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Tribunal egipcio ordena la liberación de Mubarak de la cárcel.
Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak may be released from jail on Thursday after prosecutors cleared him in a corruption case earlier this week, a lawyer tells Reuters agency. On Wednesday, a criminal court in Cairo upheld a petition from Mubarak’s lawyer demanding the release of the former president since there were no further legal grounds…
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“Yo soy Chelsea”: Lee la declaración completa de Chelsea Manning.
The Next Stage of My Life I want to thank everybody who has supported me over the last three years. Throughout this long ordeal, your letters of support and encouragement have helped keep me strong. I am forever indebted to those who wrote to me, made a donation to my defense fund, or came to…
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Bradley Manning condenado a 35 años de prisión.
A US military judge has sentenced Army Private Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison. Manning faced up to 90 years behind bars, while prosecutors sought to put the whistleblower away for a minimum of six decades. Manning will be credited with the 1,294 days he spent in pre-trial confinement plus an additional 112 days.…
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La CIA admite su participación en el golpe de Estado de 1953 en Irán contra el presidente democráticamente elegido Mosadegh.
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has for the first time published a document that confirms Washington’s role in the 1953 coup d’état against the democratically-elected Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosadeq. The open acknowledgment by the US intelligence community comes some six decades after the British- and American-backed military overthrow. “The military coup that overthrew…
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La CIA admite haber ayudado a derrocar al líder democráticamente elegido de Irán en 1953.
By Saeed Kamali Dehghan The CIA has publicly admitted for the first time that it was behind the notorious 1953 coup against Iran’s democratically elected prime minister Mohammad Mosaddeq, in documents that also show how the British government tried to block the release of information about its own involvement in his overthrow. On the 60th…
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El programa SNAP evitó que más de 2 millones de niños cayeran en la pobreza.
By Elise Gould Government programs can effectively reduce poverty among children in the United States. Using the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)—a more comprehensive measure of economic security than traditional poverty thresholds—the figure below illustrates the strength of the government to mitigate the incidence of poverty. Refundable tax credits, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, kept…
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Un montón de aluminio, pero para los bancos, oro puro.
By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. — Hundreds of millions of times a day, thirsty Americans open a can of soda, beer or juice. And every time they do it, they pay a fraction of a penny more because of a shrewd maneuver by Goldman Sachs and other financial players that ultimately costs consumers billions of…
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A un adolescente moribundo se le niega un trasplante de corazón porque ha tenido problemas con la ley.
CREDIT: WSBTV News Fifteen-year-old Anthony Stokes has less than six months to live unless he receives an emergency heart transplant. But his family has been told that Anthony doesn’t qualify for the transplant list because he has a “history of non-compliance” — partly due to his history of earning low grades and having some trouble…
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La huelga de hambre de los presos de California: La verdad
Responding to Jeffrey Beard, head of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) By Joe Veale Four weeks ago, 30,000 people in prisons in California and surrounding states went on a hunger strike to protest their conditions, in particular in Security Housing Units (called SHU’s). Currently, there are hundreds still going without food, they are…
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Al Sharpton acusado de ayudar a llevar al FBI hasta Assata Shakur
By Ron Howell, Newsday, Friday 21 October 1988 The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has worked as a federal informant, tried to set up a meeting with black fugitive radical JoAnne Chesimard in 1983, according to activists who said they were approached by Sharpton. The black activists said they feared Sharpton was trying to deliver Chesimard…
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