Portal:Current events/2002 December 26
- atomic bombs. North Korea has been named by the George W. Bush Administration as part of the so-called "axis of evil".[1]
- September 11 terrorist attacks; publicly, US government officials deny the charges, while declining to address specifics. Privately, however, one official justified human rights violations as being a necessary part of the job.[2]
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Israel announces it will begin with temporarily providing social services such as education, healthcare, and licenses in the West Bank. The Israeli government claims the move is necessary to provide badly needed services to the Palestinian people in light of the Palestinian Authority's inability to do so. Palestinian officials claim the move is an attempt to undermine the legitimacy of the Palestinian Authority and tantamount to the reinstatement of the Israeli occupation that existed before the 1993 Oslo Accords.
- A 55-year-old contractor from Putnam County, West Virginia named Andrew "Jack" Whittaker Jr won the $314.9 million Christmas Day Powerball jackpot which is the biggest undivided lottery prize in American history.[3]
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- ^ Priest, Dana; Gellman, Barton (25 December 2002). "U.S. Decries Abuse but Defends Interrogations". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines". Yahoo News. Retrieved 30 December 2015.