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  • Insubordination is the act of willfully disobeying a lawful order of one's superior. It is generally a punishable offense in hierarchical organizations...
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    Counterterrorism (alternatively spelled: counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, relates to the practices, military tactics, techniques, and...
    70 KB (6,349 words) - 09:58, 11 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
    The Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) is a United States federal law that imposed sanctions on Iran, North Korea, and Russia...
    78 KB (6,788 words) - 19:22, 12 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019
    The act has also given powers to the central government to pass a number of executive orders in relation to both the union territories. These orders have...
    99 KB (9,369 words) - 07:46, 7 August 2024
  • Orders to Kill is a 1958 British wartime drama film. It starred Paul Massie, Eddie Albert and Irene Worth and was directed by Anthony Asquith. The film...
    11 KB (1,365 words) - 12:57, 13 May 2024
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    sinking to be a lawful act. Further, the court stated "that all civilized nations recognize the principle that a subordinate is covered by the orders of his...
    42 KB (5,014 words) - 07:07, 3 September 2024
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    The Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c. 28) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which increased police powers for the stated purpose of countering...
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    Patriot Act authorizes measures to enhance the ability of domestic security services to prevent terrorism. The title established a fund for counter-terrorist...
    168 KB (20,110 words) - 06:18, 3 September 2024
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    the charitable and educational roles of the new religious orders", whereas the specific "Counter-Reformation" was "founded upon the defence of orthodoxy...
    83 KB (9,404 words) - 18:05, 9 September 2024
  • United States presidents issue executive orders (in addition to other executive actions) to help officers and agencies of the executive branch manage the...
    261 KB (13,620 words) - 15:57, 4 September 2024
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    permanent counter-terrorism legislation only a year earlier, in the shape of the Terrorism Act 2000, the British government's response to the September...
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    York, over-the-counter brokerage house founded in 1989 by Jordan Belfort and Danny Porush. It defrauded many shareholders, leading to the arrest and incarceration...
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  • Control order (redirect from Control orders)
    order again). This has led to many court rulings highly critical of the orders. The Prevention of Terrorism Act and control orders were repealed in December...
    19 KB (2,093 words) - 20:43, 3 February 2024
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    Counterinsurgency (COIN, or NATO spelling counter-insurgency) is "the totality of actions aimed at defeating irregular forces". The Oxford English Dictionary...
    91 KB (10,976 words) - 17:12, 22 August 2024
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    crime. Control orders: Potential for restrictions on named individuals including; freedom of movement, freedom of association (including one's lawyer), banning...
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  • Sutcliffe and Dennis Nilsen. The Home Secretary was empowered to make whole life orders to ensure that particularly dangerous or heinous criminals served...
    61 KB (5,826 words) - 12:43, 17 August 2024
  • Patriot Act and the Bank Secrecy Act due to updated concerns over money laundering, most insurance and brokerage firms will no longer accept money orders as...
    10 KB (1,390 words) - 03:49, 19 August 2024
  • massive smoldering crater, orders a DNA analysis of the remains. The United States military is the conventional war machine of Act of War with familiar (as...
    14 KB (1,670 words) - 09:09, 1 August 2024
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    trainers to Iraq, assisting in counter-piracy operations. The election of French president Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007 led to a major reform of France's military...
    146 KB (12,102 words) - 22:47, 26 August 2024
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    The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (also called the Exchange Act, '34 Act, or 1934 Act) (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 73–291, 48 Stat. 881...
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