November 5‚ 1990: First Bin Laden-Related Terror Attack in US as Jewish Rabbi Is Assassinated Meir Kahane. Egyptian-American El Sayyid Nosair assassinates controversial right-wing Zionist leader Rabbi Meir Kahane. November 4‚ 1991: Al-Qaeda Linked Assassination Attempt on Exiled King of Afghanistan Zahir Shah. [Source: Associated Press]An assailant posing as a Portuguese journalist stabs Zahir Shah‚ the former king of Afghanistan‚ in his home in exile in Rome. Dec. 29‚ 1992 In the first
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About Us webpage for an overview of the FBI. If you need material on a specific subject‚ try What We Investigate. See our Reports & Publications webpage for in-depth information on terrorism and other subjects. Other Research Sources Our Counterterrorism webpage has details on our efforts to stop terrorism. Interested in the work of the FBI Lab? See our Laboratory Division webpage. Our FBI History webpage has details on historic cases and events‚ past Directors‚ and more‚ as well as academic
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I. Introduction In today’s fast paced society‚ technology is a growing field that is evolving at an astounding pace. Since the 1900s‚ when the first energy powered airplanes were invented‚ breakthroughs in aircraft technology have grown exponentially‚ leading to the creation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)‚ or drones. Drones are vehicles that do not need a person within it to operate and can be controlled in a remote location or by programming. By the 1930s‚ new drones emerged as a combat training
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jour nal of peace R Poverty‚ minority economic discrimination‚ and domestic terrorism E S E A R C H Journal of Peace Research 48(3) 339–353 ª The Author(s) 2011 Reprints and permission: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0022343310397404 jpr.sagepub.com James A Piazza Department of Political Science‚ The Pennsylvania State University Abstract Recognizing that the empirical literature of the past several years has produced an inconclusive picture‚ this study revisits the relationship
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1. What business and social problems does data center power consumption cause? Data center power consumption economically affects businesses and environmentally affects society. Operating costs for data centers is very expensive. In the article‚ "Ubiquitous Green Computing Techniques for High Demand Applications in Smart Environments‚" the total operating costs‚ concerning electricity‚ of all data centers within the U.S. alone exceeded 7 billion dollars in 2010 (Ayala‚ J.‚ Moya‚ J.‚ Risco-Martín
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Policing Trends and Issues Nicole Fox Westwood College ABSTRACT This research project is an analysis of six scenarios. The scenarios are as follows: History and rolls of law enforcement in society‚ Levels of jurisdiction‚ Distinction among the multiple functions of Law enforcement agencies‚ Analysis of Historical events that have shaped modern policing practices‚ Ethical and professional behavior in the workplace‚ and Evaluation of how knowledge‚ skills‚ and attitude learned in this
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x1.)October 2009 Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Beach in Cebu Province‚ Philippines‚ April 23‚ 2006. [© AP Images] PROFILE OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of the Philippines Geography Area: 300‚000 sq. km. (117‚187 sq. mi.). Major cities (2007 estimate): Capital--Manila (pop. 11.55 million in metropolitan area); other cities--Davao City (1.36 million); Cebu City (0.80 million). Terrain: Islands‚ 65% mountainous‚ with narrow coastal lowlands. Climate: Tropical‚ astride typhoon belt
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Security Challenges Intelligence and Policy in the New Strategic Environment Sandy Gordon Western intelligence services face a significant broadening in the nature of threat. Previously‚ intelligence was predominantly focused on state-on-state threat‚ and to a lesser extent human generated threats such as terrorism and transnational crime. Now new types of threats are emerging‚ such as pandemic disease and global warming. In parallel‚ new technologies and doctrines have re-shaped the contribution
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Iraq: Politics‚ Governance‚ and Human Rights Kenneth Katzman Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs June 3‚ 2013 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 www.crs.gov RS21968 CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Iraq: Politics‚ Governance‚ and Human Rights Summary Ten years after the March 19‚ 2003 U.S. military intervention to oust Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq‚ increasingly violent sectarian divisions are undermining the fragile stability left in place
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Recent Trends in Pak-US Relations 1 Recent Trends in Pak-US Relations Editor Dr Noor ul Haq Assistant Editor Muhammad Nawaz Khan 2 IPRI Factfile C ONTENT Preface 1. 2 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. The See-saw of Pak-US Relations Hillary Clinton’s Visit The Pak-US Relations After Bin Laden: The Future of the US-Pakistan Relationship The Way Forward Pakistan Did not Know
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