W. Bush, a former governor of Texas, is sworn in as the 43rd president of the United States. Impeachment proceedings against Philippine President Joseph Estrada end prematurely as he is peacefully overthrown in the Second EDSA Revolution. Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo succeeds him as president. January 21 – Taba Summit: Talks between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority begin in Egypt. January 22 – The 2001 insurgency in Macedonia begins when a police station is shelled by the National Liberation Army in Tearce, near the border with Kosovo. January 23 – A self-immolation incident takes place in Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, China. Five members of the Falun Gong are alleged to have set themselves on fire, but details surrounding the incident are disputed by Falun Gong sources. January 26 – A 7.7 Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving thousands of people dead and more than 166,000 others injured. January 29 – Corruption scandals surrounding Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid prompt thousands of protesters to storm the Indonesian parliament building. February February 6 – 2001 Israeli prime ministerial election: Ariel Sharon of the Likud party is elected Prime Minister of Israel. February 9 Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision: The submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Japanese training vessel Ehime Maru near Hawaii, resulting in nine deaths, including several students and teachers. 2001 Kot Charwal massacre: Militants kill 15 people in their homes in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. February 12 The NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, a near-Earth object, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid. The Human Genome Project publishes the first draft of its human genome sequence. February 13 – A 6.6-magnitude earthquake hits El Salvador, killing at least 315 people. February 16 – Iraq disarmament crisis: British and U.S. forces carry out bombing raids to disable Iraq's air defense network. February 19 – The 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak begins. February 22 – The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) sentences three Bosnian Serb soldiers to prison for wartime sexual violence, recognizing it as a war crime for the first time. February 25 – Sampit conflict: Mass ethnic violence begins in Sampit, Indonesia, killing hundreds of people. March March 2 – Despite pleas from the international community to spare them, the Taliban government of Afghanistan begins