Geneva–(ENEWSPF)–26 April 2010.  With the shift of the armed conflict away from densely populated areas towards more remote regions, the plight of tens of thousands of people who still bear the brunt of the fighting has become almost invisible, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said today. “The[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 April 2010 – Four peacekeepers serving with the joint African Union-United Nations Mission in the war-ravaged Sudanese region of Darfur (UNAMID) were released today after having spent more than two weeks in captivity. The unarmed South African police advisers – two women and two men – were abducted[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 April 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the Afghan authorities to probe last October’s attack on a United Nations guesthouse in Kabul after a board of inquiry suggested that a UN staffer may have been killed by Afghan security forces who may have mistaken him for[Read More…]

Bentonville, Arkansas—(ENEWSPF)—April 26, 2010. Statement from Jeff Gearhart, Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Walmart regarding today’s decision by the 9th Circuit Court ruling that a massive class action lawsuit alleging gender discrimination over pay for female workers can go to trial: “We are pleased that the court agreed[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2010.  A comprehensive new report from AARP defines key issues at the forefront of Congressional consideration of transportation for older Americans and others with special mobility needs. The report “Policy Options to Improve Specialized Transportation” from AARP’s Public Policy Institute also highlights a set of policy options many[Read More…]

Asheville, North Carolina—(ENEWSPF)—April 25, 2010.  After Air Force One departed the Asheville Regional Airport in Asheville NC, Airport Police observed an unknown white male later identified as Joseph S. McVey of Coshocton, OH, as he pulled into a parking space in the Rental Car Return Lot. Mr. McVey was driving[Read More…]

BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–26 April 2010.  The Secretary General of NATO, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, took part in the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on Monday, 26 April 2010. During a session devoted to Afghanistan, chaired by EU High Representative Baroness Catherine Ashton and attended by both Foreign and Defence Ministers, the[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 April 2010 – The global intellectual property system must encourage innovation and creativity around the world and ensure that the benefits are accessible to all while protecting the attendant rights, the top United Nations official in the field said today. “Rapid innovation and its global adoption has transformed[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 April 2010 – Marking the 24th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster – which exposed more than 8 million people in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia to radiation – today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his commitment to reviving sections of the three nations still coping with the catastrophe. “We[Read More…]

Beckley, West Virginia–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2010 – 5:20 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Governor; the families of the miners that we lost, and the President and I had the pleasure to meet. I learned about the courage and valor and gumption of miners sitting around my grandfather’s kitchen table in Scranton,[Read More…]