With a sense of urgency and opportunity, college campuses are embracing homeland security as a new field of study and research. The University of South Carolina is studying terrorist psychology. The …
Nepalese Cities Run Low on Food, Fuel
With defiance of royal rule spreading, security forces fatally shot a fifth protester Monday while King Gyanendra searched for a way out of a crisis that has plunged the Himalayan land into its worst …
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Gaza Closure Is Causing Food Shortages
Israel's security closure of Gaza's main cargo crossing has hit the coastal strip hard: milk and cheese have virtually disappeared, fruit is hard to find, and flour is running out. The shortages could …
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UC Davis Awarded $1 Million for Food Safety Center
The U.S. Senate this week allocated $1 million to establish the Food and Drug Administration Western Center for Food Safety and Defense at the University of California, Davis. The new center will be a …
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Homeland Security Overhaul Streamlines Operations
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the agency responsible for keeping Americans safe. It has taken several years for this new agency to get off the ground. Placing 22 diverse government …
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Banditry in war-torn Darfur creates new security threat: UN
Bandits are exacerbating the fragile situation in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, threatening people's access to much-needed humanitarian supplies, the United Nations warned.Bandits are not only …
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Security worries rise as millions mourn
With 2 million pilgrims and 200 world leaders descending on the city in advance of Friday's papal funeral, Rome is grappling with a logistics and security challenge that officials there -- or anywhere …
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Vehicles travel under tight security after Maoist blockade
Hundreds of vehicles finally got on the road under tight security after a Maoist rebel blockade paralysed the main entry point to Nepal's capital. Troops and police were late Sunday escorting truck …
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Animal Docs Fill Homeland Security Slots
Are chickens a terrorist threat? How about cows, pigs or sheep? Such questions could easily veer into tongue-in-cheek answers suitable for late-night TV monologues, but in the world of homeland …
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Imported food vulnerable to ‘agroterrorism’
Inspections of imported food at the nation's entry ports have declined since the Department of Homeland Security took over the job in 2003, a new government report says. The drop means the government …
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