News tagged with military violence

Afghani children suffering from post-traumatic stress

Children who live in Afghanistan are particularly affected every day by a multitude of war time stressors which increase the likelihood of developing PTSD: trauma, child labor, and family and military violence. On a daily ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Cartel web presence could be used against them: experts

Experts from 20 countries gathered Wednesday at the Mexican resort town of Cancun to discuss a strategy for battling organized crime, in an effort mandated by the recent Summit of the Americas.

Technology / Internet

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Asteroid named for 'disappeared' Argentine student

(AP) -- For 35 years, Zaida Franz has not been able to find her daughter, a girl who dreamed of becoming an astronomer and then disappeared without a trace. Now she at least has an address she can think about ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NYPD Facebook probe raises free speech question

(AP) -- The Facebook group was titled "No More West Indian Day Detail," referring to police patrol for a raucous annual Brooklyn parade.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 11, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

China's economic stability depends on more education, economist says

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the world holds a collective breath waiting to see whether China’s white-hot economy blazes ahead or fizzles, Stanford economist Scott Rozelle is talking up a plan to protect the country’s ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Blackwater game aims for fun, not controversy

(AP) -- In the world of video games, realism reigns supreme, but the makers of a game based on the infamous private security firm Blackwater are intentionally steering clear of it.

Technology / Software

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 4

To win hearts and minds, focus on small projects, study finds

U.S. efforts to bring stability to Iraq and Afghanistan in recent years have focused less on killing insurgents and more on gaining the cooperation of the local population. But does this population-centered approach to counterinsurgency ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

14 arrests for alleged cyberattack on PayPal (Update 3)

Fourteen people were arrested Tuesday for allegedly mounting a cyberattack on the website of PayPal in retaliation for its suspending the accounts of WikiLeaks.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Predicting random violence by mathematics

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new study published in Science, researchers, led by physicist Neil Johnson from the University of Miami, show that attacks by groups such as the Taliban or Hezbollah may seem sporadic, they e ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Wars steadily increase for over a century, fed by more borders and cheaper conflict

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by the University of Warwick and Humboldt University shows that the frequency of wars between states increased steadily from 1870 to 2001 by 2% a year on average. The research ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Can't ban violent video sales to kids, court says

(AP) -- States cannot ban the sale or rental of ultraviolent video games to children, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, rejecting such limits as a violation of young people's First Amendment rights and leaving ...

Technology / Business

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 11


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