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Washington, 10 sep (EFEUSA).- El presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, dijo hoy a los estadounidenses que para vencer a las organizaciones terroristas no deben ceder al miedo que pretenden infundir, coincidiendo con la víspera del decimoquinto aniversario del 11S. “Mientras reflexionamos sobre estos últimos 15 años, también es importante recordar lo que no ha …

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Los Angeles, Sep 9 (EFE).- Facebook announced Friday a reversal of the decision to remove from its platform a famous 1972 photograph of a young Vietnamese girl running from a napalm attack. “Because of its status as an iconic image of historical importance, the value of permitting sharing outweighs the value of protecting the community …

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Washington, Sep 9 (EFE).- A total of 83 percent of registered U.S. Hispanic voters said they would cast a ballot in the Nov. 8 presidential election, according to a new America’s Voice/Latino Decisions survey published Friday. The nationwide poll, which provided a breakdown of projected Hispanic voter participation in key states such as Florida, Nevada, …

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Los Ángeles, 8 sep (EFEUSA).- El banco Wells Fargo despidió a 5.300 trabajadores durante la investigación acerca de la apertura de miles de cuentas bancarias falsas, sin solicitud de los clientes, que llevó a cabo su personal desde 2011 bajo la presión de cumplir con los objetivos marcados por la entidad. La cifra de despidos …

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Washington Sep 8, (efe_epa).- NASA’s Atlas V rocket lifted off on Thursday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, with the OSIRIS-REx space probe en route to the asteroid Bennu, whose trajectory could be a danger to Earth in the future. The probe, whose acronym stands for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer spacecraft (OSIRIS-REx),took …

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Washington, Sep 8 (EFE).- Yosemite National Park, in east-central California, has added 162 hectares (400 acres) of wetlands and meadow habitat thanks to a donation, the U.S. National Park Service said. The park, established in 1890, covers 302,700 hectares (748,000 acres) and was designated a World Heritage Site in 1984. Ackerson Meadow, as the tract …

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Washington, 8 sep (EFEUSA).- La candidata demócrata a la Casa Blanca, Hillary Clinton, dijo hoy que los elogios de su rival republicano, Donald Trump, al presidente ruso, Vladímir Putin, son “antipatriotas” y “alarmantes”, durante su primera conferencia de prensa formal en 278 días. Clinton ofreció su conferencia de prensa desde White Plains (Nueva York), antes …

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Washington, Sep 7 (EFE).- The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is all set to launch the OSIRIS-REx space probe, atop an Atlas V rocket on Thursday morning, on a seven year mission to the asteroid Bennu and back, in order to understand our Solar System’s infancy. The probe, whose acronym stands for Origins, …

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Washington, 5 sep (EFEUSA).- El candidato presidencial republicano, Donald Trump, aseguró hoy que se batirá con su rival, Hillary Clinton, en los tres debates presidenciales programados para los próximos meses y que tradicionalmente tienen una gran importancia en la opinión pública de Estados Unidos. El magnate había sembrado dudas sobre su participación en los tres …

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Washington, Sep 5 (EFE).- Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Monday rejected the invitation to visit Mexico extended by that country’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, an invitation he had also extended to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who accepted. In an interview with ABC, journalist David Muir asked the former secretary of state if she …

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