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• Depleted uranium
  [[File:30mm DU slug.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The DU penetrator of a [[30 mm]] round<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060716085611/http://www ...|accessdate= |author= |date= |year= |publisher= UN |pages= }}</ref> In the past, DU has been called '''Q-metal''', '''depletalloy''', and '''D-38'''.
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• European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
  {{Infobox European Union agency ...nging together and sharing knowledge and information, to promote a culture of risk prevention".
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• Diacetyl
  ...nal (chemistry)|vicinal]] [[diketone]] (two C=O groups, side-by-side) with the [[chemical formula|molecular formula]] C₄H₆O<sub>2</s ...yl and acetoin (along with [[beta carotene]] for the yellow color) to make the final product butter-flavored, because it would otherwise be relatively tas
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• Asbestos
  ...g|thumb|Blue asbestos (crocidolite) from [[Wittenoom, Western Australia]]. The ruler is 1 cm.]] ...ue asbestos (teased).jpg|thumb|Blue asbestos showing the fibrous nature of the mineral]]
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• Emergency management
  ...zational level after the current level's resources have been exhausted. In the private sector, emergency management is sometimes referred to as [[business ...gement context. This focuses on the mitigation and preparedness aspects of the emergency cycle (see below).
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• Formaldehyde
  {{About|the chemical compound|the 1993 rock album|Formaldehyde (album)}} ...1-''tert''-Butoxypropan-2-ol | series = IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans 88 | publisher = International Agency for Rese
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• Wildfire
  {{Redirect|Crown Fire|the 2010 wildfire in Southern California|2010 California wildfires}} ...pagation]], the combustible material present, and the effect of weather on the fire.<ref name=UToronto />
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• Health Level 7
  ..."HL7" is also used to refer to some of the specific standards created by the organization (e.g., HL7 v2.x, v3.0, HL7 [[Reference Information Model|RIM]] ...very, and evaluation of [[health service]]s, are the most commonly used in the world.{{Citation needed|date=May 2007}}
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• Electronic health record
  [[Image:VistA Img.png|thumb|300px|Sample view of an electronic health record based on images]] [[File:Electronic medical record.jpg|thumb|300px|Sample view of an electronic health record]]
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• ISPM 15
  [[Image:IPPC from box.jpg|right|thumb|A photo of the IPPC seal on a wine shipping crate]] ...es. Its main purpose is to prevent the international transport and spread of disease and insects that could negatively effect plants or ecosystems.
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• Cannabis
  {{About|the plant genus|use as a psychoactive drug in the genus|Cannabis (drug)}} ...ous extracts including [[hashish]] and [[hash oil]] are also produced from the plant.<ref name = erowid>Erowid. 2006. [http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannab
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• Trichloroethylene
  The [[chemical compound]] '''trichloroethylene''' is a [[chlorine|chlorinated]] ...ile [[anesthetic]] and as an inhaled obstetrical [[analgesic]] in millions of patients.
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• Counter-terrorism
  '''Counter-terrorism''' (also spelled '''counterterrorism''') is the practices, [[Military tactics|tactics]], techniques, and strategies that [[ ...ls, such as [[Timothy McVeigh]], may also engage in terrorist acts such as the [[Oklahoma City bombing]].
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• Definitions of terrorism
  ...charged.<ref name="Hoffman-1998-p32">Hoffman (1998), p. 32, See review in The [[New York Times]][http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hoffman-terrorism.h .../ref> These divergences have made it impossible to conclude a [[Definition of terrorism#Proposed Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism|Comp
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• History of terrorism
  ...errorism]]. Scholars agree that terrorism is a disputed term, and very few of those labelled terrorists describe themselves as such. {{See also|Definition of terrorism}}
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• Terrorism
  ...errorism''' is the systematic use of [[fear|terror]] especially as a means of [[coercion]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Terrorism ...tical or ideological goal, and deliberately target or disregard the safety of [[non-combatant]]s (civilians).{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
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• Al-Qaeda
  |logo = Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq.svg ...ces/Tribes, [[Canada]], [[NATO]], [[European Union]], [[ASEAN]], [[African Union]], etc.
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• Ken Alibek
  ...Executive Officer of [[AFG Biosolutions Inc.]] (USA) and President and CEO of [[MaxWell Biocorporation, LLC]] (USA)<ref>www.max-well.com</ref>. ...[Soviet Union]] (in present day [[Kazakhstan]]) and grew up in [[Almaty]], the republic's former capital.
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• Black site
  <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:SaltPitAfghanistan.jpg|thumb|225px|The [[Salt Pit]] in [[Afghanistan]].]] --> ...n]]. It can refer to the facilities that are controlled by the CIA used by the [[U.S. government]] in its [[War on Terror]] to detain alleged [[unlawful e
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• Extraordinary rendition by the United States
  {{Redirect|Extraordinary Rendition|the 2007 film|Extraordinary Rendition (film)}} ...rture by proxy'''" is used by some critics to describe situations in which the United States has transferred suspected terrorists to countries known to pr
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