Editing 2002 (section)

===October===
* October – [[Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa]]: The United States deploys troops to the [[Horn of Africa]] to combat Islamist groups and pirates.<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://sipri.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/sipribp1904.pdf |title=The Foreign Military Presence in the Horn of Africa Region |last=Melvin |first=Neil |date=2019 |publisher=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |page=20 |access-date=2022-12-12 |archive-date=December 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212014829/https://sipri.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/sipribp1904.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[October 2]] – Former [[Republika Srpska]] president [[Biljana Plavšić]] pleads guilty to [[crimes against humanity]] for her involvement in the [[Bosnian genocide]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Simons |first=Marlise |date=2002-10-03 |title=Ex-Bosnian Serb Leader Enters Guilty Plea to The Hague |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/03/international/europe/exbosnian-serb-leader-enters-guilty-plea-to-the-hague.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226233021/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/03/international/europe/exbosnian-serb-leader-enters-guilty-plea-to-the-hague.html |archive-date=2021-02-26 |access-date=2024-10-10 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
* [[October 4]] – The genome sequences for malaria carriers ''[[anopheles gambiae]]'' and ''[[plasmodium falciparum]]'' are published.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Aultman |first1=Kathryn S. |last2=Gottlieb |first2=Michael |last3=Giovanni |first3=Maria Y. |last4=Fauci |first4=Anthony S. |date=2002-10-04 |title=Anopheles gambiae Genome: Completing the Malaria Triad |url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.298.5591.13 |journal=Science |language=en |volume=298 |issue=5591 |pages=13 |doi=10.1126/science.298.5591.13 |pmid=12364752 |issn=0036-8075}}</ref>
* [[October 10]] – The International Court of Justice rules in favor of Cameroon in ''Cameroon v. Nigeria''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judgment of 10 October 2002 |url=https://www.icj-cij.org/node/103194 |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=International Court of Justice}}</ref>
* [[October 11]] – The [[United States Congress]] approves military action in Iraq should it fail to comply with United Nations requirements for [[weapon of mass destruction|weapons of mass destruction]].
* [[October 12]] – [[Jemaah Islamiyah]] militants [[2002 Bali bombings|detonate multiple bombs]] in two nightclubs in [[Kuta, Bali]], killing 202 people and injuring over 300 people, making it the worst terrorist act in Indonesia's history.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2778923.stm|title=Bali death toll set at 202|date=2003-02-19|newspaper=BBC News|access-date=2016-06-04|archive-date=May 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513062055/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2778923.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 15]] – The [[2002 Somali Reconciliation Conference|Somali Reconciliation Conference]] begins, initiating peace talks between two factions of the [[Somali Civil War]]: the [[Transitional National Government of Somalia|Transitional National Government]] and the government of [[Puntland]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-10-15 |title=Peace talks underway in Kenya |url=https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/report/35154/somalia-peace-talks-underway-kenya |website=The New Humanitarian}}</ref>
* [[October 16]]
** The Indian military stands down from the border with Pakistan, ending the standoff between the two nations.<ref name=":17" />
** The [[Bibliotheca Alexandrina]] opens in [[Alexandria]], Egypt, in a ceremony attended by several heads of state.<ref>{{Cite web |last=El Deeb |first=Sarah |date=2002-10-16 |title=Bibliotheca Alexandrina To Open |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bibliotheca-alexandrina-to-open/ |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=CBS News |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[October 17]] – The [[European Space Agency]] launches the [[INTEGRAL]] observatory.<ref>{{Cite web |title=INTEGRAL (INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) |url=https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/integral#integral-international-gamma-ray-astrophysics-laboratory |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=eoPortal}}</ref>
* [[October 21]] – The discovery of the [[James Ossuary]] is announced.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zohar |first=Gil |date=2023-07-29 |title=James Ossuary, alleged relic of Jesus's brother, to be shown in Dallas |url=https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-752545 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref>
* [[October 23]]–[[October 26|26]] – [[Chechnya|Chechen]] rebels take control of the ''[[Nord-Ost]]'' theatre in [[Moscow]] and [[Moscow theater hostage crisis|hold the audience hostage]]. At least 170 people are killed following a Russian attempt to subdue the militants.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/oct/24/russia.chechnya|title=Chechen gunmen storm Moscow theatre|last=Steele|first=Nick Paton Walsh Jonathan|date=2002-10-23|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2017-01-27|archive-date=December 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201224650/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/oct/24/russia.chechnya|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 24]]
** The culprits of the [[D.C. sniper attacks]] are arrested after they kill ten people in the United States over the previous three weeks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-20 |title=DC Area Sniper Fast Facts |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/04/us/dc-area-sniper-fast-facts/index.html |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=CNN}}</ref>
** [[2002 Bahraini general election]]: Bahrain holds its first Parliamentary elections since 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bahrain: parliamentary elections Al-Nuwab, 2002 |url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2371_02.htm |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=archive.ipu.org |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012223/http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2371_02.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[October 27]] – [[2002 Brazilian general election]]: [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] is elected President of Brazil.
* [[October 31]] – Belarus restricts religious activity outside of the [[Belarusian Orthodox Church]] with a new law.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wines |first=Michael |date=2002-11-23 |title=New Belarus Law Codifies Rising Religious Repression |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/23/world/new-belarus-law-codifies-rising-religious-repression.html |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=The New York Times}}</ref>