Day: May 6, 2014

UN Rights Office Warns Boko Haram Over ‘Sale’ of Nigerian Schoolgirls, as New Kidnappings Reported

Since June 2013, attacks in northeastern Nigeria have resulted in school closures affecting thousands of students, many of whom have had no access to education in months. Photo: UNICEF/NYHQ2007-0515/Nesbitt GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–6 May 2014 – The United Nations human rights office today lashed out at the militant group known as Boko Haram[Read More…]

State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, May 6, 2014

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Welcome Visiting Students UKRAINE Illegal Crimea Annexation / Rejection of Illegal Effort to hold Referendum NIGERIA Kidnapping of Young Women / U.S. Offer of Assistance to Nigeria Range of Steps Taken to Assist Nigeria Nigerian Military’s Conduct Types of Assistance Offered[Read More…]

Senators Kirk, Klobuchar to Obama: Immediate Action Needed to Help Find Kidnapped Nigerian Girls

In a bipartisan letter to President Obama, Kirk and Klobuchar called on the Administration to immediately provide intelligence support to help locate and recover the kidnapped girls and to bolster anti-trafficking assistance in the region WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014.  Today, U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) called on[Read More…]

Senator Durbin: Climate Change A Real Threat

Economic impact of severe weather projected to grow dramatically in future years WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014.  Following the release of the U.S National Climate Assessment, which highlighted the Midwest region’s “agricultural lands, forests, Great Lakes, industrial activities, and cities” as especially vulnerable to climate change, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL)[Read More…]

Federal Government To Increase Its Supply Of Marijuana For Clinical Research

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Federal agencies are moving forward with plans to increase the US government’s production of research-grade cannabis. Last week, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) publicly announced in the Federal Register that it is increasing its marijuana production quota from 21[Read More…]

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