NAPLES–(ENEWSPF)–20 May 2011. NATO and coalition air assets continued their precision airstrikes against pro-Qadhafi regime forces overnight with a coordinated strike against pro-Qadhafi forces in the ports of Tripoli, Al Khums and Sirte. Overnight, NATO aircraft hit pro-Qadhafi warships, striking eight vessels. “All NATO’s targets are military in nature and are[Read More…]
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Secretary of State Clinton’s Interview With Katie Couric of CBS News
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2011. QUESTION: In Syria, Secretary Clinton, the government crackdown has killed an estimated 700 people in the last two months. What took so long for the Administration to put these new sanctions into place? SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, Katie, I don’t think it took long at all.[Read More…]
Iraq: UN Envoy Deplores Deadly Bomb Attacks in Northern City
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 May 2011. The top United Nations official in Iraq has strongly condemned this morning’s deadly terrorist bombings that targeted police officers in the country’s northern city of Kirkuk. Media reports say at least 27 people were killed and dozens of others were injured as a result of three[Read More…]
Sudan: UN Envoy Demands Immediate Release of Staff Detained in Darfur
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 May 2011. The head of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today called for the immediate and unconditional release of two civilian members of staff arrested by Sudanese authorities. In a meeting with staff, Ibrahim Gambari, the UN-AU Joint Representative and head of UNAMID,[Read More…]
UN Middle East Envoy Urges Mutual Trust to End ‘Paralysis’ in Peace Process
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 May 2011. The widespread calls for political change across North Africa and the Middle East will have an impact on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, a senior United Nations official said today, voicing concern that no credible initiative exists to end the impasse in talks aimed[Read More…]
FACT SHEET: ‘A Moment of Opportunity’ in the Middle East and North Africa
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2011. “So we face an historic opportunity. We have embraced the chance to show that America values the dignity of the street vendor in Tunisia more than the raw power of the dictator. There must be no doubt that the United States of America welcomes change[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on the Middle East and North Africa
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2011 – 12:15 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very much. Thank you. Please, have a seat. Thank you very much. I want to begin by thanking Hillary Clinton, who has traveled so much these last six months that she is approaching[Read More…]
AAA Projects Increase in Memorial Day Travelers; Air Travel on the Rise
AURORA, ILL.—(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2011– AAA projects 34.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, a slight increase of 0.2 percent – or 100,000 travelers – from the 34.8 million people who traveled one year ago. The Memorial Day holiday travel period[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending May 14, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2011. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending May 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 409,000, a decrease of 29,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 438,000. The 4-week moving average was 439,000, an increase of 1,250 from the previous week’s[Read More…]
UN-AU Mission Investigates Fresh Round of Air Strikes in Sudan’s Darfur Region
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–18 May 2011. Sudanese armed forces have carried out another round of air strikes against a village in Darfur, this time striking a settlement in the north of the war-torn region, the joint United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur (UNAMID) reported today. Government aircraft struck the village of Sukamir, about[Read More…]
