Progress in some Liberian counties but multiple outbreaks continue throughout country Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2014. The effort to contain the Ebola epidemic in Liberia is showing preliminary signs of progress in some counties, but maintaining and extending these trends will require sustained efforts, according to three early-release articles in CDC’s[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Congresswoman and Alumna, Robin Kelly to Give Mid-year Commencement Address at Bradley University
Peoria, IL –(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2014 – United States Congresswoman Robin Kelly will give the keynote address at the Mid-year commencement ceremony at Bradley University on December 20 at the Renaissance Coliseum on campus and she will be awarded the Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. Congresswoman Kelly, who earned bachelor’s and master’s[Read More…]
Governors State University’s Golf Teams Have an Official Home
Five-year agreement with University Golf Club will benefit entire GSU community University Park, IL –(ENEWSPF)—November 14, 2014. The growing Governors State University athletics program announced today an agreement with University Golf Club, making it the official home facility for GSU’s Men’s and Women’s Golf Teams. Beginning with the 2015 golf[Read More…]
We Charge Genocide Holds Historic Protest Inside the United Nations During UNCAT Review of US Torture
Geneva, Switzerland—(ENEWSPF)—November 14, 2014. Chicago youth organizers presented a report this week to the United Nations Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) in Geneva, Switzerland. Questions they wrote on police violence in Chicago were asked by the committee to U.S. representatives. During the U.S. response, We Charge Genocide delegates staged a historic protest, standing with their[Read More…]
Secretary of Defense Hagel Announces Nuclear Force Reforms, Nov. 14, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 14, 2014. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced today a comprehensive action plan to reform to the nuclear enterprise and called for additional critical investments in sustainment as well as measures to address longstanding cultural issues that have hurt the morale of the nuclear force. In February of[Read More…]
Joint Statement Re: Joint Launching of New Initiative to Promote Fundamental Labor Rights and Practices in Myanmar
BURMA—(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2014 The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the United States of America, Japan, Denmark and the International Labour Organization (ILO) today are jointly launching a new Initiative to Promote Fundamental Labor Rights and Practices in Myanmar. The Initiative is designed to: 1) improve Myanmar’s system of labor[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Town Hall, Nov. 14, 2014
Rangoon, Burma–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2014 – 3:43 P.M. MMT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hello, everybody! AUDIENCE: Hi! PRESIDENT OBAMA: Myanmar Luu Ngae Myar Min Galarbar! (Applause.) It’s wonderful to be back in Myanmar. Everybody, please have a seat. Have a seat. Oh, we got some signs — “Reform is fake.” “Change…” — okay,[Read More…]
Cannabis Holds Promise In GI Disorder Treatment
Aurora, CO–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2014. Cannabis holds promise as a comparatively safe and effective treatment for digestive disorders, according to a literature review published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology. Investigators at the University of Colorado, Aurora and at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical University in New Hampshire reviewed data in regard to[Read More…]
Defeating Ebola, ‘A Fearsome,’ Elusive Enemy, Requires Scaling Up Response on the Ground — UN
Head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Anthony Banbury, speaks at the briefing on the public health crisis emanating from the Ebola virus outbreak. UN Photo/Amanda Voisard NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–13 November 2014 – There has been important progress made in the global fight against Ebola but a scaling-up[Read More…]
New UN Guidelines Issued to Counter ‘Critically High’ Levels of Elephant Poaching in Africa
Photo: UNESCO/Pierre Gaillard VIENNA–(ENEWSPF)–13 November 2014 – The illegal killing of elephants for their ivory is now at “critically high levels” in Africa with increased involvement by organized crime groups, leading to their possible extinction in parts of the continent, the UN Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said today.[Read More…]
