In 2002 Russia changed its citizenship law to allow a massive distribution of passports to people in both regions.This later became a pretext for defending "Russia's citizens".

2002年，俄罗斯还修改了公民法，给这两个地区的大批公民发放护照，这样一来，“保护俄罗斯公民”就成了俄方日后挑起军事行动时的挡箭牌。

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The tenfold increase in the number of Britons who have joined Dignitas since 2002 will raise questions about the law that bans assisted suicide in Britain.

自从2002年以来，加入Dignitas的英国人已经增加了十倍，给英国禁止安乐死的法律出了难题。

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California originally proposed tough emissions targets in 2002 and passed a law in 2004 (and since then 13 states and the District of Columbia said that they planned to adopt the same rules).

加州起初在2002年设立了排放目标而且在2004年通过了一项法律(从那时起，13个州和哥伦比亚地区强调他们即将试用新的标准)。

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The Indonesian Security Ministry has asked lawmakers to amend the 2002 anti-terror law, which was enacted after bombings in Bali that killed 202 people.

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Congress created the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley accounting reform law in 2002.

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Tests have taken on increasing importance in U.S. education since the federal No Child Left Behind became law in 2002.

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Annapolis repealed its law in 2002, Tennessee in 2008, Indiana in 2011.

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