GREAT BRITAIN—(ENEWSPF)—22 March 2011.  Coalition operations against Colonel Gaddafi’s forces are having a very real effect in protecting the city of Benghazi, Major General John Lorimer, the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Strategic Communications Officer, said today, Tuesday 22 March 2011. General Lorimer was speaking at a media briefing in[Read More…]

USS MOUNT WHITNEY, Mediterranean Sea (AFNS)–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2011.  Two crew members ejected from their U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle when the aircraft experienced equipment malfunction over northeast, Libya, March 21, at approximately 10:30 p.m. CET. Both crew members ejected and are safe. The aircraft, based out of Royal Air[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2011.   Index for Today’s Briefing EGYPT March 19 Constitutional Referendum LIBYA Secretary Clinton Calls Regarding Libya U.S. Continues to Maintain Contact with Libyan Opposition UNSCR 1973 No Fly Zone Colonel Qadhafi and Associates Need to Step Down Having Turned Weapons Against Their Own People/Need to be[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2011.   “Today Der Spiegel published photographs depicting actions repugnant to us as human beings and contrary to the standards and values of the United States Army.  We apologize for the distress these photos cause.  The actions portrayed in these photographs remain under investigation and are now[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2011 – 8:00 P.M. EDT.  NEI has added a new graphic to its website: Emergency Presparedness: Protecting the Public and Environment. UPDATE AS OF 6:30 P.M. EDT, MONDAY, MARCH 21: Japan’s NHK broadcasting network reported that Tokyo Electric Power Co. confirmed that the March 11 earthquake and tsunami[Read More…]

Vienna, Austria–(ENEWSPF)–21 March 2011 – 23:15 UTC.  Status of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Japanese authorities have notified the IAEA that efforts to restore power for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are on-going. As of 19 March at 21:46 UTC, the power centre at unit 2 had received electricity. Work[Read More…]

Santiago, Chile–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2011 – 4:27 P.M. CT PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Muchas gracias.  Thank you so much.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  Thank you so much.  Thank you.  Thank you.  Please, please, everyone be seated. Thank you.  Buenas tardes.  It is a wonderful honor to be here in Santiago, Chile.  And I want[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–21 March 2011 – An independent United Nations expert today raised the alarm on what he called the “intensifying” deterioration of human rights in East Jerusalem, including the forced eviction of Palestinians from their homes and continued Israeli settlement expansion. “The continued pattern of settlement expansion in East Jerusalem[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–21 March 2011 – The international emergency response framework for dealing with nuclear power plant accidents needs to be reassessed and communications improved in light of the current crisis in Japan, the head of the United Nations agency that coordinates global nuclear safety said today. “Nuclear power will remain[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–21 March 2011 – The international community must “continue to speak with one voice” on the unfolding developments in Libya, or the humanitarian situation in the North African country will only worsen, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today during his visit to the region. Speaking to journalists in Egypt, Mr.[Read More…]