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Domestic Terrorism
Terrorism, Domestic (United States) ¦ JUDSON KNIGHT The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines domestic terrorism as terrorism involving groups based in, and operating entirely within, the United States and its territories, without foreign direction. The FBI... Read more |
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terrorism
terrorism the threat or use of violence, often against the civilian population, to achieve political or social ends, to intimidate opponents, or to publicize grievances. The term dates from the Reign of Terror (1793-94) in the French Revolution but has taken on additional meaning in the 20th... Read more |
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Night terrors
Sleep terror disorder Definition Sleep terror disorder is defined as repeated temporary arousal from sleep, during which the affected person appears and acts extremely frightened. Description Sleep terror disorder is sometimes referred to as pavor nocturnus when it occurs in children, and incubus ... Read more |
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Terror management theory
T ERRORM ANAGEMENTT HEORY While self-preservation is common to all species, the awareness of one's own mortality characterizes only human beings. This awareness presents a difficult problem for humans: how to manage the terror that accompanies this type... Read more |
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Terror
TERROR. An apprehension of danger or impending violence, terror is akin to fear in an accentuated or distilled form and is often accompanied by trembling. It underpins many aspects of existence, especially the cut-and-thrust of the evolutionary drive and the predatory nature of the food chain.... Read more |
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Reign of Terror
Reign of Terror 1793-94, period of the French Revolution characterized by a wave of executions of presumed enemies of the state. Directed by the Committee of Public Safety, the Revolutionary government's Terror was essentially a war dictatorship, instituted to rule the country in a national... Read more |
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War on Terrorism 2001-
WAR ON TERRORISM Terrorist acts and the threat of terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act and codified at 18 U.S.C. section 2339B, makes it a... Read more |
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Bush Administration
Bush Administration (2001–), United States National Security Policy ¦ CARYN E. NEUMANN George W. Bush, transformed the national security system of the United States to combat the threat of global terrorism. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Bush faced the... Read more |
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Richard Cox
Cox, Richard 1948-PERSONALOriginal name, Richard Zuckerman; born May 6, 1948, in New York, NY. Education: Yale, B.A., anthropology.Addresses:Agent—Pacific Artists Management, 685-1285 West Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 3X8 Canada.Career:Actor. Performed summer theater at the Peterborough... Read more |
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Shakhty
Shakhty , city (1989 pop. 226,000), SW European Russia; a major anthracite-mining center of the Donets Basin. Industrial products include iron, clothing, brewed beverages, and footwear. Shakhty, founded in 1829 as a coal-mining settlement, was known as Aleksandrov-Grushevski until 1920. In 1928 a ... Read more |
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Right Step in Yemen.
...its territory. Yemen, which has been...economic package. Yemen should desist...cannot afford an international occupation...to act against terrorism. The country...country is at the crossroads of choosing between...stand beside ... |
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STATE DEPT.: BUSH SENDS MESSAGE OF HOPE TO MIDDLE EAST
...and rejection of terrorism, especially his...you secure the international assistance and...Jordan, Bahrain, Yemen and Egypt, he...Tehran meet its international obligations...resources to fund terrorism and fuel extremism...country to become ... |
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AMBASSADORIAL NOMINATIONS:GERALD M. FEIERSTEIN
...or Happy Arabia,Yemen is an ancient civilization...that served as a crossroads of globaltrade and...North and South Yemen erupted in a brief...tensionspersist to this day. Yemen faces many challenges...chiefof which is terrorism, a global ... |
 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Terrorism by lethal loners; Modern killers can operate at distance, say...
...The London-based International Institute of Strategic...crusade. "Single issue" terrorism is also on the rise...been the targets of terrorism, including a number...in December 1998 in Yemen, and in February 1999...industries were at a ... |
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FIGHTING TERRORISM DEPENDS ON BACKING DEMOCRACY - ALAIN JUPPE.
...the threat. The international community must...The fight against terrorism concerns us all...Horn of Africa, Yemen and the Pakistani...concerned and improved international cooperation. When...root causes of terrorism by taking ... |
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A wartime window of opportunity: the regimes in Iraq and Iran are ripe for...
...that the war on terrorism will take place...that sponsor terrorism, specifically...goal of fighting international terrorism and keeping the...Bush is at a crossroads, for most of...as Somalia and Yemen, and in friendly... |
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Putin's choice
...in collectivization, to Yemen, whose lucrative role as a commercial crossroads gave way to civil war and...since it helped nurture international tension, but also economically...secessionism but modern-day terrorism, which in turn demands... |
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Dueling fatwas; War comes home in the Internet era.(COMMENTARY)
...Islamist leader in Yemen, responded in July...family returned to Yemen. Anwar went to...operational involvement in terrorism. Arrested in connection...remote region of Yemen, beyond government...jokey idea into an international incident, ... |
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Securing a global position.
...country. The international airport in Sanaa, Yemen's capital...operating flights to Yemen. While the...operation at Sanaa International Airport, where...export that terrorism to another state...to become the crossroads of ... |
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Al Qaeda left out in Arab sea change ; Democratic revolutions could undermine...
SCOTT SHANE International Herald Tribune...bin Laden at a crossroads. For nearly two...specialists on terrorism and the Middle...alternative to terrorism. "So far...Pillar, who studied terrorism and the Middle...cling to power in ... |
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