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World-wide gloom from 2002 dampened by war fears
A summary of 2002 portrays a grim global scene with slumping economies, rising terrorism, and war concerns over Iraq. Europe wrestled with expansion and far-right gains while NATO and the EU expanded, Asia faced nuclear tensions and Bali attacks, and the Middle East stalled amid renewed Israeli-Palestinian violence. The United States pressed the war on terror, and Latin America saw Lula's election amid debt woes.
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London
Iraq
Europe
Middle East
Asia
United States
Britain
Washington
Russia
Kenya
Indonesia
NATO
European Union
Jean-Marie le Pen
Jacques Chirac
Holland
Pym Fortuyn
Austria
Freedom Party
Joerg Haider
Fortuyn
Germany
Gerhard Schroeder
Berlin
Moscow
India
Pakistan
Kashmir
North Korea
Afghanistan
Bali
Osama bin Laden
al-Qaida
U.S
China
Hu Jintao
Jiang Zemin
Communist Party
Japan
Junichiro Koizumi
Israel
Ariel Sharon
Amram Mitzna
Abdel Maneim Said
Al-Ahram
Cairo
Egypt
Latin America
Brazil
Luiz Inacio Lula
Argentina
Peter Hakim
Inter- American Dialogue
Alvaro Uribe
Colombia
FARC
Hugo Chavez
Venezuela
Africa
Ivory Coast