NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–9 May 2011.  United Nations human rights workers have found the bodies of nearly 70 people, apparently the victims of a militia backing the former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo, in a series of graves in a suburb of Côte d’Ivoire’s biggest city, Abidjan. A team from the UN peacekeeping[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2011.  U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced $2 billion in high-speed rail awards providing an unprecedented investment to speed up trains in the Northeast Corridor, expand service in the Midwest and provide new, state-of-the-art locomotives and rail cars as part of the Administration’s plan to transform travel[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—May 9, 2011. Remarks attributed to Secretary of State Clinton, Treasury Secretary Geithner, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Quishan and Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo. SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning. We are delighted to welcome you here to the Department of the Interior, a department that deals with the beautiful landscape[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–9 May 2011. The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Sudan (UNMIS) has welcomedthe commitment of the northern and southern sides to withdraw their forces from Abyei and to immediately deploy combined teams to the disputed area to provide security. Participants in the Abyei Joint Technical Committee, which is facilitated by[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2011.  The U.S. government remains committed to working with the people and government of Iraq to provide assistance to and identify durable solutions for displaced Iraqis. As part of this ongoing effort, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Eric P. Schwartz[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–8 May 2011.  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday challenged men to champion the cause for the empowerment of women, saying they remained “second-class citizens”, often subjected to violence in many societies, despite the important gains made in improving their participation in social, economic and political affairs. “I believe that unless you[Read More…]

NAPLES –(ENEWSPF)–7 May 2011.  NATO aircraft destroyed several Qadhafi regime mobile rocket launchers and missiles on Friday morning as part of the NATO mission to protect Libyan civilians from attack. The weapons were located south of Sirte and were struck using a number of precision guided bombs to minimize the[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–7 May 2011.  All four United Nations staff in Bolivia whose plane disappeared during a flight to monitor coca production northeast of the capital, La Paz, were killed when the aircraft crashed on Thursday, a UN official said today. Two Bolivian military pilots also died, said Robert Brockmann, the[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2011.     As our society has changed, so have the challenges facing women raising families. Many American women are raising children at home while caring for an elderly parent, holding down two jobs, serving as the sole parent in a family, or defending our country overseas[Read More…]

Indianapolis, Indiana–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2011.   Hi.  I’m speaking with you today from the Allison Transmissions plant in Indianapolis, Indiana.  I came here because this is a place where American workers are doing some big and impressive things.   The hybrid technology they manufacture here already powers nearly 4,000 buses all[Read More…]