NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–29 November 2012 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the urgency of stepping up efforts to get the Middle East peace process back on track, and urged Israelis and Palestinians to show courageous leadership to reach a two-State solution. “Achieving the two-State solution, to which both Israel[Read More…]

Joins Powerful Group that Includes Former Heads of State, Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington, Sting, Russell Simmons, and Former U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Secretary of Defense, U.S. Surgeon General, U.S. Attorney General  and Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—November 29, 2012. Physician, bestselling author and global thought leader[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2012. At least 75 Tibetans – including many Buddhist monks and nuns – have set themselves on fire this year. Many shouted for the return of the Dalai Lama and for freedom for Tibetans as they burned and some made the same demands in written statements. This[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 29, 2012.  The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that the National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders, used as an index in some adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) contracts, was 3.44 percent based on loans closed in October. There was[Read More…]

Boys Report Serving as Fighters, Guards, and Lookouts New York–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2012.  Armed opposition groups fighting in Syria are using children for combat and other military purposes, Human Rights Watch said today. Children as young as 14 have served in at least three opposition brigades, transporting weapons and supplies and[Read More…]

Almost 12,000 Petition Signatures Urge the Legislature to Steer Clear of Right to Work  Lansing, MI–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2012.  Firefighters and nurses visited a dozen state senate offices at the capitol yesterday, delivering thousands of petition signatures opposing a Right to Work law and other bills intended to weaken collective bargaining[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 28, 2012 – 12:40 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Welcome to your daily briefing.  As you can see over my left shoulder, today the White House launched a new effort to help let Americans’ voices be heard in this debate about our fiscal challenges,[Read More…]

Quantico psychiatrist: Bradley Manning’s pretrial conditions worse than death row   Ft. Meade, MD–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2012 – Yesterday at Bradley Manning’s Article 13 hearing, professional military psychiatrist Captain Kevin Moore testified that Bradley Manning’s pretrial confinement conditions at Quantico military brig were worse than that of any other long-term pretrial prisoner[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2012.  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending November 24, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 393,000, a decrease of 23,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 416,000. The 4-week moving average was 405,250, an increase of 7,500 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]

KABUL, Afghanistan–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2012 – The International Security Assistance Force condemns in the strongest terms this morning’s roadside bombing in Deh Rawad, Uruzgan which killed several innocent Afghan civilians and injured several more, according to the Deh Rawad district governor. His statement said several children were among the dead. “Today’s[Read More…]