Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT World Press Freedom Day / Uzbek Journalist Dilmurod Sayid SUDAN/SOUTH SUDAN South Sudan Forces Withdraw from Heglig / Call for Immediate Cessation of Violence / Special Envoy Princeton Lyman / Working with the AU / Comprehensive Peace Agreement MIDDLE EAST PEACE[Read More…]

Unprecedented move denies legal right of hundreds of shareholders to attend meeting, suggests Wells Fargo executives unwilling to deal with face-to-face criticism Protests part of new wave of 99% activism holding big corporations accountable over CEO pay, tax dodging SAN FRANCISCO—(ENEWSPF)—April 24, 2012.  In an unprecedented move today, Wells Fargo[Read More…]

Chapel Hill, North Carolina–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2012 – 1:13 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you!  (Applause.)  Hello, North Carolina!  (Applause.)  What’s up, Tar Heels?  (Applause.) Now, first of all, I want to thank Domonique for that unbelievable introduction.  Wasn’t she good?  (Applause.)  You can tell she will be an outstanding teacher.  AUDIENCE[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 24, 2012.  U.S. house prices rose 0.3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from January to February, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index. While prices in January were unchanged according to initial estimates reported in the last HPI release, the January result has[Read More…]

Hospital Chain’s Demand for Over 100 Cuts in Care, RN Standards While Amassing Huge Profits Prompts Third One-Day RN Strike CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2012.  With the wealthy Sutter Health corporation continuing to demand more than 100 sweeping reductions in patient care and nurses’ standards and workplace conditions, registered nurses at eight[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2012.  The Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP) has published new imagery confirming that the Government of Sudan has dramatically increased the number of military strike aircraft at two airbases and that many are in range to fly deep into South Sudan. SSP has also documented, through the Harvard Humanitarian[Read More…]

Paris/Ouagadougou–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2012—Access to food, water, and basic shelter continues to deteriorate for refugees from Mali in makeshift camps in a desert region of Burkina Faso, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Monday. More than a quarter million people have fled to Mali’s[Read More…]

ACLU Suit Seeks to Hold U.S. Government Officials Accountable For Torture of American Citizen Jose Padilla NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2012.  The mother of a U.S. citizen accused of being an “enemy combatant” and the American Civil Liberties Union today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate a lawsuit against former[Read More…]

En Route North Carolina–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2012 – 11:30 A.M. EDT MR. CARNEY:  I have no announcements to make at the top except to welcome you on Air Force One today as we make our way to North Carolina for our first stop on a two-day, three-stop college tour, where the President[Read More…]

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–24 April 2012.  Some 35,000 people have been displaced by the recent fighting near the border between Sudan and South Sudan, the United Nations refugee agency saidtoday, adding that new outbreaks of violence are putting refugees’ safety at risk. Addressing the media in Geneva, a spokesperson for the Office of[Read More…]