Facial recognition technology has improved substantially since 2000, according to results released yesterday of a benchmark test by four federal government agencies involving systems from 10 …
Study: Nuclear stockpiles vulnerable
U.S. efforts to help Russia and other nations secure and destroy poorly protected nuclear material and warheads are moving too slowly to address the threat that those stockpiles could be tapped by …
Insurance for Terrorism Still a Rarity
With government officials warning of renewed terrorist attacks in the United States, most of corporate America still has no insurance coverage for acts of terrorism. Last fall, at the insistence of …
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Australia leader links Bali bomb attack victims with war in Iraq
Prime Minister John Howard says the deaths of 89 Australians in last year's Bali bombings helps justify his hardline pro-U.S. stance against Iraq. "If chemical and biological weapons ever got into the …
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Howard Warns of Cocktail of Terror
Prime Minister John Howard today warned the world faced a cocktail of terror weapons if it failed to stop Iraq, as New Zealanders protested on the streets against the Australian government. Mr Howard, …
$60 Million Package Aims to Improve School Security
The Bush administration is stepping up federal efforts to prepare the nation's schools for possible terrorist strikes and is about to announce a $60 million program to help school districts design …
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Bush proposes compensation fund for those injured by smallpox vaccine
After months of delay, the Bush administration is proposing a compensation fund for people injured by the smallpox vaccine, trying to plug the most prominent hole in its inoculation program. The …
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Pentagon train stop closed by bomb scare
The Pentagon's train platform remains shut down Wednesday after a suspicious black book bag was found at 1 p.m. near the escalators used by commuters, Pentagon and police sources said. The bag is …
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Bush's Cyberstrategery
The administration's war against a bogus threat. Seemingly innocuous movies occasionally have nasty, unintended consequences. Jaws creator Peter Benchley, for example, believes his tale of underwater …
Hazmat team isn't prepared for terror
If terrorists unleashed an unknown chemical agent on a crowd at the Pepsi Center, Denver's Hazardous Materials team wouldn't even be able to tell whether the substance were life-threatening or …
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