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• Bicentennial of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...s of the ''Britannica's'' bicentennial were held, and the three volumes of the 1st edition were reprinted in facsimile. ==The ''Britannica'' Banquet==
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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  | image = {{Double image|center|Spine of Americanized Encyclopaedia Britannica.jpg|49|Americanized Encyclopædia Bri | image_caption = New American edition of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (1899)
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• Strobilanthes callosus
  ...''<ref name="Nature lovers on the Karvy trail; Times of India"/><ref name="The Karvy blooms; July 2000"/>. ...2006; Frontline Magazine; INDIA'S NATIONAL MAGAZINE from the publishers of THE HINDU</ref>.
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• List of foods named after people
  This is a list of '''[[food]] items named after people'''. :For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see [[eponym]].
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• List of colleges and universities named after people
  ...eacher]]s or other leaders associated with the institution. This is a list of [[higher education]] institutions named for people. ==Institutions named for people associated with the institution==
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• Warburg's Tincture
  Warburg's [[Tincture]] was well-known in the [[Victorian era]] as a medicine for [[fevers]], especially tropical fevers, ...3, 'Professor Maclean, C.B., on the true composition and therapeutic value of Warburg's Tincture', pp. 716–718.</ref>
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• Letelier case
  ...on]] by agents of the Chilean [[secret police]] [[DINA]] of the government of [[Augusto Pinochet]] was one among many in [[Operation Condor]]. ...er became the first member of the Allende administration to be arrested by the Chilean government and sent to a [[political prison]] in [[Tierra del Fuego
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• 1919 United States anarchist bombings
  [[Image:Palmer Bombing.jpg|thumb|right|Damage done by the bomb on Attorney General [[A Mitchell Palmer]]'s house]] ...l through June 1919. These bombings fueled the [[First Red Scare|Red Scare of 1919-20]].
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• 1993 shootings at CIA Headquarters
  ..., Virginia]] where two CIA employees were killed and three others wounded. The perpetrator, Mir Aimal Kasi, shot CIA employees in their cars as they were ...k, and was subsequently found guilty of [[Capital punishment in the United States|capital]] and first-degree [[murder]], and was executed by [[lethal injecti
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• Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
  {{For|the assassination of Robert's brother, John|John F. Kennedy assassination}} ...shooting was recorded on audio tape by a freelance newspaper reporter, and the aftermath was captured on film.
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• 1993 World Trade Center bombing
  ...ttack on the World Trade Center in 1993|the 2001 attack and destruction of the World Trade Center|September 11 attacks}} |caption=Underground damage after the bombing
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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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• 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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• Guerrilla warfare
  {{History of war}} ...[[military tactics]], like [[ambush]]es, [[sabotage]], raids, the element of surprise, and extraordinary [[Motion (physics)|mobility]] to harass a large
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• Combatant Status Review Tribunal
  {{wikisource|Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism}} {{wikisource|Declaration of Stephen Abraham, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army Reserve, June 14th, 2007}}
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• Congressional response to the NSA warrantless surveillance program
  ...nator Dianne Feinstein |date=2005-12-20 |title=Feinstein, Bipartisan Group of Senators Seek Joint Judiciary-Intelligence Inquiry into Domestic Spying |ur ...is particularly critical where civil liberties and the rule of law hang in the balance. <br>
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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> ==Definitions of domestic terrorism==
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• Drone attacks in Pakistan
  |partof= the [[War on Terrorism]], [[War in North-West Pakistan]], [[War in Afghanistan |caption= Pakistani tribal villagers view damage caused by the [[Damadola airstrike]]
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• Enemy combatant
  {{otheruse|this=persons held as enemy combatants|use1=the book|page1=Enemy combatant (book)}} ...ar.<ref>[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.1076.IH: Detention of Enemy Combatants Act (Introduced in House) 109th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R.
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• Extraordinary rendition by the United States
  {{Redirect|Extraordinary Rendition|the 2007 film|Extraordinary Rendition (film)}} ...oxy'''" is used by some critics to describe situations in which the United States has transferred suspected terrorists to countries known to practice [[tortu
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