News tagged with terrorists
Brazen, publicity-seeking hackers on attack spree
(AP) -- Can you be famous if no one knows your name? A new band of hackers is giving it its best shot, trumpeting its cyber-capers in an all-sirens-flashing publicity campaign.
Jun 24, 2011 |
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The faithless side of suicide bombing
Terrorist groups bend the rules of 'true' Islam to justify the use of female suicide bombers, according to Margaret Gonzalez-Perez from Southeastern Louisiana University in the US. Her paper traces the development of radical ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 06, 2011 |
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'Bombshell' explodes myths of female terrorist motivation
Often portrayed as pawns of male-dominated terrorist organizations, female terrorists are actually motivated by more complicated and diverse reasons, according to a Penn State researcher.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 21, 2011 |
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Less is more in the fight against terrorism
Terrorist networks are complex. Now, a mathematical analysis of their properties published this month in the International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, suggests that the best way to fight them is to iso ...
Sep 17, 2010 |
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Report: Discovery networks hostage-taking a rare terror event
A new report by terrorism researchers at the University of Maryland concludes that the deadly hostage-taking incident at the Discovery Communications headquarters in suburban Washington, D.C. meets the criteria of a terrorist ...
Sep 02, 2010 |
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Can governments prevent terrorism while also respecting human rights?
A new research symposium investigates the interrelationships between terrorism and governmental respect for human rights, regarding both how political authorities respond to terrorist violence and how human rights abuses ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 01, 2010 |
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The attacks in Europe did not affect the stability of the market in the USA
Researchers at the University of Valencia (UV) and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) state that the terrorist attack which happened in New York on 11 September 2001 had an effect on the volatility ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Outreach program brings relief to traumatized London bombing survivors
A new mental health outreach programme set up after the 2005 London bombings has successfully identified and treated hundreds of survivors.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 09, 2010 |
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Good hackers meet to seek ways to stop the bad hackers
The world of hackers is kind of like the "Star Wars" universe: There's a light side and a dark side of cracking computers.
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Public opinion a good predictor of terror attacks: study
Public opinion polls are good predictors of terrorist attacks, according to a study published Thursday which argues that terrorists do not act independently of their countrymen's attitudes.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Study: Terrorism Evokes Different Responses Among Genders and Personality Types
(PhysOrg.com) -- Terrorism incites fear designed to coerce governments to act, according to definitions of "terrorism" in U.S. law, in U.N. resolutions and elsewhere. But terrorism often prompts as much anger and retaliation ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Stories we tell about national trauma reflect our psychological well-being
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by psychologists at the University at Buffalo and the F. W. Olin College of Engineering finds that in the aftermath of national trauma, the ability to make sense out of what happened has implications ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Terrorist attacks provoke surge in alcohol and drug use
Nearly one in 12 people exposed to terrorism report increased use and misuse of alcohol, according to researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the University of Michigan. In a study published ...
May 11, 2009 |
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Driving under the influence (of stress): Regional effects of 9/11 attacks on driving
The September 11 terrorist attacks had a profound impact on this country's psyche. Eight years after the attacks, we are still learning how those terrible events affected us. A number of studies have shown that people who ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 02, 2009 |
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