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Kerry warns Moscow that the time to change course ends

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The Secretary of State of the United States, John Kerry, on Thursday accused Russia of trying to destabilize the electoral process to be held in Ukraine   next May.   Kerry also announced new sanctions Washington has prepared to Moscow and you are running out of time to ease tensions between the two countries. "The window for change is closing. If Russia chooses the path of ease tensions, we all celebrate," said Kerry. "Otherwise, the world will ensure that the costs for Russia only increase." Secretary State in recent months immersed in intense talks with his Russian counterpart, used harsh words to emphasize that Moscow can pay your error "very expensive". U.S. President Barack Obama, on tour in Asia this week, joined the Kerry tone stating that the U.S. "is ready to act."   The Pentagon has also stepped up the pressure and expressed their opposition to the exercise announced by Moscow on the border with Ukraine. "The reality is tha...

MyNYPD, Campaign NYPD that they turned against

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The Associated Press One of the photos posted by users on # MyNYPD shows the strength with which a cop attacks a person.   AP Photo posted on Twitter. It was a great idea well XXI century.   Social Networking, hashtags, and user participation.   But something went wrong.   The NYPD him came the backfire.   A Twitter campaign came against them and ended up showing police brutality of some agents.   "Since yesterday you can see on Twitter hair pulling, shaking or kicking" The campaign in the social network of 140 characters looking extolling the image of the police in New York through an invitation to submit images of people and their relationship with the police force to their official Twitter account.   The result? Thousands of snapshots of the brutality of the New York police. What do you think of this # MegaFail polícia Yorker? This campaign aimed to bring and improve relations be...

Obama regrets the loss of Gabo, One of the greatest visionaries

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The U.S. president lamented the death of Gabriel García Márquez and sent his condolences. The U.S. president, Barack Obama, today deplored the death of Gabriel García Márquez, who he said is one of his favorite writers and who considered as one of the "greatest visionaries." "" With the death of the author Gabriel García Márquez, the world has lost one of the most grand " and most visionary writers, one of my favorites since I was young," Obama said in a statement released shortly after learning of the death of Nobel prize Literature at his home in Mexico City at age 87. U.S. President recalled that in his note that García Márquez was known by the affectionate nickname of "Gabo", recalled that he had the "privilege" of meeting the writer. The famous novelist died at his home where he returned after being hospitalized for pneumonia. The meeti...