| Prominent Cuban dissident economist Oscar Espinosa Chepe dead at 72 Posted: 23 Sep 2013 05:37 AM PDT  By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Oscar Manuel Espinosa Chepe, the dissident Cuban economist whose work was censored by the government, died in Spain on Monday at age 72 after battling chronic liver disease and cancer, his wife announced on Facebook. Espinosa, a soft-spoken man known to friends and colleagues as Chepe, was one of 75 dissidents sentenced to long prison terms in an April 2003 crackdown on the opposition and named a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. Espinosa's health quickly deteriorated in prison and he was paroled for health reasons in November 2004. ...
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| Entertainer Rolf Harris appears in UK court on child sex charges Posted: 23 Sep 2013 05:48 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Australian entertainer Rolf Harris was charged in a London court on Monday with 13 child sex offences, dating back to the 1980s, as part of an investigation which has led to the arrest of more than a dozen celebrities. Harris, 83, arrived at Westminster Magistrates Court with his wife and was released on conditional bail after the hearing. He was committed for trial at Southwark Crown Court where he is due to appear on October 7. His lawyer indicated he would be pleading not guilty, according to the BBC. ...
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