NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–17 January 2011 – The United Nations-backed tribunal set up to try suspects in the 2005 murders of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 others received its first indictment today, but its contents remain confidential at this stage. The Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL),[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Statement by President Obama on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Announcement
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2011. I welcome the announcement by the Office of the Prosecutor for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon today that he has filed an indictment relating to the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 others. This action represents an important step toward ending the era[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Additional Army Casualty, January 17, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation New Dawn. Spc. Jose A. Torre, Jr., 21, of Garden Grove, Calif., died Jan.15 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with a rocket-propelled grenade. He was[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Two Army Casualties, January 17, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation New Dawn. They died Jan. 15 in Mosul, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an Iraqi soldier from the unit with which they were training shot them with small arms fire. They[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Army Casualty, January 17, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Pfc. Zachary S. Salmon, 21, of Harrison, Ohio, died Jan. 12 in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. He was[Read More…]
Free Movie and Discussion ‘Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days’
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2011. We have a major pandemic of diabetes in the United States. Type II Diabetes has tripled in the last 10 years. One out of 3 children born after the year 2000 will get diabetes. Diabetes costs the nation $174 billion a year, about as much[Read More…]
UN Committee on Palestinian Rights Calls for Action to End Israeli Settlements
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–17 January 2011 – A United Nations committee on Palestinian rights today called on the international community to take steps to compel Israel to end its “illegal” settlement activity in occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, warning that such actions preclude the possibility of peace. “The future of the[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on Sudan
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2011 The United States congratulates the Sudanese people, the government of Sudan, and the government of Southern Sudan on the end of their historic, week-long referendum on the future of southern Sudan. The sight of so many Sudanese casting their votes in a peaceful and orderly fashion[Read More…]
Lt. Summerville Visits Indiana School
Lt. Brandon Summerville. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Lt. Brandon Summerville of the U.S. Navy visited Amanda Godin’s class at Indiana School in Park Forest to speak to the students about his experiences. Lt. Summerville is the cousin of Indya Gettings in Mrs. Godin’s 4th grade class. He is stationed in[Read More…]
On Religious Freedom Day, Glimmers Of Hope In Sea Of Despair
Commentary By Charles C. Haynes Director, Religious Freedom Education Project Each Jan. 16, Americans are supposed to celebrate Religious Freedom Day, our least known, most neglected national holiday — except, perhaps, for the even more obscure Bill of Rights Day widely ignored every Dec. 15. If people did pay attention,[Read More…]
