The August 25, 2002 was a Sunday under the star sign of ♍. It was the 236 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 23 years old. Your last birthday was on the Monday, August 25, 2025, 300 days ago. Your next birthday is on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, in 64 days. You have lived for 8,701 days, or about 208,831 hours, or about 12,529,877 minutes, or about 751,792,620 seconds.
Date: 25 August 2002
By Erika Kinetz
Erika Kinetz
New York City Council unanimously approves legislation giving Department of Transportation power to levy fines and remove news boxes that do not comply with new standards; Mayor Bloomberg is expected to sign bill, ending decade-long debate pitting public safety concerns against First Amendment rights (M)
Date: 26 August 2002
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Peter Jennings has reportedly agreed to new contract with ABC and is expected to remain World News Tonight anchor; edge program may gain from Tom Brokaw's planned retirement in two years from rival NBC Nightly News may have helped Jennings in contract talks; photos (M)
Date: 25 August 2002
By Joe Drape
Joe Drape
Joe Drape news analysis discusses weaknesses and strengths of Bowl Championship Series ranking, computerized formula used to determine two best college football teams, which ideally offsets possibility of human error incurred by voting of coaches and journalists (M)
Date: 26 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Electricity workers in Mexico urge Congress to block Pres Vicente Fox's plan to let foreign companies compete with state-owned Federal Electricity Commission; warn loss of big industrial consumers would bankrupt state company; Fox has pledged not to sell company or take away its distribution monopoly (S)
Date: 26 August 2002
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bankrupt US Airways Group says flight-crew training instructors, Transport Workers Union of America members, have approved contract concessions needed to cut expenses; has yet to reach accord with Communications Workers of America, which represents reservation agents and ticket counter workers (S)
Date: 26 August 2002
INTERNATIONAL A3-10 Tactic of Urban Warfare Likely in Iraq, Experts Say President Saddam Hussein of Iraq will try to compensate for his armed forces' glaring weaknesses by raising the specter of urban warfare if the Bush administration moves to attack the Iraqi government, according to Pentagon officials and former United States government experts. In anticipation of an eventual American attack, Iraq has already started military preparations, they say. A1 Delay in Beijing Congress A crucial Communist Party meeting that is to choose the next generation of China's leaders will convene on Nov. 8, a few weeks later than usual, the party announced. The apparent delay of the congress has stoked the already rampant speculation about jockeying for top positions. A3
Date: 25 August 2002
INTERNATIONAL 3-14 The Struggle for Water Is Causing Global Tensions All across the world, the struggle for water is igniting social, economic and political tensions. The World Bank has said dwindling water supplies will be a major factor inhibiting economic growth, a subject being discussed at a weeklong international conference in South Africa starting tomorrow about balancing use of the world's resources against its economic needs. 1 U.S. Envoy Credits Pakistan Assistant Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage concluded a round of talks with leaders from Pakistan and India and credited Pakistan with reducing the cross-border infiltrations by Muslim guerrillas that have increased tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals. 11
Date: 25 August 2002
Manuela Mirkos and John Costa Defterios were married in Greece on Monday by the Rev. Nikolaos Mavroyiannis at the Greek Orthodox Chapel of Chrysopigi on the island of Sifnos. The bride, 33, is a news assistant in the Rome bureau of The New York Times. She graduated from the University of Rome and received a master's degree in journalism from Luiss University in Rome. Her parents, Anna and Nicolas Mirkos, live in Rome, where her father is the chief executive of Memo, a distributor of computer hardware and a consulting concern.
Date: 25 August 2002
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Date: 26 August 2002
hr size="-1" font face="Times, Times New Roman, Serif" size="+1" About This Series font size="-1" Articles in this series examine the increasing conflict and competition over the world's dwindling water resources. The last article will look at how an aquifer in the United States offers reasons for both hope and caution. HR SIZE="-1"