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• Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
  ...f persons at work, for protecting others against risks to health or safety in connection with the activities of persons at work, for controlling the keep ...m of specific provisions for various industries, disciplines and risks. It established a system of public supervision through aids the creation of the [[Health an
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• Mining
  ...ut| the extraction of geological materials from the Earth|the municipality in [[Austria]]|Mining, Austria|the siege tactic|Mining (military)|name of the ...cumference and second deepest [[open-pit mining|open pit]] [[copper]] mine in the world.]]
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• Emerson Electric Company
  ...p://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/09/01/story5.html $60 million in data centers coming online at Emerson]." ''[[St. Louis Business Journal]]'' ...son is one of the largest [[List of conglomerates|conglomerate companies]] in the [[USA]]. As of 2008, it has a workforce of approximately 140,000 employ
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• Deere & Company
  ...leading supplier of [[construction equipment]], as well as equipment used in lawn, grounds and turf care, such as ride-on [[lawn mowers]], string trimme Additionally, John Deere manufactures engines used in heavy equipment and provides financial services and other related activitie
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• Panasonic Corporation
  ...saka|Kadoma]], [[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]], [[Japan]]. Its main business is in [[electronics]] manufacturing and it produces products under a variety of n ...ation services. Panasonic was ranked the 89th-largest company in the world in 2009 by the Forbes Global 2000 and is among the [[Worldwide Top 20 Semicond
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• Robert Bosch GmbH
  |foundation = 15 November 1886 (adopted current name in 1937) by [[Robert Bosch]] ...orporation which was founded by [[Robert Bosch]] in [[Stuttgart]], Germany in 1886.<ref name=YFbosch>{{cite web|title=Robert Bosch GmbH Company Profile|w
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• Cannabis
  {{About|the plant genus|use as a psychoactive drug in the genus|Cannabis (drug)}} ...amsterdam.JPG|thumb|220px|[[Hash Marijuana & Hemp Museum|Cannabis Museum]] in [[Amsterdam]].]]
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• Cannabis (drug)
  ...the hemp plant Cannabis sativa...is the most commonly abused illicit drug in the United States"[http://www.drugabuse.gov/Infofacts/marijuana.html] --> ...= http://www.idmu.co.uk/can.htm | title = Types of ''Cannabis'' Available in the United Kingdom (UK) | author = Matthew J. Atha (Independent Drug Monito
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• Methadone
  ...action and very low cost. Methadone was introduced into the United States in 1947 by [[Eli Lilly and Company]]. Methadone is useful in the treatment of opioid dependence. It has [[cross-tolerance]] with other o
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• Los Angeles Times bombing
  ...-post-bombing.jpg|thumb|350px|Rubble of the ''Los Angeles Times'' building in 1910]] ...onvicted, and sentenced to life in prison. J.J. was sentenced to 15 years in prison for bombing a local iron manufacturing plant, and returned to the Ir
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• Internet and terrorism
  ...orist Organisation’s listed by the U.S. Department of State website have established an online presence of some form. ...h primarily occurred due to evidence recovered from [[Al Qaeda]] computers in Afghanistan, that indicate the Internet was being used to collect intellige
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• Leaderless resistance
  ...ttp://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_3/garfinkel/ | accessdate = May 7, 2006 }}</ref> While it lacks a central command, the concept does not necessarily ...ular leader makes pronouncements and activists may respond but there is no established contact between the two levels of organization.
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• Terrorism
  ...niversally agreed, legally binding, criminal law [[definition of terrorism#In international law|definition of terrorism]].<ref>Angus Martyn, [http://www. ...publisher=[[Strategic Studies Institute]] (SSI) |quote=The views expressed in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the offi
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• Copyright infringement
  {{For|information on handling copyright concerns in Wikipedia|Wikipedia:Copyright violations}} ...s]] from 1906, when copyright registration formalities were still required in the US.]]
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• Ken Alibek
  ...ense]] consultant, speaker, and entrepreneur. He has actively participated in the development of biodefense strategy for the U.S. government, and has rep ...SSR]] of the [[Soviet Union]] (in present day [[Kazakhstan]]) and grew up in [[Almaty]], the republic's former capital.
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• Black site
  ...image removed: [[Image:SaltPitAfghanistan.jpg|thumb|225px|The [[Salt Pit]] in [[Afghanistan]].]] --> ...facilities that are controlled by the CIA used by the [[U.S. government]] in its [[War on Terror]] to detain alleged [[unlawful enemy combatant]]s.<ref
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• Congressional response to the NSA warrantless surveillance program
  ...es is particularly critical where civil liberties and the rule of law hang in the balance. <br> ...hat period, and what was the asserted legal authority for such activities. In sum, we must determine the facts. <br>
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• Extraordinary rendition by the United States
  .../> "'''Torture by proxy'''" is used by some critics to describe situations in which the United States has transferred suspected terrorists to countries k ...tp://washingtonindependent.com/46882/obama-administration-seeks-re-hearing-in-extraordinary-rendition-case
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• NSA call database
  ...S. citizens from the four largest [[telephone company|telephone carriers]] in the United States: [[AT&T]], [[SBC Communications|SBC]], [[BellSouth]] (all | url =http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-10-nsa_x.htm
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• NSA warrantless surveillance controversy
  ...ork Times|author=James Risen and Eric Lichtblau|date=2005-12-21|accessdate=2006-05-28}}</ref> This action was challenged by a number of groups including t ...t1=David E. | last1=Sanger | first2=John | last2=O'Neil | date=January 23, 2006}}</ref> part of the broader [[President's Surveillance Program]], the NSA i
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