BOR, JONGLEI STATE, South Sudan–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2012. The threat of escalating, mass violence against civilians in South Sudan’s volatile Jonglei border-state looms large, according to a new Enough Project field report and video.  Over the past year, violence in the world’s newest nation has been particularly severe in Jonglei state, accounting for more[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2012. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today announced that Toyota Motor Corporation has agreed to pay $17.35 million, the maximum fine allowable under the law, in response to the agency’s assertion that the automaker failed to report a safety defect to the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2012. The President spoke by telephone last night with Shinzo Abe, the President of the Liberal Democratic Party, to congratulate him on the results of yesterday’s Lower House elections in Japan.  Both sides reaffirmed the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance as the cornerstone of peace and security[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2012. Tonight, our country has lost a true American hero with the passing of Senator Daniel Inouye.  The second-longest serving Senator in the history of the chamber, Danny represented the people of Hawaii in Congress from the moment they joined the Union.  In Washington, he worked to[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2012. Japan Voters Return Pro-Nuclear Party to Power Industry/Regulatory/Political U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has recommended requiring engineered filters to the containment vents for Mark I and Mark II boiling water reactors as a post-Fukushima response. A staff paper released this week for the commission’s consideration said[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2012. The United States is deeply concerned by reports that dozens of civilians, including women and children, were killed or wounded in Yarmouk, an area of Damascus home to 150,000 Palestinian refugees, as a result of aerial bombardment and fighting between Syrian government forces and armed opposition[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Secretary’s Health / Status of Accountability Review Board Report SYRIA Statement by Farouk al-Shara / Update on Regime Violence AFGHANISTAN Track Two Dialogue / Hosted by a Paris-Based Think Tank EGYPT Update on Referendum IRAN Statement by Foreign Minister Salehi /[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2012 – 1:17 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, everyone.  Thanks for being here.  I think as you know, the President and Speaker of the House had a meeting here at the White House a little earlier today.  Conversations continue.  I have no readout of that meeting[Read More…]

JAPAN–(ENEWSPF)–17 December 2012 – An agreement between the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and administrators from Japan’s Fukushima prefecture was signed over the weekend, ushering in a new era of emergency preparedness and radiation monitoring for the beleaguered Japanese prefecture. The Memorandum of Cooperation – signed on the[Read More…]

Government Should Consult Educators on Protection Strategy New York–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2012. Separatist insurgents in Thailand’s southern border provinces should immediately end all attacks on teachers and schools. In the most recent attack, on December 11, 2012, ethnic Malay Muslim insurgents entered a school in Pattani province at lunch hour and[Read More…]