Portal:Current events/2002 September 18
September 18, 2002 (Wednesday)
- After three days of negotiations in Sattahip, Thailand, the Tamil Tigers agreed to drop their demand for independence from Sri Lanka, and accepted autonomy in the north and northwest of the country.
- Archaeologists use a remote-controlled robot to access a hitherto sealed chamber within the Great Pyramid of Giza: the robot drilled a hole in a long-sealed door and poked a fiber-optic camera through. Unfortunately, all that was revealed was another closed door.
- Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon is released from jail due to health reasons.
- The body of abducted British schoolgirl Amanda Dowler is found in remote woodland in Yateley near Hampshire.
- Athlete Bob Hayes dies.