Day: January 12, 2011

UN Deplores Ambush of Peacekeepers in Côte d’Ivoire

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–12 January 2011 – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire today spoke out against an ambush of its peacekeepers by armed forces loyal to outgoing president Laurent Gbagbo in the country’s capital of Abidjan overnight. A team made up of UN police and military personnel was coming[Read More…]

UN Marks One-Year Anniversary of Haiti Earthquake

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–12 January 2011 – On the one-year anniversary of the earthquake which devastated Haiti, the United Nations is today remembering the disaster’s victims in memorial events in Port-au-Prince, New York and elsewhere around the world. In the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, staff at the United Nations Stabilization Mission in[Read More…]

White-Rodgers Recalls Home Heating and Cooling Thermostats Due to Fire Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2011. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a[Read More…]

Marker Völkl USA and Kästle Recall Ski Bindings Due to Fall Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2011.  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]

NOAA Will Work With Six Identified Nations to Address Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2011. NOAA today submitted a report to Congress identifying six nations – Colombia, Ecuador, Italy, Panama, Portugal, and Venezuela – whose fishing vessels engaged in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in 2009 and/or 2010. This opens the way for continued consultations between the U.S. government and[Read More…]

NOAA: 2010 Tied For Warmest Year on Record

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2011. According to NOAA scientists, 2010 tied with 2005 as the warmest year of the global surface temperature record, beginning in 1880. This was the 34th consecutive year with global temperatures above the 20th century average. For the contiguous United States alone, the 2010 average annual temperature[Read More…]

Rhino Poaching in South Africa Reaches All-Time High

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 12 – An astonishing 333 rhinos were illegally killed in South Africa in 2010, including 10 critically endangered black rhinos, according to South African national park officials. The annual total is the highest ever experienced in South Africa and nearly triple 2009 numbers when 122 rhinos were killed. An[Read More…]

Illinois Commercial Print Broker Pleads Guilty to Making False Statement to the Government Printing Office

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2011. An Illinois commercial print broker pleaded guilty today to making false statements in a bid submitted to the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), the Department of Justice announced. Richard I. Keefe of Rock Falls, Ill., pleaded guilty today to a one-count felony charge filed on Nov. 4,[Read More…]

Secretary Geithner’s Remarks on ‘The Path Ahead for the U.S.-China Economic Relationship’

Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—January 12, 2011.  The following remarks are attributable to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. It’s a pleasure to be here at John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). SAIS is a leader in one of the most important challenges in public policy and education – that of helping Americans[Read More…]

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