NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–7 April 2011 – A United Nations ship carrying life-saving food, medical supplies, doctors and other relief items arrived today at the Libyan port of Misrata, opening up a humanitarian lifeline to civilians trapped in an area that has seen continuous and heavy fighting between forces loyal to Colonel[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–7 April 2011 – The United Nations relief chief sounded the alarm today about the humanitarian situation inside Côte d’Ivoire, saying emergency aid is needed now to help hundreds of thousands of civilians caught up in the deadly violence that has engulfed the West African country. Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General[Read More…]

Naples, Italy–(ENEWSPF)–7 April 2011.  NATO is looking into the specific details of an alleged strike on a column of tanks outside of Brega today. The fighting between Brega and Ajdabiyah, where the strike occurred, has been fierce for several days. The situation is unclear and fluid with mechanized weapons traveling[Read More…]

Naples, Italy–(ENEWSPF)–7 April 2011.  The accusation by Colonel Gaddafi that NATO was responsible for fires in the Sarir Oil Fields is false and is a direct result of his attacks on his own people and infrastructure. NATO has been monitoring this area since the beginning of the month. Attacks last[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2011.   On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I send our sincere condolences and sympathy to the people of Thailand for the loss of life and damage caused by the flooding in southern Thailand. I am grateful to the Royal Thai[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2011.  Following is the text of a joint statement by the United States and Turkey on the U.S.-Turkey Consultations on Afghanistan. April 4, 2011 a high ranking Turkish interagency delegation led by Deputy Director General for South Asia and Turkish representative in the International Contact Group Burak[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2011 – UPDATE AS OF 1:00 P.M. EDT.Tokyo Electric Power Co. continued to inject cooling water into reactors 1, 2 and 3 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, despite a 7.1 magnitude aftershock that hit 70 miles north of the plant. The temblor, the largest aftershock[Read More…]

Vienna, Austria–(ENEWSPF)–7 April 2011 – UPDATE 1800 UTC. Presentation: → Summary of Reactor Status → Radiological Monitoring and Consequences → Status of Fukushima Units → Marine Environment Monitoring 1. Current Situation Overall, the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant remains very serious although there are early signs of recovery in[Read More…]

(Map: USGS) Tokyo—(ENEWSPF)—April 7, 2011. The Japan Meteorological Agency has reported that a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Japan shortly after 11:30 p.m. local time (10:30 a.m. ET). The United States Geological Survey issued a preliminary report of a 7.1 magnitude off the coast of Honshu, Japan, today. Previous reports of[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–7 April 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Libyan forces to halt their attacks on civilians amid the deteriorating humanitarian situation in several cities across the North African nation, including Misrata, Brega and Zintan. “The Secretary-General reiterates his urgent call for an immediate cessation of the indiscriminate[Read More…]