Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 20, 2011. TEPCO Confirms Recovery Plans Plant Status Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to achieve an improved and stabilized shutdown condition for reactors 1-3 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy facility within six months, the utility said. TEPCO said it will continue to use the circulating cooling system[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 July 2011.   President Alpha Condé of Guinea Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the attack today on the residence of the President of Guinea, and called on all citizens to refrain from acts that will undermine the democratic process taking place in the West African nation. Alpha Condé is[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 19, 2011.  The Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau today released data on new residential construction for June 2011. Housing starts surged 14.6 percent in June, easily surpassing private-sector expectations of a 2.7-percent increase. Permits for new housing units also beat expectations, increasing 2.5 percent in June following an[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 19, 2011 – 1:39 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Okay. Q Any announcements? MR. CARNEY: Hold on one second. (Laughter.) Q Are we going to hear from the President — MR. CARNEY: I hope you enjoyed the warm-up act. That’s probably bad, right? I do have — (laughter) —[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 19, 2011.  Today, White House Chief of Staff William Daley emphasized the Administration’s continued priority for the Export Control Reform Initiative as a national security imperative.  The reforms when implemented will facilitate cooperation with U.S. allies and export control regime partners, strengthen the competitiveness of sectors key to[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—July 19, 2011. Fourteen individuals were arrested today by FBI agents on charges related to their alleged involvement in a cyber attack on PayPal’s website as part of an action claimed by the group “Anonymous,” announced the Department of Justice and the FBI.   Two additional defendants were arrested today on[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 19, 2011.   MS. FULTON: Good afternoon and welcome to the Department of State. Today, to address the emerging humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, we have four briefers to speak to you today about a number of areas and initiatives. We have with us Assistant Secretary[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2011 – 1:36 P.M. EDT         MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Thanks for being here.  I don’t have any announcements to make at the top, so I will start with the Associated Press.         Erica.         Q    Thank you.  So on Thursday, after the last[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 18, 2011. Government Recommends New Regulatory Oversight Agency for Japan Reactors Plant Status TEPCO is scheduled today to install a metal cover over the turbine building of reactor 3 before Typhoon Ma-on moves toward the Japanese coast on Tuesday. The 15-foot-by-50-foot structure is meant to cover a hole[Read More…]

The Temple of Preah Vihear NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–18 July 2011.  A United Nations court today ordered Cambodia and Thailand to withdraw their military personnel from around a disputed temple site near their joint border and to agree not to engage in any further fighting in the immediate area. The International Court of[Read More…]