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...Relief Program, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke ’75’s aggressive policies, and the Obama administration’s bold moves, the financial system has been resuscitated to a quasi-functional state, all to the negligence of the media and resultant ignorance of the general public...
...school system will also be making other cutbacks, such as reducing the number of ads it places in The Boston Globe, cutting back the material and professional development budgets, and eliminating the Jump Start Program. Each school will also experience a reduction in its building-based accounts and general materials budget...
...judge can just jump over the laws of the country," says Miguel Bernad, secretary general of Manos Limpias (Clean Hands), the group that filed the complaint against Garzón for alleged prevarication - or knowingly issuing erroneous judgments. "And in Spain, we have an amnesty law," he adds. Passed by the Spanish parliament in 1977, the amnesty law prevents the prosecution of perpetrators of crimes and their collaborators during the dictatorship, and is at the heart of a so-called "pact of silence" that eased the way for a peaceful transition to democracy...
...debate. "Numerous sources of international law suggest that amnesties for crimes against humanity are inconsistent with a State's obligations to protect human rights, including the right of access to justice," Carolyn Lamm, president of the American Bar Association, wrote in a public letter to Spain's Attorney General, an opponent of the prosecution. "It is difficult in light of these principles to view [Garzón's] ruling as legally indefensible, or as warranting criminal prosecution." Garzón's lawyer agrees. "The big question is why the Supreme Court isn't satisfied with simply annulling his decisions...
...national network of rural microfinance intermediaries typically composed of 10 to 15 women who contribute small savings to a common fund until they have enough to begin lending. As part of the trial, the groups were asked to replace talk of business with babies, and open meetings to the general public...