News tagged with terrorism
Sri Lanka army website hacked: defence ministry
May 01, 2009 |
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The Sri Lankan army's website has been targeted in a "cyber terrorism" attack by Tamil rebels, the defence ministry said Friday, and replaced with gruesome photos of apparent victims of the civil war.
Terrorism: What the next president will face
Sep 10, 2008 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sept. 10, 2008) On the seventh anniversary of the September 11th attacks, what is the nature of the terrorist threat against the United States and other nations of the world and how should the next President ...
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Terrorism risk determines homeland security spending
Jun 05, 2008 |
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A new study in Policy Studies Journal reveals that measures of terrorism risk are found to be positive determinants of Homeland Security funding, while measures of political influence and party affiliation of elected officials ...
Public opinion a good predictor of terror attacks: study
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Public opinion polls are good predictors of terrorist attacks, according to a study published Thursday which argues that terrorists do not act independently of their countrymen's attitudes.
Professor tracks Columbine media discourse from 'school shooting' to 'terrorism'
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Decades spent studying mass media messages of fear led noted Arizona State University scholar David Altheide to examine how the Columbine High School shootings on April 20, 1999, were originally portrayed ...
Sept. 11 terrorism continues to impact mental health of Americans
Feb 12, 2008 |
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Long after Sept. 11, 2001, Americans' terrorism-related thoughts and fears are associated with increased depression, anxiety, hostility, posttraumatic stress and drinking, University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have ...
Researchers identify cities at risk for terrorism
Mar 04, 2008 |
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A University of Arizona researcher has created a new system to dramatically show American cities their relative level of vulnerability to bioterrorism.
STOP terrorism software
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 25, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Maryland’s Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) have developed the SOMA Terror Organization Portal (STOP) allowing analysts to query automatically learned rules on terrorist organization ...
Rich terrorist, poor terrorist
Mar 26, 2008 |
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New research suggests political freedom and geographic factors contribute significantly to causes of terrorism, challenging the common view that terrorism is rooted in poverty.
Prof Says Russia, United States Can Learn from Each Other in Fighting Terrorism
Aug 15, 2006 |
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When the United States stepped up efforts to thwart terrorism after Sept. 11, 2001, it was moving into what has become familiar territory for Russians, according to a foreign policy expert at Kansas State University.
Study: When a violent marriage ends, is co-parenting possible?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 17, 2009 |
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When a marriage that has included violence ends, is co-parenting possible? It depends on whether intimate terrorism or situational violence was involved, says a new University of Illinois study published in Family Relations.
Study: Terrorism Evokes Different Responses Among Genders and Personality Types
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Terrorism incites fear designed to coerce governments to act, according to definitions of "terrorism" in U.S. law, in U.N. resolutions and elsewhere. But terrorism often prompts as much anger and retaliation ...
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