F E B R U A R Y
President Bush visits Asia — off the U.S. foreign-policy radar screen of late — taking in Japan, South Korea and China (16-22)
Glasgow becomes the City of Love for a week (9-17), sorely testing the romantic ardor of visiting couples — ever been to Glasgow in February?
Guantánamo Bay and pork lard are loosening the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba. But for U.S. visitors to the Havana Cigar Festival (25-Mar. 2), the old rules still apply: smoke but don't import
M A R C H
53 of the Commonwealth's 54 heads of state get together in Queensland, Australia (2-5). Zimbabwe and the missing, suspended member Pakistan top the agenda
The town of Uummannaq in Greenland hosts the 4th World Ice Golf Championships (17-22) — yes, the greens are known as whites
Arab League nations, gathering for a summit in Beirut (25-26), agree on little — except the cause of the Palestinian crisis
A P R I L
What is the true state of the airline industry post-Sept. 11? The Airline Financial Summit in New York (8-10) might tell
World heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson get it on under Marquess of Queensberry rules this time — one-a-side, no crotchwork! (6)
Britain's most expensive-ever musical ($11 million), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, takes to the air at London's Palladium theater (16)
M A Y
The whiff of change and more is in the air as pro-cannabis demonstrators take to the streets of 200 cities worldwide (4)
Delegates trek to the foot of seven of the world's highest mountains to hold a videoconference on the people and environment of the world's "rooftops" (6-10)
East Timor becomes the world's newest independent nation (20), following April elections n Defying the bared fangs of local and international protest, work begins on Dracula Land, a theme park near the Transylvanian city of Sighisoara, a U.N. World Heritage site