Week of February 8, 2002
President Bush says the United States will apply the rules of the Geneva
Conventions to Taliban soldiers captured during he war in Afghanistan, but
members of Al Qaeda will not get the same recognition.
The 2002 Olympic Winter Games open at Salt Lake City. 18 members of the
1980 men’s U.S. hockey team lit the Olympic caldron. “On behalf of a proud,
determined and grateful nation, I declare open the games of Salt Lake City,
celebrating the Winter Olympic Games,” said President Bush.
Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld asks for an investigation into allegations that
a group of Afghans mistakenly taken prisoner by U.S. Special Forces troops was
beaten and mistreated.
New York Mayor
Michael Bloomberg
unveils
a budget filled with dramatic cutbacks deferred
dreams and “pain all around” in the wake of
the Sept 11 terrorist attacks.
The trial of Slobodan Milosevic - the former
Yugoslav leader accused in the 1990’s
slaughter in the Balkans begins in the Hague.
President Bush sets a goal of cutting the use
of illegal drugs in the United states by 10%
over two years and 25% over five years as he
unveiled a national drug control strategy.
Federal energy regulars expand an
investigation beyond Enron Corp to determine
whether any companies used their market power to drive up electricity prices in
the west last year.
Smoke and dust from the destroyed World Trade Center buildings is exposing
resident of the area to some of the highest levels of air pollution ever studied.
Fires smoldering in the rubble turned glass, concrete and computer equipment
into aerosol fallout that was far more intense and persistent than expected, said a
study.
Enron Chief Accounting officer Richard Causey and Chief Risk Officer Richard
Buy - both criticized for failing to oversee the energy giant’s complex
partnerships are negotiating their exit from the company. Both say they will
answer criticisms.
