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Jess ha enviado un correo esta semana desde el Reino Unido pidiendo ayuda para un proyecto en el instituto sobre el derecho penal en España e Inglaterra. Casualmente, llevo dos años enseñando inglés a una juez española y hemos comentado muchas de las principales diferencias.

¿Twitter podría ser un buen sitio para que los traductores y estudiantes de idiomas aprendan vocabulario nuevo? ¿Un buen sitio para seguirnos en aventuras léxicas en tiempo real y con sólo 140 carácteres?

Worldwide revulsion at the revelations of Catholic priests’ abuse of children has been matched by the astonishment felt by people at both the silence of Church authorities and the disturbing religious explanations offered by senior clergy to a series of very earthly crimes. Is this a crisis of faith, a crisis of leadership or just a communication crisis?

Teenagers with 24-hour access to mobile media are wandering into what their parents see as an internet privacy nightmare. Generation M, however, is growing up online – having fun and suffering as teenagers are want to do. Find out why parents are uneasy, what kids are up to and how technology is changing generational attitudes towards privacy.

As German politicians prepare for regional elections on May 9, contempt and cultural differences threaten the very existence of the Eurozone but it’s not clear which country would leave. Read on to learn how the German Constitutional Court is set to decide on the legality of German people picking up the tab for profligate Greeks.

Is there a more terrifying subtext to Obama’s nuclear summit than it first seems? What if global politicians’ self-congratulation is hiding an alarming trend: nuclear power is shifting towards terrorists and our governments don’t control them. Read on to find out about some depressing developments.

All around the world, envious regional and national governments lust after recreating a new Silicon Valley in their country, jealous of the technological and business prestige which has powered the US economy for the last 40 years. Read on to find out why they will probably be forever frustrated.

Two Labour party members of Parliament – former defence secretary Geoff Hoon and former health secretary Patricia Hewitt – have challenged Gordon Brown’s leadership as Prime Minsiter.

A smiling Mr. Bean took centre stage on the new EU Spanish Presidency website for a few hours, provoking laughter in media outlets around the world. The web page collapsed under the weight of so many visitors after it went viral briefly but not for the reasons Mr. Zapatero would have liked.

The UK’s Labour government, like others around the world, has now spent billions of pounds on bailing out banks and trying to stop the British economy sliding into even deeper, darker economic trouble. But how are they going to pay it all back?