Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing TIMOR-LESTE Presidential Election IRAN Engagement / Meetings / Cathy Ashton / Sanctions NORTH KOREA Sanctions / Satellite Launch / IAEA World Food Program SYRIA UN Monitors / UN Security Council / Annan Plan / Friends of Syria / Turkish Role / Humanitarian[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2012. Japan Government Asks for Local Support to Restart Reactors Industry/Regulatory/Political Japanese Industry Minister Yukio Edano has told the governor of Fukui Prefecture that the government has decided it is safe to restart two reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Ohi nuclear power plant. Edano said he[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2012.  On behalf of the United States, I would like to offer my congratulations to Dr. Jim Yong Kim on his selection as the next President of the World Bank.  I am confident that Dr. Kim will be an inclusive leader who will bring to the Bank[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–16 April 2012.  The first group of six United Nations unarmed monitors tasked by the Security Council to report on the implementation of a full cessation of armed violence in Syria has arrived in the capital, Damascus, and began their work, according to a spokesperson for the world body.[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–16 April 2012.  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations mission in Afghanistan today strongly condemned the coordinated attacks carried out on Sunday against the country’s institutions and international organizations, including foreign diplomatic missions, in the capital, Kabul, and elsewhere. Mr. Ban took note of the efforts by the Afghan[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2012.  The Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau released retail sales data (PDF) for March 2012 this morning. Retail and food services sales were $411.1 billion, growing 0.8 percent from February to March 2012 and increasing 6.5 percent from one year earlier. This exceeds private-sector forecasts of an[Read More…]

Democratic Party Of Colorado Endorses Amendment 64 OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2012.  It’s not everyday that a major political party endorses a marijuana reform initiative, so I’m very excited to pass along some information that I was sent by the Colorado Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol campaign. It’s going to be an enormous[Read More…]