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  • June 2008

    • Mugabe Expected to Declare Landslide Victory Today

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jun 28, 08 10:31 AM CDT

      Mugabe Expected to Declare Landslide Victory Today

      Robert Mugabe is wasting little time. Zimbabwe is expected to announce today that he will win in a landslide and be sworn in to a new term as early as tomorrow, Reuters reports. That would allow him to attend Monday's summit of African Union nations with the election wrapped up. Meanwhile, stories continue to surface about Mugabe's supporters forcing people to vote for him under threat of torture or death. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • Zanu-PF  • Movement for Democratic Change  • voters  • runoff election  • threats  • polling

  • April 2008

    • Europeans Cite China as Top Stability Threat

      newser  |  Financial Times (UK)  |  Apr 15, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      Europeans Cite China as Top Stability Threat

      Europeans see China as the biggest threat to world stability, a new poll says. In the wake of the Tibet crackdown, 35% of Europeans labeled China a bigger threat than any other state, reports the Financial Times . “The story of the last five years has been about economic opportunities," said one expert. "The story of the last six months has been about China as a threat in Darfur and in Tibet." More »

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      China  • Europe  • threats

    • Scrawled Threats Shut Down Chicago College

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Apr 12, 08 8:32 AM CDT

      Scrawled Threats Shut Down Chicago College

      In the wake of campus shootings at Virginia Tech and NIU, threats in a bathroom stall at Chicago’s St. Xavier University prompted an indefinite campus shutdown last night. After graffiti appeared for the second time Thursday, this time reading “Be prepared to die 4/14,” school authorities told students to leave campus and suspended operations, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

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      Chicago  • school shooting  • Virginia Tech shootings  • threats  • graffiti

  • March 2008

    • Colleges Apply Lessons From Shootings

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 29, 08 11:00 AM CDT

      Colleges Apply Lessons From Shootings

      In the wake of shootings on college campuses, administrators around the nation are forming threat-assessment groups and rethinking policies about sharing information on troubled students, the AP reports. "If a student is a danger to himself or others, all the privacy concerns go out the window,” said an administrator at the University of Kentucky, whose panel of administrators, police, and mental health officials meets twice a month. More »

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      murder  • privacy  • Virginia Tech shootings  • college student  • law enforcement  • threats  • secrecy  • mental problems

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Heckler May Have Menaced Navy Ships

      newser  |  Navy Times  |  Jan 14, 08 6:59 PM CST

      Heckler May Have Menaced Navy Ships

      Threats transmitted during a recent faceoff between US Navy vessels and Iranian boats may have come from a prankster known as the “Filipino Monkey,” the Navy Times reports. Towards the end of last month's faceoff in the Strait of Hormuz, a voice transmitted: “I am coming to you. You will explode in a few minutes.” Iran says the US lied about the threats; now Navy officials say they may have come from shore. More »

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      Iran  • radio  • US Navy  • Strait of Hormuz  • threats  • Iranian speedboats

  • September 2007

    • Ad Hoc Security Doesn't Cut it at Home

      newser  |  Slate  |  Sep 12, 07 7:16 PM CDT

      Ad Hoc Security Doesn't Cut it at Home

      America’s ad hoc security is still off the mark, says Slate’s Daniel Byman: It fosters fears, ignores US Muslims and never plans from a terrorist’s point of view. “The very concept of homeland security is new for Americans,” Byman writes, “and the department was thrown together quickly and involved many already-dysfunctional bureaucracies. ” More »

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      terrorism  • terrorist  • homeland security  • security  • jihad  • threats  • American Muslims

  • August 2007

    • Spears Spewed Death Threats, Paparazzi Say

      newser  |  Us Magazine  |  Aug 1, 07 3:28 PM CDT

      Spears Spewed Death Threats, Paparazzi Say

      Celebrity mom Britney Spears threatened to hire someone to kill two paparazzi during a run-in last week outside a Las Vegas hotel casino, Us magazine reports. In a statement released today through lawyers, the pair says Spears' bodyguard manhandled one of the photographers while the singer pursued the other, screaming, "I am going to kill you!" and throwing a baby bottle. More »

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      celebrity  • Britney Spears  • Las Vegas  • paparazzi  • threats

  • July 2007

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