Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2011 – 11:18 A.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Hello, everybody.  It is my great pleasure on St. Patrick’s Day to welcome the new Taoiseach, Prime Minister Kenny.  We are thrilled to have him here.  And we want to congratulate him on his historic victory. We obviously have the[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2011 – UPDATE AS OF 1:30 P.M. EDT: Radiation readings at the Fukushima Daiichi site boundary were measured today at a lower level, between 2 and 3 millirem per hour. UPDATE AS OF 11:35 A.M. EDT, THURSDAY, MARCH 17: Fukushima DaiichiThe reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant[Read More…]

Vienna, Austria–(ENEWSPF)–17 March 2011 – 17:55 UTC– Japanese authorities have informed the IAEA that engineers were able to lay an external grid power line cable to unit 2. The operation was completed at 08:30 UTC. They plan to reconnect power to unit 2 once the spraying of water on the[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–17 March 2011 – The United Nations human rights chief today voiced alarm over the escalation of violence by security forces in Bahrain, particularly the reported takeover of hospitals and medical centres in the country, which she said was shocking and a blatant violation of international law. Bahraini authorities[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2011.   The President spoke last night by telephone with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan to discuss the status of ongoing relief efforts in Japan, including the emergency at the Fukushima nuclear plant. The President again conveyed his deep condolences at the tragic loss of life and[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2011. The following remarks are attributed to Secretary of State Clinton. On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of Ireland as they celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this March 17th. The bonds between our two nations stretch back to[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2011.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending March 12, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 385,000, a decrease of 16,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 401,000. The 4-week moving average was 386,250, a decrease of 7,000 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]

BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–17 March 2011.  In the spirit of “smart defence”, nine Nations have launched at the end of February a five-year project that will significantly boost the Alliance’s ability to tackle new challenges such as piracy by rapidly sharing imagery and other information from intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets. Under the[Read More…]

Vienna, Austria–(ENEWSPF)–17 March 2011 – 11:05 UTC.  Based on a press release from the Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary dated 17 March 2011 04:00 UTC, the IAEA can confirm that the Japanese military carried out four helicopter water droppings over the building of reactor unit 3 of the Fukushima Daichi nuclear[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 16, 2011.  Via teleconference.   MR. HAMMER: Thank you very much, everybody, for joining us this evening. You will have Under Secretary for Management at the State Department Pat Kennedy and Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Poneman briefing you in a few moments. They will – Mr. Kennedy[Read More…]