Portal:Current events/2002 January 4
January 4, 2002 (Friday)
- U.S. officials announce they have custody of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi.
- The Israeli Army seizes the Karine A on the Red Sea, claiming the arms on the ship were bound for the Palestinian Authority.
- Tom Daschle accuses President Bush and the Republicans of having caused the "most dramatic fiscal deterioration in our nation's history."
- The United States Department of Labor announces that the United States unemployment rate rose to 5.8% in December.
- U2, India.Arie, and Alicia Keys lead the nominations for the 44th Grammy Awards from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
- The movies Impostor, Eisenstein, Black Hawk Down, and Gosford Park are released in the U.S.