NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–3 October 2011. The International Criminal Court (ICC) today authorizedits prosecutor to probe alleged abuses committed during the recent post-election violence in Côte d’Ivoire – the seventh investigation in Africa and the first in a State that is not party to the treaty that set up the Court.[Read More…]
Day: October 3, 2011
Cities on the Frontline of Global Fight Against Climate Change, UN Officials Warn
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–3 October 2011. United Nations officials today urged the international community to take action against mounting threats posed by climate change on the world’s urban areas, warning that climate-related events could force up to 200 million people worldwide to flee their homes by 2050. But the officials also[Read More…]
Report Assesses Scientific Water-Monitoring and Modeling Systems and Calls for Modernization to Help Sustain Water Supplies
Improvements Needed to Help Water Managers Address Impacts of Climate Change and Other Stressors on Water Resources WASHINGTON D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011. The Department of the Interior today released a report that assesses the status of scientific information available to help understand the impacts of climate change and other stressors on[Read More…]
USW Supports the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protest Movement
PITTSBURGH–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011. Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW), North America’s largest industrial union with 1.2 million active and retired members, issued the following statement in support of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement: “The United Steelworkers (USW) union stands in solidarity with and strongly supports[Read More…]
October2011 Coalition and American99ers to Join Thousands in Occupying Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC Starting October 6
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2011. “I am a 99er whose job disappeared over 3 years ago and have gone without any income for 1 year 3 months. I advocate for the 99ers and would like to see jobs created in this country. Human needs before WAR.” So said Rhonda Taylor, referring[Read More…]
Center for American Progress: What Would Reagan Do? Back the ‘Buffett Rule’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011. Today, new video footage unearthed by the Center for American Progress shows that years before President Barack Obama’s “Buffett Rule” principle—the idea that middle-class Americans should not pay higher tax rates than millionaires—the conservative icon, President Ronald Reagan, advocated for the same belief. President Reagan repeatedly[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama Before Cabinet Meeting, October 3, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011 – 11:17 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. I am pulling my Cabinet together to talk about the one topic that’s on everybody’s minds, and that is how do we put America back to work. Each of the Secretaries and heads of agencies have been[Read More…]
Special Master Sheila L. Birnbaum Announces Opening of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
Fund Will Continue to Open in Phases throughout October NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2011. September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) Special Master Sheila L. Birnbaum today announced that the fund is officially open for claimants. With today’s opening, potential claimants can now register online, receive a checklist of documents and information[Read More…]
Three Missing Vietnam War Soldiers Identified , October 3, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011. The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of three servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and returned to their families for burial with full military honors. Master Sgt. Charles V. Newton of Canadian, Texas; Sgt.[Read More…]
Amanda Know Cleared of Murder
Perugia, Italy—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2011. A jury has cleared Amanda Knox of murder and other charges today. The jury overturned a conviction handed down two years ago which found Knox and her co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito guilty of killing British college student Meredith Kercher in Perugia in 2007. In an impassioned statement[Read More…]