February 2002

Friday 2002

Saturday February 2nd 2002

In France, in connection with the business Schuller, Alain Juppe denounces the PS which would conduct a “campaign ordurière” and “would attack the people by stirring up the m… ”. The 3, with the Large Jury RTL it World , it reiterates his charges.
From February 2nd to 3rd, with Munich, International Conference on Safety . Several States d' Europe Western, the Russia and the China are dissociated from the president George W. Bush, who in his Discours on the state of the Union, the January 29th, had qualified the Iraq, the Iran and the North Korea of “Axe of the Evil”.

Sunday February 3rd 2002

In France:

Death of the actor and director, Raymond Gérôme at the 81 years age.
Death of Andre Diligent at the 82 years age. He was center senator-mayor of Roubaix and founder of CDS.

Monday February 4th 2002

In France:

In the Business Elf, instruction closure for “abuse of corporate asset and breach of trust”. It had been open of 1994. The 23, the judge Renaud Van Ruymbeke announce with the parts concerned its nearest reopening.
Within the framework of the investigation, open in February 2001, on the project of attacks aiming Strasbourg, islamist Algerian Yacine Akhnouche is arrested, put in examination and is imprisoned on February 8th. At the time of the investigation he admits being himself involved in Afghanistan with the Free-Morrocan Zacharias Moussaoui , accused with the the United States for his participation in the preparation of the attacks of the September 11th, and to have been in liaison with several people related to Usama Bin Laden.

With the the United States, the president George W. Bush presents to the Congress her draft budget for 2003. It has been envisaged there the biggest rise of the military expenditure for 20 years, that is to say: 379 billion dollars what represents a clear increase of 48 billion (+14,5%).

Tuesday February 5th 2002

the American Secretary of State Colin Powell questions the intentions of the president Venezuelan Hugo Chávez, concerning the “respect of the democracy” and the “fight against terrorism”.

Wednesday February 6th 2002

the French Minister for the Foreign affairs Hubert Védrine, evokes the “over-simplification” of the approach American of international realities.
With the the United Kingdom, beginning of the ceremonies of the jubilee of the queen Elisabeth II of the United Kingdom.

Thursday February 7th 2002

In France, in front of the Economic commission of the Nation, the Minister for Finance Laurent Fabius revises with the fall its growth forecasts for 2002, while carrying them from 2,5% to 1,5%.
From February 7th to 9th, visit in the United States, of Israeli the Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. It does not manage to obtain from the president George W. Bush that this one states to consider, the president of the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat, like “except play”.
With Caracas (Venezuela), the colonel of aviation Pedro Soto takes the head of a demonstration claiming the resignation of the president Hugo Chávez. The 9, the captain of the national guard Pedro Flora and the 18, the rear-admiral Carlos Molina claim in their turn, his resignation.

Friday February 8th 2002

With the Elys3ee palace, Paris, around the president Jacques Chirac, first top of the Nepad (New partnership for the development of Africa), devoted to its starting.
In Algeria, the chief supposed of the GIA, Antar Zouabri , sought since 1998 is killed by the security forces of Boufarik.
Opening ceremony, under very high surveillance, of the XIXe Winter Olympics, with Salt Lake City (the United States), in the presence of 52.000 spectators. This ceremony is ordered around the evocation of the attacks of the September 11th and the American flag found in the debris of the World Trade Center, and carried by athletes, police officers and New-Yorkais firemen, and the widow of one of the victims of the plane precipitated against the Pentagon. The plays must proceed until February 24th.

Saturday February 9th 2002

At their meeting with Cáceres (Spain), the Foreign Ministers of the European Union criticize “prudently” the unilateralism of the US government.
Death of the princess Margaret, at the 71 years age. She was the younger sister by the queen Elisabeth II of the United Kingdom.

Sunday February 10th 2002

father a 30 year old, patient since July 2000, dies of new varying disease of Creutzfeld-Jakob. It is the fourth French victim and its widow joins the legal action engaged in November 2000 by the families of the three preceding victims.
Two Palestinian armed tackles the site of Beerscheba in the south of Israel and kills 2 Israeli servicewomen before being killed. Tsahal carries out new raids of reprisals in the north of the Gaza Strip.

Monday February 11th 2002

In France:

President Jacques Chirac, in visit with Avignon, announces officially its candidature for its own succession, the presidency of the Republic. The evening even, on TF1, it expresses its “passion for France” and its “experiment”, being claimed of “open and generous” France that it is a question “of giving to the place”.
From February 11th to 21st, before the Court of Assizes of Toulouse, lawsuit of Patrice Alegre . Continued for 6 rapes and 5 murders. He is condemned to the life imprisonment, together with one security period 22 years.

Tuesday February 12th 2002

Opening of the lawsuit in front of the TPIY of the former president Slobodan Milošević shown “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity” in Croatia over the period 1991-1992 and with the Kosovo in 1999, and “genocide” in Bosnia over the period 1992-1995. Slobodan Milošević disputes the legitimacy of this court, and only ensures its defense the audiences, advised outside, in particular by French lawyer Jacques Vergès and by American lawyer Ramsay Clarke.

the 14, it holds head, only vis-a-vis the judges during nearly 5 a.m. It turns over with masterliness the charges and denounces “Western handling” in Kosovo.
the 18, it is justified in connection with the wars of Croatia and Bosnia.

Wednesday February 13rd 2002

During a press conference, the president George W. Bush, in the presence of the Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, announces that it would employ all the means “necessary” to prevent the Iraq from obtaining “weapons of massive destruction”.

Thursday February 14th 2002

In France:

the socialist former minister for the social Affairs (1992-1993) and honorary president of my Mutual insurance company reprocesses Public office, Rene Teulade, is put in examination.
Death of Genevieve Of Gaulle-Anthonioz at the 81 years age. She was the niece of the general De Gaulle and was president of association DTA Quarter-World until in September 2001.

With the airport of Kabul, the Minister for the Civil aviation Abdul Rahman is assassinated by lynching, by pseudo-pilgrims in departure for Mecque. The new president Hamid Karzai speaks about “planned assassination” and indicates six suspects high-placed of which a general. The 15, two of them are stopped in Saudi Arabia.

Friday February 15th 2002

In the United States:

the American Secretary of State Colin Powell, affirms, in a maintenance with the Financial Times , that Hubert Védrine with vapors, and milked “excited ” the European Commissioner with the Foreign relations, the British Chris Patten, who had abounded in the direction of the French Minister for the Foreign affairs.
the American State Department indicates that the Ambassador of France, François Bujon of Estang , was “ convened ” by an assistant of Colin Powell.

With Rome, talks between the Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Silvio Berlusconi, with the signature of a Joint Declaration in favor of larger Flexibility of employment and of an increased opening of the European markets to competition.

Saturday February 16th 2002

In France:

Death of the former president of the agricultural trade union FNSEA Raymond Lacombe at the 79 years age.
From February 16th to 17th, with Lyon, national convention of the National front. In its closing speech Jean-Marie Le Pen qualifies Jacques Chirac of “prince of the lying lie” and “serial”.

Attack-suicide by a Palestinian kamikaze against the Jewish colony of Karnei Shomron in the West Bank: 2 teenagers are killed and 26 other wounded people. New reprisals of Tsahal.

the evening even, with Tel-Aviv, several thousands of pacifist demonstrators claim the “end of the Israeli occupation” of the Palestinian territories to put an end to terrorism.

With the Zimbabwe, the Swede Pierre Schori, chief of the delegation of the European foreign observers charged with supervised good progress with the next presidential election in March, is expelled.

the 18, the European commission announces sanctions.
the 25, at a few days of the elections, the chief of the opposition Morgan Tswangirai is accused for “high treason” and “to have planned the assassination of the president”, however it is left in freedom.

Sunday February 17th 2002

the old man French franc cease to have officially course like national currency for the benefit of the euro. A short ceremony takes place with the ministry for Finances in Bercy.
From February 17th to 23rd, round of the president George W. Bush in Asia.

of the 17 to 19, with the Japan,
of the 20 to the 21, in South Korea, where one place of the demonstrations antiaméricaines,
of the 22 to the 23, in China, where it does not obtain any engagement as regards fight against the proliferation of weapons of war.

Monday February 18th 2002

Tuesday February 19th 2002

Attack of elements of the Hamas to Ein Arik in the West Bank: 6 Israeli soldiers are killed. Tsahal intensifies its reprisals and kills 26 Palestinian of 24 hours.

Wednesday February 20th 2002

In France, the Prime Minister Lionel Jospin announces his candidature for the presidential election, in a “letter with French”. He is the 24, voted by plebiscite at the time of an extraordinary congress of the Socialist party, with Reciprocity with Paris.
In Egypt, in the south of the Cairo, a railway accident makes nearly 400 dead.
With 20:02, a complete Palindrome appears: we were the 2/20/2002 with 20:02.

Thursday February 21st 2002

In France:

the TGI of Paris, refuses an application of prohibition, formulated by the Agrif, against the poster of last film of Constantin Costa-Gavras, Amen which represents a superposition of the Christian cross and swastika.
Publication of the agricultural census which gives a report on the disappearance of more than one farm out of three between 1988 and 2000.
Décès of the senior Georges Vedel at the 91 years age. It was one of the greatest authorities of the last half-century as regards constitutional law.

In Colombia, following removal, of the senator Jorge Gechen Turbay , on February 19th, the president Andres Pastrana breaks the negotiations with the Marxist guerilla of the Farc and the army launches an offensive. The 23, the Franco-Colombian Ingrid Betancourt , old sénatrice and candidate ecologist with the presidential election of May 26th, are removed in its turn.
With the Pakistan, the US government and the Pakistani government announce that the kidnappers of Daniel Pearl , special correspondent of the Wall Street Journal in South Asia, and removed the January 23rd with Karachi, forwarded, with the American consulate of Karachi a video cassette representing its setting with death. One sees his islamist kidnappers there cutting the throat of it, then to decapitate it.

Friday February 22nd 2002

In Angola, the chief of the Unita, Jonas Savimbi, 67 years, in war against the mode of Luanda since 1975, is killed during a combat against the governmental army.
At the stage of Antananarivo with Madagascar, in front of a hundred and thousand partisans, the mayor and opponent Marc Ravalomanana, autoproclame president of the Malagasy Republic, after having gained the elections. The president in place, Didier Ratsiraka, disputing these results, proclaims the state of “national need” which grants the full powerss to him.

Saturday February 23rd 2002

In France:

With Toulouse, convention of the UMP, gathering the partisans of Jacques Chirac. The president of the UDF Francois Bayrou, candidate competitor with the presidential election, invites in extremis . He is chahuté by the room.
From February 22nd to 24th, with Nice, convention of the MNR, at the time which Bruno Mégret affirms that its presidential candidate is a “point of no return”.

In Colombia:

With Florencia Ingrid Betancourt is removed by the FARC (Revolutionary armed forces of Colombia) and it is always held so far. (On May 31st, 2006)

Sunday February 24th 2002

With Paris, the president-candidate Jacques Chirac inaugurates the Salon of Agriculture, where it is delayed more than five hours.
the Israeli cabinet of safety, decides the prolongation of the blockade of the president of the Palestinian authority Yasser Arafat, while authorizing it to circulate in the “autonomous” city.
Fine of the XIXe Winter Olympics, with Salt Lake City (the United States). Assessment: Germany 35 medals including 12 of gold, Norway 34 medals including 11 of gold, the United States 34 medals including 10 of gold, and France (6th) with 11 medals.

Monday February 25th 2002

In France:

With Paris, the first minister-candidate Lionel Jospin visit the Living room of Agriculture. He announces replacement of the Minister for the Agriculture Jean Glavany, which must take the direction of its countryside, by François Patriat which was hitherto Secretary of State at SME.
Death of Bloch-Woolly François at the 89 years age. It chaired the Charged commission to evaluate the situation of France at the beginning of the first septennate of François Mitterrand in 1981.

the Israeli president Moshe Katsav, invites the prince-heir to Saudi Arabia Abdallah Ben Adel-Aziz, to come to Jerusalem to expose its peace proposals (standardization supplements in exchange of a return to the borders of 1967).

Tuesday February 26th 2002

With Strasbourg, the European Cour of the human rights estimates “legitimate and reasonable” to be able to refuse the adoption with the homosexual ones.
Israeli the Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is said ready to discuss the peace proposals of the Saoudis because they received the support of the the United States, of the European Union, the Egypt and the Jordan. The Israeli raids of reprisals continue in the occupied territories.

Wednesday February 27th 2002

In France:

109 members of Parliament UDF and liberal Démocratie publish in the Barber a call to be voted for Jacques Chirac, while 92 UDF members of Parliament give their support for Francois Bayrou.
In a pronounced keynote speech with Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, Jacques Chirac, proposes a fall of 5% of the income tax since 2002.

Thursday February 28th 2002

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