The House vote keeps the government operating through mid-November and ends the threat of a government shutdown — for now.

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House Approves Spending Bill, Averting Shutdown

Iain Duncan Smith is to warn about the threat posed by human trafficking as the think tank he founded launches a review of efforts to combat slavery.

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Minister to warn over trafficking

With the threat of further volcanic eruptions to come this summer, Rajan Datar reports on the measures being taken by airlines to avoid flight disruption.

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VIDEO: How airlines hope to avoid ash clouds

Two Rwandan exiles in London were warned last week by UK police that they faced the threat of assassination by a Rwandan government hitman.

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Rwandans in UK ‘threatened by hitman’

KAREN BLEIERAFP/GETTY IMAGESThe U.S. Treasury Building.With the threat of a government shutdown beyond us — for now — attention in Washington is turning to the looming debate on raising the federal debt limit.

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Does exceeding the debt limit impact government operations?

Officials began warning Wednesday of significant cutbacks in government services as the threat of a federal government shutdown lurched one day closer to reality.

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Administration: Shutdown would furlough 800,000 federal workers

Elephants pay close attention to their elders when responding to a the threat of a predator, according to a study.

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Older female elephants are wiser

I was appalled when I learned that House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King planned to hold hearings on the threat of homegrown Islamic terrorism. (The hearings are scheduled for next week.)

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Opinion: This is my son’s America, too

As clashes reached the capital, Tripoli, the son of the Libyan leader raised the threat of renewed Western “colonization” if protesters threw off his father’s rule.

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Qaddafi’s Son Warns of Civil War as Libyan Protests Widen

A leading security expert claims the threat of cyber war is exaggerated but says technology should be seen as a weapon

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Cyber war exaggerated says expert

A leading security expert claims the threat of cyber war is exaggerated but says technology should be seen as a weapon

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Cyber war exaggerated says expert

How many more members of Congress have to be victims of politically motivated violence before we acknowledge terrorism is defined by the act and not the identity of the actor? Any person who “use[s] violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature … through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear” is a terrorist . read more

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Why Isn’t Jared Lee Loughner a Homegrown Terrorist?

Holida travelers are facing airport delays as the threat of a winter storm — particularly in the eastern U.S. — led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights.

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Hundreds of U.S. flights canceled

The Federal Aviation Administration says registration records for as many as one-third of all private aircraft are out-of-date and inaccurate, and has begun the process of re-registering aircraft in the United States — a task made more urgent by the threat posed by criminals and terrorists.

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FAA has bad info on 119,000 planes

How people are dealing with the threat of cuts

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