GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–24 December 2013 – Amid ethnically targeted killings, arbitrary detentions, rising displacement and now the discovery of mass graves, the United Nations human rights chief today urged the South Sudanese leadership to curb the escalating violence in the world’s youngest nation and make it absolutely clear that those committing abuses[Read More…]
Day: December 24, 2013
Astronauts Work to Install Ammonia Pump Module on Second Spacewalk
Astronaut Mike Hopkins works outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk Dec. 24. Image Credit: NASA TV HOUSTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 24, 2013. Spacewalkers Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins are conducting a second spacewalk to install a spare ammonia pump module. The duo switched their spacesuits to battery power at 6:53 a.m.[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest Week of December 23, 2013
2 year old Rider Carroll enjoying the magic of Christmas. (Photo: Rosemary Piser) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—December 23, 2013. Grandma Mary used to tell me that you know you’re getting old when summer goes by faster and Christmas comes sooner every year! Now that I’m in my twilight years, I appreciate[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for December 23, 2013
A winter past at the Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than[Read More…]
As South Sudan Conflict Worsens, Secretary General Ban Proposes Reinforcing UN Peacekeepers
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–23 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called a crisis meeting of his top advisers on the deteriorating situation in South Sudan today and proposed reinforcing the United Nations peacekeeping force there in a bid to stem a conflict increasingly marked by ethnically targeted killings. “I am determined to[Read More…]
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