Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2010. On the occasion of his historic state visit to Indonesia, President Barack Obama and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono held talks today in Jakarta where they officially inaugurated the Comprehensive Partnership between the Republic of Indonesia and the United States of America.  Through this partnership, the two[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2010.   INDEX: DEPARTMENT Secretary Clinton En Route Home from Asia Tour / Stop in Pago Pago Secretary Clinton Meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad and Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit / Thursday in New York with PM Netanyahu / 1,300 New Israeli Housing Units in East Jerusalem[Read More…]

INDIA–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2010.  Reaffirming their nations’ shared values and increasing convergence of interests, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama resolved today in New Delhi to expand and strengthen the India-U.S. global strategic partnership. The two leaders welcomed the deepening relationship between the world’s two largest democracies.  They commended[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2010.   “Following the thwarted terrorist plot last week to conceal and ship explosive devices on board aircraft bound for the U.S., the Administration took a number of immediate steps to increase security by tightening existing measures related to cargo bound for the United States. Some of the[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–8 November 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged authorities in Myanmar to ensure a credible transition towards democracy following the “insufficiently inclusive” vote held on Sunday in the South-east Asian nation. The election, the first to be held in the country in 20 years, is part of a[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–8 November 2010 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today it has received a $90 million donation from the United States which, combined with other recent contributions, will help prevent a reduction in food aid to millions of people affected by the recent catastrophic floods in[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2010.  Harold James Nicholson, 59, appeared before U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown and pleaded guilty to the crimes of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government and conspiracy to commit international money laundering, David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, and Dwight C.[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2010.  What follows is the transcript of a teleconference that took place November 7, 2010. MR. CROWLEY: Okay. Good afternoon, everybody. Happy Sunday. We’ve had some intensive activity in Sudan in the last 48 hours following up on work that’s been done over several months, but focused[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–8 November 2010 – Members of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies should strengthen policies to create jobs and reverse the prevailing high rates of unemployment, the United Nations labour agency said today, three days ahead of the bloc’s summit in the Republic of Korea’s capital, Seoul. In[Read More…]

New Delhi, India–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2010 – 5:40 P.M. IST THE PRESIDENT:  Mr. Vice President, Madam Speaker, Mr. Prime Minister, members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, and most of all, the people of India. I thank you for the great honor of addressing the representatives of more than one billion[Read More…]