Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2010.   SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Nov. 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 435,000, a decrease of 24,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 459,000. The 4-week moving average was 446,500, a decrease of 10,000 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2010.   INDEX: DEPARTMENT Secretary Clinton Meeting with Egyptian FM Gheit Tomorrow U.S. Working Closely with Haitian Government in Aftermath of Hurricane Tomas / Establishment of 16 Treatment Centers / Cholera Status of Supplemental Funding to Haiti Iran Has Responded to EU High Representative Ashton / Proposed Tentative[Read More…]

From Time Magazine online: This Cowboys have gotten used to losing football games. Now they’ve lost their website. Sometimes in life, it’s not the huge defeats or the mammoth humiliations that bother us most, it’s the small things. Those epic embarrassments we can cover up, build walls to protect ourselves[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–9 November 2010 – The growing problem of piracy off the Somali coast demands more than just military efforts, the United Nations political chief told the Security Council today, calling for simultaneous action on three fronts – deterrence, security and the rule of law, and development – to combat[Read More…]

Miami, FL—(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2010.  At approximately 6 am Monday morning (U.S. Pacific Standard Time), a fire was detected in the aft engine room aboard the cruise ship Carnival Splendor.  The fire was extinguished.  There were no injuries to guests or crew. The ship has been operating on auxiliary generators and[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2010.  The Justice Department and Hilton Worldwide Inc. today announced a comprehensive, precedent-setting agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that will make state-of-the-art accessibility changes to approximately 900 hotels nationwide. The agreement is in the form of a proposed consent decree filed today in federal court[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2010.  The following statement may be attributed to Matthew Miller, Director, Office of Public Affairs: “In January 2008, Attorney General Michael Mukasey appointed Assistant United States Attorney John Durham to investigate the destruction by CIA personnel of videotapes of detainee interrogations. Since that time, a team of prosecutors[Read More…]

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2010.  The U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) today issued a set of recommendations for the United States to bring its human rights policies and practices in line with international standards. The recommendations are the result of the first-ever participation by the U.S. in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)[Read More…]

Jakarta, Indonesia–(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2010 – 6:35 P.M. WIT PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO:  (As translated.)  Your Excellency, President Barack Obama, today Indonesia has the honor of welcoming the state visit fulfilling my invitation to him.  It is my hope that this visit that we have been waiting for so long by the people[Read More…]

Aboard Air Force One–(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2010 – 3:32 P.M. WIT Also participating in today’s Press Gaggle are NSC Senior Director for Asian Affairs Jeff Bader and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communication Ben Rhodes. MR. GIBBS: So we are going to hear in just a second from Ben Rhodes[Read More…]