Editing 2002 (section)

===May===
*[[May 2]] – [[Bojayá massacre]]: A church is struck with a cylinder bomb during a conflict between the [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia]] and the [[United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia]], killing an estimated 119 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Grattan |first1=Steven |last2=Voge |first2=Cady |title=Bojaya massacre: After 17 years, victims' remains returned |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2019/11/15/bojaya-massacre-after-17-years-victims-remains-returned |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=December 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211060404/https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2019/11/15/bojaya-massacre-after-17-years-victims-remains-returned |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[May 4]] – NASA launches the [[Aqua (satellite)|Aqua]] satellite as part of the [[Earth Observing System]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aqua {{!}} NASA's Earth Observing System |url=https://eospso.nasa.gov/missions/aqua |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=National Aeronautics and Space Administration}}</ref>
*[[May 9]] – [[2002 Kaspiysk bombing]]: Over 40 people are killed when insurgents bomb a military parade in [[Kaspiysk]], Russia.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2010-03-31 |title=Timeline: Recent attacks in Russia |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-metro-blasts-timeline-idUSTRE62U0YJ20100331 |access-date=2022-12-11 |archive-date=December 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211060402/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-metro-blasts-timeline-idUSTRE62U0YJ20100331 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[May 10]] – American FBI agent [[Robert Hanssen]] is sentenced to life in prison for espionage.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grace |first=Francie |date=2002-05-10 |title=A Traitor On Tape - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-traitor-on-tape/ |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=CBS News}}</ref>
*[[May 13]] – Rebels bombard [[Arthington, Liberia]], with artillery during the [[Second Liberian Civil War]] causing panic in the neighboring capital, [[Monrovia]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=McGreal |first=Chris |date=2002-05-14 |title=Shelling provokes terror in Liberia's capital |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/may/14/chrismcgreal |access-date=2024-10-07 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*[[May 14]] – [[Kaluchak massacre]]: Militants attack a bus and an Indian army camp in Kaluchak, [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], killing 31 people and escalating the [[2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff|India–Pakistan standoff]].<ref name=":17">{{Cite book |last=Yusuf |first=Moeed |title=Brokering Peace in Nuclear Environments: U.S. Crisis Management in South Asia |date=2018 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-1-5036-0655-5 |pages=83–84}}</ref>
*[[May 20]] &ndash; [[East Timor]] regains its [[East Timor independence|independence]] after 2.5 years of United Nations administration and 26 years of [[Indonesian occupation of East Timor|occupation]] by [[Indonesia]] since 1975.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/05/19/1021801638341.html|title=East Timor celebrates as a nation is born|date=2002-05-20|website=The Age|access-date=2017-01-27|archive-date=February 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203202856/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/05/19/1021801638341.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[May 22]] – Nepali Prime Minister [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]] asks King [[Gyanendra of Nepal|Gyanendra]] to dissolve the parliament amid escalation of the Nepalese Civil War.<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/asa310722002en.pdf |title=Nepal: A Deepening Human Rights Crisis |date=2002 |publisher=Amnesty International |page=4}}</ref>
*[[May 24]] &ndash; United States President [[George W. Bush]] and Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] sign the [[Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2002-05-24 |title=Bush and Putin sign historic anti-nuclear treaty |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/may/24/russia.usa |access-date=2024-10-09 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* [[May 28]] – The [[NATO-Russia Council]] is established.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-05-28 |title=NATO-Russia Council Created |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-a-2002-05-28-21-nato-russia-67269457/379710.html |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 31]] 
**The [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] begins, taking place in South Korea and Japan.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/may/31/worldcupfootball2002.sport10|title=The opening ceremony: as it happened|last=Murray|first=Scott|date=2002-05-31|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2017-01-27|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017170028/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/may/31/worldcupfootball2002.sport10|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[Kyoto Protocol]] is ratified by the [[European Union]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/summary/kyoto-protocol-on-climate-change.html#:~:text=On%2031%20May%202002%2C%20the,the%20United%20States%20and%20Australia | title=Kyoto Protocol on climate change &#124; EUR-Lex }}</ref>