News tagged with american citizen

Facebook co-founder Saverin to stay in Singapore (Update)

Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin intends to stay in Singapore but has no plans to take up citizenship after giving up his US passport, his spokesman said.

Technology / Business

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Interrogational torture: Effective or purely sadistic?

While government officials have argued that "enhanced interrogation techniques" are necessary to protect American citizens, the effectiveness of such techniques has been debated. According to a recent study, when torture ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 23

Climate change affects bird migration timing in North America

Bird migration timing across North America has been affected by climate change, according to a study published Feb. 22 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Report: More than half of people arrested for Islamic terrorist activities were American citizens

Sixty percent of people arrested for Islamic terrorist activities between January 2009 and April 2011 were American citizens, according to a new report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. The study of ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Firms pay more to high-skill foreign IT pros than to US colleagues: study

Contrary to public assertions, IT professionals in the U.S. who are not citizens actually earned more than their American colleagues from 2000-2005 and therefore did not depress the salaries of American citizens, according ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 13, 2010 | popularity 1.6 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Yahoo! buys Citizen Sports

Yahoo! made a play for more sports fans on Wednesday with the purchase of Citizen Sports, a startup that makes sports-related applications for Facebook and Apple's iPhone.

Technology / Business

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Understanding anti-immigrant sentiment

(PhysOrg.com) -- Immigration is a long-simmering issue in the politics of many countries, including the United States. A 2007 Pew poll found that three-quarters of all U.S. citizens want to further restrict ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 19, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (12) | comments 8

South Korea says American has swine flu

(AP) -- Authorities in South Korea say tests have confirmed that an American citizen in the country has swine flu.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0