Editing 2002 (section)

===April===
[[File:Flickr - Israel Defense Forces - Standing Guard in Nablus.jpg|thumb|[[Israel Defense Force]] soldiers during the [[Battle of Nablus]]]]
* [[April 1]]
** The [[South West State of Somalia]] is established as an autonomous territory in Somalia by [[Hasan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-04-02 |title=afrol News - Third autonomous region breaks with Somalia |url=http://www.afrol.com/News2002/som004_southwest.htm |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=afrol News |archive-date=December 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225082645/http://www.afrol.com/News2002/som004_southwest.htm%20 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Battle of Jenin (2002)|Battle of Jenin]]: Israeli forces attack Palestinian militants in the [[Jenin refugee camp]].<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep08976.5 |title=Session I: Jenin: What Actually Happened? |date=2003-01-01 |publisher=Institute for National Security Studies |pages=15–22 |access-date=2022-12-12 |archive-date=December 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212014840/https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep08976.5 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 2]] – [[Siege of the Church of the Nativity|Siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem]]: Israeli forces besiege the [[Church of the Nativity]] in [[Bethlehem]] when militants take shelter there. The siege will last for 38 days.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/1389824/Bloody-siege-of-Bethlehem.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/1389824/Bloody-siege-of-Bethlehem.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Bloody siege of Bethlehem|last=Guardia|first=Anton La|date=2002-04-04|website=The Telegraph|access-date=2016-06-04}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[April 3]]–[[April 8|8]] – [[Battle of Nablus]]: Israeli forces occupy [[Nablus]], Palestine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 3, 2002 |title=Israeli tanks roll across West Bank |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/04/03/mideast.military/index.html |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=CNN |archive-date=December 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212014831/http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/04/03/mideast.military/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 4]] – A peace agreement is made to end the [[Angolan Civil War]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Butcher |first=Tim |date=2002-04-05 |title=Unita signs peace treaty with Angolan army to end 27-year civil war |language=en |newspaper=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/angola/1389946/Unita-signs-peace-treaty-with-Angolan-army-to-end-27-year-civil-war.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=2017-01-27 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/angola/1389946/Unita-signs-peace-treaty-with-Angolan-army-to-end-27-year-civil-war.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[April 5]] – The genome sequence for [[indica rice]] is published.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wade |first=Nicholas |date=2002-05-05 |title=Experts Say They Have Key to Rice Genes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/05/us/experts-say-they-have-key-to-rice-genes.html |access-date=2024-10-13 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
* [[April 11]] – [[Llaguno Overpass events]]: a shootout takes place between the {{ill|Caracas Metropolitan Police|es|Policía Metropolitana de Caracas}} and pro-government [[Bolivarian Circles]] in central [[Caracas]], Venezuela, near the presidential [[Miraflores Palace]], causing 19 deaths and injuring 127 people.<ref name="Jones327">Jones (2008:327–8)</ref> The military high command refuse President [[Hugo Chávez]]'s order to implement the ''[[Plan Ávila]]'' as a response to the protests and demands his resignation.<ref name="p2325NELSON">{{cite book|last1=Nelson|first1=Brian A.|title-link= The Silence and the Scorpion|title=The silence and the scorpion : the coup against Chávez and the making of modern Venezuela|date=2009|publisher=Nation Books|isbn=978-1568584188|edition=online|location=New York|pages=23–25}}</ref> President Chávez is subsequently arrested by the military.<ref name="Ref_2008">{{cite web|date=2 January 2008|title=Esposa de Gebauer espera publicación en Gaceta de Ley de Amnistía|url=http://politica.eluniversal.com/2008/01/02/pol_ava_esposa-de-gebauer-es_02A1282403.shtml|access-date=31 January 2010|work=[[El Universal (Caracas)|El Universal]]|language=es|quote=Otto Gebauer fue imputado por el delito de insubordinación y privación ilegítima de libertad al coronel Hugo Chávez Frías,|archive-date=November 9, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081109014835/http://politica.eluniversal.com/2008/01/02/pol_ava_esposa-de-gebauer-es_02A1282403.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Ref_2006">{{cite web|date=15 March 2006|title=Veneconomía|url=http://www.veneconomy.com/site/files/articulos/artEsp3586_2470.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.veneconomy.com/site/files/articulos/artEsp3586_2470.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|access-date=29 January 2010|language=es}}</ref><ref name="Ref_">Rey, J. C. (2002), [http://www.analitica.com/bitblioteca/juan_carlos_rey/insolito_golpe.asp "Consideraciones políticas sobre un insólito golpe de Estado"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103201015/http://www.analitica.com/bitblioteca/juan_carlos_rey/insolito_golpe.asp|date=3 January 2009}}, pp. 1–16; cited in Cannon (2004:296); "In 2002, Venezuela's military and some of its business leaders ousted President Chavez from power and held him hostage." (N. Scott Cole (2007), "Hugo Chávez and President Bush's credibility gap: The struggle against US democracy promotion", ''International Political Science Review'', 28(4), p498)</ref> Chávez's request for asylum in Cuba is denied, and he is ordered to be tried in a Venezuelan court.<ref name="Bellos">{{cite web|last1=Bellos|first1=Alex|title=Chavez rises from very peculiar coup|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/15/venezuela.alexbellos|access-date=8 February 2015|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=April 15, 2002|archive-date=May 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524051905/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/15/venezuela.alexbellos|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 12]] – [[Augustin Bizimungu]] is arrested for his involvement in the [[Rwandan genocide]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-08-15 |title=Former Rwandan army chief of staff arrested, transferred to UN war crimes tribunal |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2002/08/42892 |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=UN News |language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 14]] – President [[Hugo Chávez]] of Venezuela is restored to power following [[2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt|an attempted coup]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Forero |first=Juan |date=2002-04-14 |title=A Chávez Comeback More Astounding Than His Fall |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/14/world/a-chavez-comeback-more-astounding-than-his-fall.html |access-date=2022-12-11 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=December 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211045934/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/14/world/a-chavez-comeback-more-astounding-than-his-fall.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 18]] – Romanian mathematician [[Preda Mihăilescu]] creates a proof for the [[Catalan's conjecture]], which had gone unsolved for 158 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weisstein |first=Eric W. |title=Catalan's Conjecture |url=https://mathworld.wolfram.com/CatalansConjecture.html |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=MathWorld |language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 25]] – South African [[Mark Shuttleworth]] blasts off from the [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] on the [[Soyuz TM-34]], becoming the first African space tourist.<ref name=":16" />{{Rp|page=453}}
* [[April 26]] – [[Erfurt school massacre]]: An expelled student kills 17 (including himself) people at a school in [[Erfurt]], Germany.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2002-04-26 |title=Eighteen killed in German school shooting |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/26/schools.education |access-date=2024-10-07 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
[[File:Vladimir Putin 24 May 2002-9.jpg|thumb|[[Vladimir Putin]] and [[George W. Bush]] sign the [[Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty]]]]