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...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

== 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

| [[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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| Most distinguished [[United States|American]] [[picture book]] for children | Outstanding body of work by a [[United Kingdom|British]] citizen writing in [[English language|English]]

...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

...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

...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

| 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

...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.

...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

|publisher=[[United Nations]] *'''1989'''. [[United States of America|United States]]: premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncomb

...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

|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

|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

..., [[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

...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]

...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

...[[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

...://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

...October 17, 2006. Drafted in the wake of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]'s decision on ''[[Hamdan v. Rumsfeld]]'',<ref name="nytimes ...alien unlawful enemy combatants engaged in hostilities against the United States for violations of the law of war and other offenses triable by military com

...om the four largest [[telephone company|telephone carriers]] in the United States: [[AT&T]], [[SBC Communications|SBC]], [[BellSouth]] (all three now called ...Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution]].

...ogram to intercept [[al Qaeda]] communications overseas where at least one party is not a [[US person]]. It was later disclosed that technical glitches res ...gram targets communications where at least one party is outside the United States, and where it asserts that there are reasonable grounds to believe that one

{{Multiple issues|cleanup=January 2010|expert=United States Government|prose=January 2010|tone=January 2010|update=January 2010|date=Ja ...ef> This action was challenged by a number of groups including the United States Congress as unconstitutional. This article examines the scope, nature and

...e United States of America|President]] [[George W. Bush]] to have [[United States]] citizens report suspicious activity. The program's website implied that U ...ng of the website was subsequently changed. President Bush's then-[[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]], [[John Ashcroft]] denied that private

...sident Perez or the rest of the leadership of the ruling Democratic Action Party. |work=[[New York Times]] |date=15 November 1976 |accessdate=2009-02-17 |a ...ions/cases/posadacarriles/default.asp</ref> On April 8, 2009, the [[United States Attorney]] filed a superseding indictment in the case. Mr. Posada-Carriles'

...anet.org/irr/hr/winter03/unlawful.html "Unlawful Combatants" in the United States: Drawing the Fine Line Between Law and War] [[Human Rights Magazine]] Winte ...hether a person may be designated an unlawful enemy combatant under United States law. The assumption that such a category as unlawful combatant exists is no

...this also included 200 Tiger Moths that were built under wartime [[United States Army Air Forces]] (USAAF) [[Lend-Lease]] orders, which were designated for ...ralia]] assembled an initial batch of 20 aircraft from parts sent from the United Kingdom prior to embarking on a major production campaign of their own of t