002 - October 9 2002, October 2002 - October 7 2002, October 2002 - October 6 2002, October 2002 - October 5 2002, October 2002 - Events by month

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In October 2002, on becoming concerned that torture and extra-judicial killings were taking place in Uzbekistan, he made a controversial speech at a human rights conference in Tashkent, in which he claimed that "Uzbekistan is not a functioning democracy" and saying of the boiling to death of two men, "all of us know that this is not an isolated incident." The speech was cleared by the Foreign Office, but not before a dispute over its content. Later, Kofi Annan confronted Uzbekistan pr ...

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Craig Murray, Craig Murray - Background, Craig Murray - Uzbekistan, Craig Murray - Discipline charges, Craig Murray - Removal from post, Craig Murray - Subsequent career, Craig Murray - Banned extracts, Craig Murray - First document: Confidential letters from Uzbekistan, Craig Murray - Second Document

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"A Little Less Conversation" is a song written by Mac Davis and Billy Strange and was originally recorded by Elvis Presley for the movie Live a Little, Love a Little in 1968. It was released by RCA Victor as a single (the b-side being "Almost in Love"), but the release was only a moderate success, indicative of the diminishing returns Presley's movie recordings were exhibiting at the time. Soon after the release of the single, Presley re-recorded the song for the soundtrack of Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special, though this track was not used in the program and would circulate on bootleg ...

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Caryn Elaine Johnson, better known by her stage name, Whoopi Goldberg (born November 13, 1955 in New York City — although many sources indicate 1949), is a well-known American movie actress, comedian, and singer. Although her father was a Protestant preacher, Goldberg says that her family is of mixed religious heritage - including Catholic, Buddhist and Jewish ancestry, hailing from a "West Indian" immigrant community. Whoopi Goldberg - Background. After succeeding as a stand-up comedian in the San ...

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• Whoopi Goldberg - Background
• Whoopi Goldberg - Filmography
• Whoopi Goldberg - TV work
• Whoopi Goldberg - Discography

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Craig Murray (born 17 October 1958) is a commentator on government foreign policy and was a British diplomat. He was the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Uzbekistan, until removed from his post on October 14, 2004. While in this office he publicly criticised the human rights situation in Uzbekistan, against the wishes of the British government, an action that he alleges was the reason for his removal. He also privately criticised the UK government for committing torture by proxy, that is, sending terrorist suspects to Uzbekistan for the ...

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• Craig Murray - Background
• Craig Murray - Uzbekistan
• Craig Murray - Discipline charges
• Craig Murray - Removal from post
• Craig Murray - Subsequent career
• Craig Murray - Banned extracts
• Craig Murray - First document: Confidential letters from Uzbekistan
• Craig Murray - Second Document

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Zacarias Moussaoui (born May 30, 1968) is a French terrorist of Moroccan descent involved in the conspiracy that resulted in the September 11, 2001 attacks. He was taken into custody by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in on August 16, 2001 after attending a flight school in Minnesota where an instructor expressed concerns about the abilities and motivations of his student. After the attacks unfolded, he was described as a possible "20th hijacker", though he maintained that he was uninvolved with that plan up until pleading guilty ...

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• Zacarias Moussaoui - Overview
• Zacarias Moussaoui - Personal history
• Zacarias Moussaoui - Childhood
• Zacarias Moussaoui - Terrorist training
• Zacarias Moussaoui - Flight training
• Zacarias Moussaoui - Capture
• Zacarias Moussaoui - Court proceedings
• Zacarias Moussaoui - Death penalty

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Van Tuong Nguyen (Vietnamese: Nguyễn Tường Vân, baptised Caleb[1]) (17 August 1980 – 2 December 2005) was a Thailand–born Vietnamese Australian from Melbourne, Victoria, convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore. He is also addressed as Nguyen Tuong Van in the Singapore media. Such offences carry a mandatory death sentence under Singapore's Misuse of Drugs Act, and despite pleas for clemency from the Australian government, Amnesty International as well as other individuals and groups, he was exec ...

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• Van Tuong Nguyen - Youth
• Van Tuong Nguyen - Drug trafficking
• Van Tuong Nguyen - Arrest
• Van Tuong Nguyen - Trials
• Van Tuong Nguyen - Pleas for clemency
• Van Tuong Nguyen - Government of Australia
• Van Tuong Nguyen - Other groups
• Van Tuong Nguyen - Singaporean response
• Van Tuong Nguyen - Nguyen's letters
• Van Tuong Nguyen - Vigils
• Van Tuong Nguyen - John Howard's warning against illicit drugs
• Van Tuong Nguyen - Funeral

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Leonard Simon Nimoy (born March 26, 1931) is an American actor, film director, poet and photographer best known for playing the character Spock in the Star Trek television and movie series. Leonard Nimoy - Life. Born in Boston, Massachusetts to Ukrainian-Jewish immigrants, Nimoy spent much of his early career in the 1950s doing small parts in B-movies and in TV shows such as Dragnet. Nimoy served in the U.S. Army Reserve, receiving final discharge in November, 1955 as a Sergeant. Accord ...

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• Leonard Nimoy - Life
• Leonard Nimoy - Career
• Leonard Nimoy - Stage and screen
• Leonard Nimoy - Literary works
• Leonard Nimoy - Music career
• Leonard Nimoy - Current work
• Leonard Nimoy - Filmography as director
• Leonard Nimoy - Trivia
• Leonard Nimoy - Quotes

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Buprenorphine Buprenorphine, also colloquially referred to as bupe, is an opioid drug with partial agonist and antagonist actions. Buprenorphine hydrochloride was first marketed in the 1980s by Reckitt & Colman (now Reckitt Benckiser) as an analgesic, yet is now primarily used for the treatment of opioid addiction. It is a Schedule III drug under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances[1]. Buprenorphine - Commercial preparations. Britsh firm Reckitt & Colman (now ...

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• Buprenorphine - Commercial preparations
• Buprenorphine - Pharmacology and pharmacokinetics
• Buprenorphine - Clinical use
• Buprenorphine - Antidepressant
• Buprenorphine - Adverse effects
• Buprenorphine - Dependence treatment
• Buprenorphine - Buprenorphine vs. methadone
• Buprenorphine - Inpatient rehabilitation

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• Pinyin - Pronunciation
• Pinyin - Initials
• Pinyin - Finals
• Pinyin - Rules given in terms of English pronunciation
• Pinyin - Pronunciation of initials
• Pinyin - Pronunciation of finals
• Pinyin - Orthographic features
• Pinyin - Tones
• Pinyin - Rules for placing the tone mark
• Pinyin - Miscellanea
• Pinyin - Pinyin in Taiwan
• Pinyin - Other languages
• Pinyin - Controversy
• Pinyin - Accessibility note

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The site was created in October 2002 by Chad "Kaffee" Levesque as a local replacement to the popular DeadJournal journal service. At the time, the site was hosted from Chad "Kaffee" Levesque's home PC using a residential ADSL Internet connection. Over the first few months it had evolved from primarily a personal journal project of the creator to the community-oriented web site it still is at the time of this writing. After a server crash caused the loss of all of the data associated with the site in February 2003, Blue Kaffee 2.0 was launched, promising additiona ...

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Blue Kaffee, Blue Kaffee - Organization and History, Blue Kaffee - Features, Blue Kaffee - Controversy, Blue Kaffee - Concerned parents, Blue Kaffee - Content controls, Blue Kaffee - Productivity lost, Blue Kaffee - Mocha Café, Blue Kaffee - Moderation, Blue Kaffee - Folklore, Blue Kaffee - Blue Kaffee Battles, Blue Kaffee - Blue Kaffee Pope, Blue Kaffee - George, Blue Kaffee - My inbox is a big white screen!, Blue Kaffee - Jabber, Blue Kaffee - Joke Pages

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Beltway sniper attacks - Criminal prosecutions. Virginia authorities were selected for initial prosecutions. In accordance with United States law, each man was provided free legal counsel at public expense since they were both indigent. Change of venue requests by defense attorneys were granted, and the first trials were held in the independent cities of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach in southeastern Virginia, more than 100 miles fro ...

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Beltway sniper attacks, Beltway sniper attacks - The snipers, Beltway sniper attacks - The attacks begin, Beltway sniper attacks - Investigation, Beltway sniper attacks - 911 Dispatcher Uninterested, Beltway sniper attacks - Aftermath, Beltway sniper attacks - Criminal prosecutions, Beltway sniper attacks - Regulatory civil actions, Beltway sniper attacks - TV movie book, Beltway sniper attacks - Effects on Society, Beltway sniper attacks - Timeline, Beltway sniper attacks - Possible copycats

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Barbara Boxer - Elections. Senator Boxer's predecessor, the Democrat Alan Cranston, retired in 1992. She won the open seat contest, defeating Bruce Herschensohn, a conservative television commentator, by 5 percentage points. In 1998 she was re-elected for a second term, beating Matt Fong, a former state treasurer, by 10 percentage points. After facing no primaries opposition in the 2004 election, Boxer defeated Republican candidate Bill Jones, a former California Secretary of State, by a margin of 20%, garnering ...

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Barbara Boxer, Barbara Boxer - Early Life and Family, Barbara Boxer - U.S. Representative, Barbara Boxer - U.S. Senator, Barbara Boxer - Elections, Barbara Boxer - Bills and policy positions, Barbara Boxer - Ideological ratings, Barbara Boxer - Awards and honors, Barbara Boxer - Senate Committee assignments, Barbara Boxer - Possible presidential run in 2008, Barbara Boxer - Major speeches and statements, Barbara Boxer - Trivia

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Andrew Test Martin was first seen on WWE television as an unnamed bodyguard for Mötley Crüe, when the band performed at a televised WWE event. In what was most likely a staged event, Martin threw an overzealous fan off the stage during the band's rehearsal. While it has been reported that Martin was originally supposed to be a member of the faction D-Generation X, he ended up joining Vince McMahon and his faction, The Corporation. Test first played the role of a bodyguard for Corporation member The Rock. During an interview, The Rock stated that his rival Triple H ...

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Andrew Martin, Andrew Martin - World Wrestling Entertainment, Andrew Martin - Personal Life, Andrew Martin - In wrestling, Andrew Martin - Previous managers, Andrew Martin - Finishing and signature moves, Andrew Martin - Championship and accomplishments

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Zacarias Moussaoui - Childhood. Moussaoui was one of four siblings, brought up by an emotionally extreme mother in France. There was no religious education within the family. First generation immigrants from Morocco, they frequently faced racism including violence and theft. At school he loved sport, especially basketball. He experienced life as a series of disappointments, being unable to pursue sport in his teens. The family moved between different parts of France, and this too was a cause of his alienation. Hi ...

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Zacarias Moussaoui, Zacarias Moussaoui - Overview, Zacarias Moussaoui - Personal history, Zacarias Moussaoui - Childhood, Zacarias Moussaoui - Terrorist training, Zacarias Moussaoui - Flight training, Zacarias Moussaoui - Capture, Zacarias Moussaoui - Court proceedings, Zacarias Moussaoui - Death penalty

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Pete Rose - Minor leagues. Rose was signed by the Reds as an amateur free agent on July 8, 1960, and was assigned to the Geneva Redlegs of the New York-Penn League. In 1961 Rose was promoted to the Class D Tampa Tarpons of the Florida State League where he batted .331, set a league record for triples and led the league in fielding errors. Rose's next move was to the Class A Macon, Georgia team, where he hit .330, leading the league in triples and runs scored. During a spring training game against the Chica ...

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Pete Rose, Pete Rose - Pre-professional career, Pete Rose - Professional Career, Pete Rose - Minor leagues, Pete Rose - Major Leagues, Pete Rose - Post-playing career, Pete Rose - Manager, Pete Rose - Lifetime ban, Pete Rose - Tax evasion, Pete Rose - Coming clean, Pete Rose - You Can't Blame Major League Baseball, Pete Rose - Pete Rose and WWE, Pete Rose - Military service, Pete Rose - Children, Pete Rose - Quotes, Pete Rose - Records and achievements

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The 1988 constitution grants broad powers to the federal government, made up of executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The president holds office for four years, with the right to re-election for an additional four-year term, and appoints his own cabinet. There are 81 senators, three for each state and the Federal District, and 513 deputies. Senate terms are for eight years, with election staggered so that two-thirds of the upper house is up for election at one time and one-third four years later. Chamber of Deputies terms are for fo ...

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Politics of Brazil, Politics of Brazil - Government, Politics of Brazil - Brazilian political parties, Politics of Brazil - States and municipalities, Politics of Brazil - Principal government officials, Politics of Brazil - Country name, Politics of Brazil - Government type, Politics of Brazil - Capital, Politics of Brazil - Administrative divisions, Politics of Brazil - Independence, Politics of Brazil - National holiday, Politics of Brazil - Constitution, Politics of Brazil - Legal system, Politics of Brazil - Suffrage, Politics of Brazil - Executive branch, Politics of Brazil - Elections, Politics of Brazil - Election results, Politics of Brazil - Legislative branch, Politics of Brazil - Elections, Politics of Brazil - Election results, Politics of Brazil - Judicial branch, Politics of Brazil - States' judicial branch, Politics of Brazil - Federal judicial branch, Politics of Brazil - Superior Courts, Politics of Brazil - Political pressure groups and leaders, Politics of Brazil - International organization participation, Politics of Brazil - Flag description

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Politics of Thailand - Transition to democracy. Following the 1932 revolution which imposed constitutional limits on the monarchy, Thai politics were dominated for a half century by a military and bureaucratic elite. Changes of government were effected primarily by means of a long series of mostly bloodless coups. Beginning with a brief experiment in democracy during the mid-1970s, civilian democratic political institutions slowly gained greater authority, culminating in 1988 when Chatichai Choonhavan - le ...

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Politics of Thailand, Politics of Thailand - Recent political history, Politics of Thailand - Transition to democracy, Politics of Thailand - The rise of Thaksin Shinawatra

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In its first incarnation in 1954 as the Morning Show, Walter Cronkite was teamed with a lion puppet name Charlemane. Cronkite, a gag writer, and his puppet sidekick were expected to compete against the NBC's Today Show, then hosted by Dave Garroway and featuring a chimpanzee sidekick called J. Fred Muggs. Cronkite was still early in his network career, and like his lion puppet, came across to viewers as stiff. In the following 18 months after Cronkite was dismissed from the program, CBS tried a number of names: Jack Paar ...

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CBS Morning News, CBS Morning News - 1950s, CBS Morning News - 1960s, CBS Morning News - 1970s, CBS Morning News - Early 1980s, CBS Morning News - Late 1980s and 1990s, CBS Morning News - Present

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Most of the show is set in Billy and Mandy's hometown of Endsville, a typical "Anytown, USA" in an indeterminate location. The age of the town is also indeterminate, as it has appeared in flashbacks of Billy's dad's youth (The Taking Tree), the early 1900s (Who Killed Who?), and medieval times (Billy and Mandy's Jacked Up Halloween). Grim ostensibly comes from the Underworld, so the show makes frequent forays onto his turf. Grim's scythe is able to produce cosmic rifts through which the characters can visit different pla ...

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The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy - The fictional universe of The Grim Adventures, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy - Characters, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy - Episode List, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy - Season One, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy - Season Two, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy - Special, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy - Season Three, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy - Season Four, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy - Season Five, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy - Special, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy - Season Six, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy - Trivia, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy - Titles in Other Languages

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