In Order to Combat Potential Threats from Hostile Governments and Terrorist Groups, Should the United States Resume Research and Developmentprograms on Biological Weapons?
Viewpoint: Yes, biological w...
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Biological Warfare
The United Nations has defined biological warfare as the use of any living organisms (e.g. bacteria) or infective material derived from them, in order to cause disease or death in h...
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Biological Warfare
The United Nations has defined biological warfare as the use of any living organisms (e.g. bacteria) or infective material derived from them, in order to cause disease or death in h...
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Biological Warfare
Long ago humans discovered that certain animals and plants were capable of causing severe illness or death if anyone consumed them. Some were clever enough to extract liquids from t...
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Biological Warfare
Biological warfare, as defined by The United Nations, is the use of any living organism (e.g. bacterium, virus) or an infective component (e.g., toxin), to cause disease or death in...
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Biological Weapons
Biological weapons constitute an increasingly important ethical and political issue for science and technology. This entry examines that issue by defining biological weapons (BWs), ...
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Japan's Supreme Court rejected compensation claims by Chinese victims of atrocities committed by Japan in the 1930s and 40s, which included the use of biological weapons and a massacre in the city ...
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A proposed U.N. resolution would immediately end the work of U.N. inspection bodies which, under Saddam Hussein's regime, played a pivotal role in monitoring Iraq's nuclear, biological and chemical...
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Today is Tuesday, April 10, the 100th day of 2007. There are 265 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 10, 1912, the RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its ill...
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Attacks in Iraq using chlorine and explosives to kill and injure civilians underline the danger of insurgents obtaining chemicals and other toxic agents to use as weapons, U.N. inspectors said Tues...
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More than four years after Saddam Hussein's ouster, the Security Council voted Friday to shut down the U.N. inspection bodies that helped uncover his illegal weapons programs but were then banned f...
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The nomination of John Bolton to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is in keeping with the governing philosophy of the Bush administration, which has displayed a penchant for officials ...
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Despite the progress that Gen. David Petraeus outlined in his much-awaited report on the surge, critics claim little has been accomplished in the four years since the start of Operation Iraqi Freed...
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Fifteen years and six studio albums into their professional career, the five members of Radiohead find themselves in an unprecedented position. Their longstanding contract with the multinational re...
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Fifteen years and six studio albums into their professional career, the five members of Radiohead find themselves in an unprecedented position. Their longstanding contract with the multinational re...
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Sam Mendes’ Jarhead, from a screenplay by William Broyles Jr., based on the book by Anthony Swofford, begins with a U.S. Marine Corps basic-training sequence reminiscent of Stanley Kubrick...
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In Order to Combat Potential Threats from Hostile Governments and Terrorist Groups, Should the United States Resume Research and Developmentprograms on Biological Weapons
Biological Warfare
Biological Warfare
Biological Warfare
Biological Warfare
Biological Weapons
Japan rules against war claims
