WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2011. The Supreme Court declined to allow a class action lawsuit challenging discriminatory practices at Wal-Mart to go forward today as a nationwide class. The American Civil Liberties Union, along with 33 other civil rights and women’s rights organizations, filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the case. The following[Read More…]
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DOE Deputy Secretary Poneman Discusses Nuclear Safety at the IAEA
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2011. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman today addressed the plenary session at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety. Deputy Secretary Poneman emphasized the importance of international cooperation and information sharing for developing lessons learned from the Fukushima accident. The IAEA is[Read More…]
Conference on Nuclear Safety: Ministers’ Declaration Envisions Strengthened Nuclear Safety Regime
Vienna, Austria–(ENEWSPF)–20 June 2011. The first day of the five-day Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety concluded with the adoption of a declaration by IAEA Member States. The declaration called for a number of improvements to global nuclear safety, while stressing the need to receive from Japan and the IAEA a[Read More…]
NATO Strikes Military Command and Control Node
NAPLES—(ENEWSPF)—20 June 2011. NATO is aware of allegations that a NATO strike targeted a residential building in the vicinity of Sorman, west of Tripoli, in the early hours of Monday morning. After careful checking, NATO can confirm that it did conduct a strike in that area at the time. This[Read More…]
FDA Unveils New Global Strategy to Help Ensure Safety and Quality of Imported Products
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today unveiled a new strategy to meet the challenges posed by rapidly rising imports of FDA-regulated products and a complex global supply chain in a report called the “Pathway to Global Product Safety and Quality.” “Global production of FDA-regulated[Read More…]
NATO Acknowledges Civilian Casualties in Tripoli Strike
Naples—(ENEWSPF)—19 June 2011. NATO says that a military missile site was the intended target of air strikes in Tripoli last night. However, it appears that one weapon did not strike the intended target and that there may have been a weapons system failure which may have caused a number of[Read More…]
Angelina Jolie and UN Refugee Chief Meet With Boat People on Lampedusa
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 June 2011. On the eve of this year’s World Refugee Day, Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie joined the United Nations refugee chief on a visit on Sunday to Lampedusa, where they met some of the tens of thousands of people who have crossed the Mediterranean and descended on the[Read More…]
Gates Says Libya Strategy ‘Absolutely Right’
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2011 – The U.S. strategy toward Libya is “absolutely right,” Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said on “Fox News Sunday” this morning. The secretary, who will retire June 30, also discussed Afghanistan, the fiscal future of the department and what he will miss about the job during one[Read More…]
NATO Investigates Allegations of Civilian Casualties in Tripoli
Naples, Italy–(ENEWSPF)–19 June 2011. NATO is looking into reports of civilian casualties following NATO air strikes in the early hours of June 19th. The incident is said to have occurred in a residential area in northern Tripoli following a deliberate strike which targeted a missile site operated by pro-Qadhafi forces.[Read More…]
Saxophonist Clarence Clemons Dies
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2011. Clarence ‘The Big Man’ Clemons died last night due to complications from a stroke he suffered on June 12. He was 69. Clemons played saxophone with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band since 1972. He also made numerous appearances as a guest musician and was featured[Read More…]
