Day: December 28, 2010

Sudan: UN Delivers Ballots for Independence Referendum in South

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–28 December 2010 – The United Nations has delivered ballots for more than 4 million voters in Southern Sudan for next month’s independence referendum, culminating a six-year peace process that ended two decades of civil war between the north and south. Each ballot carries two pictures: one hand, signifying[Read More…]

DOD Identifies Marine Casualty, December 28, 2010

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 28, 2010. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sgt. Garrett A. Misener, 25, of Cordova, Tenn., died Dec. 27 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd[Read More…]

When the black hole was born

TAU astronomers identify the epoch of the first fast growth of black holes University of North Texas-(ENEWSPF)-Most galaxies in the universe, including our own Milky Way, harbor super-massive black holes varying in mass from about one million to about 10 billion times the size of our sun. To find them,[Read More…]

Comprehensive report on sudden oak death

10-year cooperative research effort provides basis for containment ALBANY, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Synthesizing more than 10 years of cooperative research on the exotic invasive, quarantine sudden oak death pathogen, the USDA Forest Service’s Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW) recently published "Sudden Oak Death and Phytophthora ramorum: A Summary of the Literature." This 181-page[Read More…]

Researchers: Pay more attention to epilepsy

ST. PAUL, Minn.-(ENEWSPF)- Epilepsy, a common and serious neurologic disorder that affects millions of people, is not getting the public attention and funding for research it deserves, according to an editorial on a study published in the January 4, 2011, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of[Read More…]

State Department Briefing by Mark C. Toner, December 27, 2010

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 27, 2010.  INDEX: DEPARTMENT Statement on Khodorkovsky-Lebedev Case / Negative Impact on Russia’s Reputation Bus Crash in Egypt / U.S. Citizens Killed Rumor that Secretary Clinton is Stepping Down Security Procedures and Posture at Embassies EGYPT Bus Crash in Egypt / U.S. Citizens Killed / Working with Healthcare[Read More…]

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