(Photo: USGS) Honshu, Japan–(ENEWSPF)– The United States Geological Survey issued a preliminary earthquake report of yet another aftershock near the coast of Honshu, Japan. This one registering at 6.1 magnitude. The quake struck at 7:48 a.m. CST at a depth of 53.1 km. Relative to other locations, the quake hit[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2011 – UPDATE AS OF 8 P.M. EDT.Powered by an emergency diesel generator, pumps are circulating cooling water in the spent fuel pools of reactors 5 and 6 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, according to reports. The company also added water to the used fuel[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2011.   It is with great regret that I announce that Ambassador Pascual has asked President Obama and me to accept his resignation as our ambassador to Mexico For the past year and a half, Ambassador Pascual has been an architect and advocate for the U.S.-Mexico relationship,[Read More…]

GREAT BRITAIN–(ENEWSPF)–20 Mar 11.  A Royal Navy submarine and RAF Tornado jets have participated in coordinated strikes against key Libyan military installations as part of the coalition plan to enforce UN Resolution 1973. The Chief of Defence Staff’s Strategic Communications Officer Major General John Lorimer said: “British Armed Forces, as[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2011 – Coalition forces launched “Operation Odyssey Dawn” today to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973 to protect the Libyan people from the country’s ruler. The goal of the military coalition is to prevent further attacks by regime forces on Libyan citizens, officials said, adding that the coalition[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2011 – Coalition members fired 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Libya’s integrated air and missile defense system today as a precursor to setting up a no-fly zone over the country, Pentagon officials said.  In Brazil, where he is on the first leg of a three-nation trip to South[Read More…]

Paris, France–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2011.   At the invitation of President of the French Republic, M. Nicolas SARKOZY, Mr. Ban Ki Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations ; Mr. José Luis Zapatero, President of the Government of the Kingdom of Spain, Mrs. Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of Germany ; Mr. Steven[Read More…]

Brasilia, Brazil–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2011 – 4:04 P.M. BRT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Boa tarde.  Thank you very much.  Please, please, everybody be seated.  It is a great joy to be here in Brazil, and on behalf of Michelle and myself, I want to thank the people of Brasilia for the[Read More…]

Brasilia, Brazil–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2011 – 5:07 P.M. BRT THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Today I authorized the Armed Forces of the United States to begin a limited military action in Libya in support of an international effort to protect Libyan civilians.  That action has now begun. In this effort, the United[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2011 – Update as of 2:00 PM EST.  Radiation doses at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant continue to decrease. Radiation dose rates at the site boundary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant ranged from 1 millirem to 3 millirem per hour on March 18. Eighteen[Read More…]