Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2011.   Index for Today’s Briefing LIBYA Battle for Tripoli Continues / No Question Qadhafi Regime Has Nearly Collapsed / Best Thing is for Qadhafi to Relinquish Power Immediately / Transition Has Begun / Support and Echo the Call for National Unity / Secretary Clinton Spoke to[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Aug. 23, 2011 – NATO forces continue to protect Libyan civilians from pro-Gadhafi violence, but the regime is crumbling, losing ground to fighters who support the fledgling Transitional National Council and to the people of Libya themselves, NATO officials said today. “NATO and our partners have conducted a highly effective[Read More…]

Washngton, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2011.  President Obama and French President Sarkozy spoke today about the situation in Libya and continued theirclose consultations about the global economic situation and recent developments in financial markets.  With regard to Libya, they agreed that Qadhafi and the remnants of his regime needed to accept that[Read More…]

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–23 August 2011.   Human Rights Council in session in Geneva The top United Nations human rights body today called for an immediate end to all violence in Syria and decided to dispatch an independent international commission of inquiry to investigate alleged abuses committed during the Government’s crackdown on protesters.[Read More…]

Somalia–(ENEWSPF)–23 August 2011.   A group of Somali women and children wait to be registered at the transit centre in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia The United Nations has deployed an emergency team to south-eastern Ethiopia where 18,000 new refugees fleeing drought, famine and conflict in Somalia have recently poured in, compounding[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF0–23 August 2011.  The United Nations today stressed the need for Afghan lawmakers get down to business now that the country’s electoral authorities have finalized the results of last year’s parliamentary elections. On Sunday the Independent Election Commission (IEC) reportedly announced that nine members of the 249-member Wolesi Jirga,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2011.  As part of its continuing crackdown on scams that target consumers in financial distress, the Federal Trade Commission settled charges against a debt relief operation that allegedly lured consumers nationwide into paying thousands of dollars in up-front fees, but in most cases failed to actually reduce[Read More…]

Sendai, Japan–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2011 – 3:22 P.M. (Local)    THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Governor, thank you very much.  Come to Delaware.  It’s a lovely place.  How many students were scheduled to go to visit my home state of Delaware?  Raise your hand.  You’ve still got to come.  My[Read More…]

Hundreds Of Deaths Reported; MSF Facilities Burned And Looted JUBA/NAIROBI–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2011 – The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has treated over 100 people in the South Sudanese town of Pieri following a raid there and in twelve surrounding villages in Jonglei State last week.[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 23, 2011.  Employers took 1,579 mass layoff actions in July involving 145,000 workers, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Each mass layoff involved at least 50 workers from a single employer. The[Read More…]