Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2010. INDEX: DEPARTMENT Counselor Cheryl Mills delivers remarks at Global Agriculture and Food Security Symposium/ Remarks followed USAID Administrator Shah’s speech on the U.S. Government’s new architecture for food security U.S. appalled at the sentencing of same sex couple to 14 years of hard labor in Malawi[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 May 2010 – Despite some progress in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region, violent clashes between Government and rebel forces persist, civilians are still dying or being displaced and humanitarian workers are still coming under attack, the top United Nations official in the region said today. “Results have been mixed[Read More…]

BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–20 May 2010.  NATO strongly condemns the North Korean actions which resulted in the sinking of the Cheonan, established in the findings of the multinational investigation. The Alliance expresses its sympathy over the loss of the 46 sailors of the Republic of Korea and condemns the act of aggression that[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) released the following statement on the report investigating the sinking of the Republic of Korea Navy Ship, the Cheonan: “I am deeply troubled by the report issued today by a team of international investigators that points to the conclusion[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2010.  Workers from the United Steelworkers (USW) gathered in front of the Mexican Embassy at 1911 Pennsylvania Ave., NW on May 19 to protest Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s visit to Washington and, to condemn his government’s repression of democratic labor unions in Mexico. . The USW and the AFL-CIO[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2010.  To help counter an anticipated shortage of skilled transportation workers, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today signed an agreement with the Women’s Transportation Seminar International to encourage women to complete undergraduate and graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and math – while pursuing careers in transportation.[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2010. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending May 15, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 471,000, an increase of 25,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 446,000. The 4-week moving average was 453,500, an increase of 3,000 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 May 2010 – The United Nations is committed to having an active presence in the southern part of Afghanistan, despite the insecurity in the region, the top United Nations envoy to the country pledged today. “The UN has been here in this country and, particularly in the southern[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 May 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced serious concern over the results of the investigation into the sinking of a navy ship off the coast of the Republic of Korea, alleged by the country to have been carried out by its northern neighbour, the Democratic People’s Republic[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2010. The President has expressed his deep sympathy to President Lee and the Korean people for the loss of 46 sailors on the Republic of Korea Navy ship Cheonan that was sunk on March 26 by a torpedo.  The United States strongly condemns the act of aggression[Read More…]