Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2011.   SECRETARY CLINTON: Admiral Mullen and I have just completed a very extensive, open, frank, and constructive discussion with the leadership of Pakistan – with the president, the prime minister, the chief of staff of the army, General Kayani, the head of ISI, General Pasha, and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2011 – UPDATE AS OF 3 P.M. EDT. Plant Status Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) continues working toward a solution for managing radioactive water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy facility. The company has suspended transferring water from the reactor turbine buildings to a centralized radiation waste[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–27 May 2011.  The United Nations human rights office today voiced alarm at the escalating violence in Yemen, which it said may push the country to the brink of civil war, and called on the Government to stop its deadly crackdown. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2011.   I strongly condemn the conviction and sentencing of opposition presidential candidates Uladzimir Nyaklyaeu, Andrey Sannikau, Vital Rymasheuski, Mikalay Statkevich, and Dzmitry Us in Belarus.  The United States considers these candidates and the other courageous activists and candidates arrested and charged in conjunction with the crackdown[Read More…]

Deauville, France–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2011.  Recognizing the historic changes underway in the Middle East and North Africa, President Obama joined with G-8 leaders, the Prime Ministers of Egypt and Tunisia, the Secretary General of the Arab League, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Bank to launch the “Deauville Partnership”[Read More…]

Deauville, France–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2011.  President Obama joined other heads of state and government from France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada, Russia, and the European Union at the annual G-8 Leaders’ Summit in Deauville, France, on May 26-27.  The President and his G-8 counterparts pledged solidarity with the people[Read More…]

Deauville, France–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2011 – 9:30 A.M. CEST  PRESIDENT SARKOZY:  (As translated.)  Ladies and gentlemen, we just had a bilateral with the President of the United States, Barack Obama.  And there’s been major convergence of views on major international issues. And I told President Obama how much — how sensitive we[Read More…]

Geneva–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2011 – The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) evacuated its team from the western Libyan city of Zintan on Friday May 27, following repeated shelling. “The city center has been shelled every afternoon over the last few days, with several rockets landing just[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2011.   Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Arrest of Mladic Assistant Secretary Campbell Hosting Senior Officials from the 10 ASEAN Member Countries, ASEAN Secretariat / 24th ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue and Lower Mekong Initiative YEMEN Ordered Departure Status / Americans Should Defer Travel Plans Fluid Situation Gulf Cooperation Council,[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 May 2011.  United Nations officials today welcomed the arrest of Serbian war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic, long sought for his role in the atrocities committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, hailing it as an important step in the fight against impunity. Mr. Mladic, the war-time leader[Read More…]