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• William Benton (senator)
  ...illiam Burnett Benton''' (April 1, 1900 – March 18, 1973) was a [[United States|U.S.]] senator from [[Connecticut]] (1949 - 1953) and [[publisher]] of the ...in the general election on 7 November 1950 as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[Raymond E. B
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• Work–life balance (United States)
  == United States history == ...er week. Similar laws were later adopted by about half of the country’s states. Only men in exceptionally hazardous jobs were covered in early legislatio
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• List of colleges and universities named after people
  | [[George IV of the United Kingdom|King George IV]] | Founded by [[George IV of the United Kingdom|King George IV]] in 1829 <ref>http://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/history/</
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• List of American places named after people
  This is a list of places in the [[United States|United States of America]] which are named after people. The etymology is generally refer ...engineer, soldier, and topographer with the United States [[Dragoon#United States|Dragoons]])
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• List of prizes named after people
  | Most distinguished [[United States|American]] [[picture book]] for children | Outstanding body of work by a [[United Kingdom|British]] citizen writing in [[English language|English]]
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• Salvia divinorum
  ...ans]], who use it to facilitate [[Altered state of consciousness|visionary states of consciousness]] during spiritual healing sessions.<ref name="Valdés1983 ...the first person charged for ''Salvia divinorum'' possession in the United States.<ref name="ReferenceA">[[#refDWC20080425|DRCNet 2008-04-25 (US Media)]].</r
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• Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
  ...Party (United States)|Democratic]] nomination for President of the United States, [[Robert F. Kennedy]] was shot as he walked through the kitchen of the [[A ...e [[United States Secret Service]]. [[Hubert Humphrey]] went on to win the Democratic nomination for the presidency, but ultimately narrowly lost the election to
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• Hutaree
  ...ent]], based in [[Adrian, Michigan|Adrian]], [[Michigan]], in the [[United States]].<ref name=ReportBBC>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8593975.s ...pported and defended by [[municipal police|local]], [[State police (United States)|state]] and [[federal police]] departments. On their website, all police
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• 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
  | location = [[The Dalles, Oregon|The Dalles]], [[Oregon]], United States ...e first, and single largest [[bioterrorism|bioterrorist]] attack in United States history.<ref name="healthexperts" /><ref name="lewis">{{cite web | last =Le
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• Insurgency
  ...nstituted authority (for example, an authority recognised as such by the [[United Nations]]) when those taking part in the rebellion are not recognised as [[ ...power, and thus Confederate warships were given the same rights as United States warships in foreign ports.
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• Definitions of terrorism
  ...ted comprehensive definition of terrorism. During the 1970s and 1980s, the United Nations attempts to define the term foundered mainly due to differences of ...igious or any other nature that may be invoked to justify them." <ref>1994 United Nations Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism annex
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• History of terrorism
  |publisher=[[United Nations]] *'''1989'''. [[United States of America|United States]]: premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncomb
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• Terrorism
  ...alif Deen. [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=29633 POLITICS: U.N. Member States Struggle to Define Terrorism], [[Inter Press Service]], 25 July 2005.</ref> ...te [[international law]])'' --><ref>{{cite web |title=UN Reform |publisher=United Nations |date=2005-03-21 |url=http://www.un.org/unifeed/script.asp?scriptId
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• Taliban
  |international = [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Pakistan]], [[United Arab Emirates]] (before [[September 11 attacks|11 September attacks]]) ...ecognition]] from only three states: Pakistan, [[Saudi Arabia]], and the [[United Arab Emirates]]. It has regained some amount of political control and accep
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• Al-Qaeda
  |opponents = [[United States]], [[Israel]], [[United Nations]], [[United Kingdom]], Afghan National Army, Iraqi Armed Forces, Coalition Forces/Tribe ...</ref><br />Designated as [[Terrorism Act 2000|Proscribed Group]] by the [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[Home Office]]<ref name=UKTerrorList>{{Cite web|url=http://ww
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• 2001 anthrax attacks
  ..., [[NBC News]], ''[[New York Post]]'', ''[[National Enquirer]]'', [[United States Senate|Senators]] [[Tom Daschle]] and [[Patrick Leahy]] ...a offices and two [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]]s, killing five people and infecting 17 others. The e
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• BioWatch
  ...attack" operates via a system of filters located within existing [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]] air filte ...tch program was created in 2001 in conjunction with the FBI, EPA, [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] and the US [[Laboratory Response Network]
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• Black site
  ...s gained notoriety in describing secret [[prison]]s operated by the United States (U.S.) [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA), generally outside of U.S. ter ...ails in these countries. While the US and host countries have signed the [[United Nations Convention Against Torture]], CIA officers are allowed to use what
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• Congressional response to the NSA warrantless surveillance program
  ...[[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Judiciary]] and [[United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence|Intelligence Committees]] chairmen ...s most senior officials, the Chief of Staff to the President of the United States, contact you to discuss the matter. Thereafter, I spoke with a number of ot
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• Domestic terrorism in the United States
  ...://cfrterrorism.org/groups/american.html Militant Extremists in the United States - Council on Foreign Relations<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The statutory definition of domestic terrorism in the United States has changed many times over the years; also, it can be argued that acts of
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