Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing MALI Humanitarian Assistance / ECOWAS CUBA Cuba Policy / The Pope’s Visit REGION BRICS / Delhi Declaration / Iran SYRIA Secretary’s Meeting with ICRC President Kellenberger Efforts of Kofi Annan / Want to See End to Violence Arab League Summit / Iraq[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2012. While it is critical that we not put American jobs and safety at risk and hurt our economic recovery by allowing funding to run out, it is not enough for us to continue to patch together our nation’s infrastructure future with short-term band-aids. States and cities[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2012 – 12:29 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY:  All right.  Good afternoon, everyone.  Welcome to the White House for your daily briefing.  It’s my pleasure to see you.  I don’t have any opening statements.  I’ll just note that you should have a paper statement that I put out[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2012. House Republicans today banded together to shower millionaires and billionaires with a massive tax cut paid for by ending Medicare as we know it and making extremely deep cuts to critical programs needed to create jobs and strengthen the middle class.  The Ryan Republican budget would[Read More…]

BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–29 March 2012.  The NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen met today with Nobel Peace Prize winner Mrs Tawakkol Karman, from Yemen, and peace activist Ms Hibaaq Osman, from Somalia, in the margins of a NATO-sponsored conference on women, peace and security. Mrs Karman and Ms Osman were visiting NATO[Read More…]

Petition focuses on the Honduran government’s failure to enforce labor laws in three export-related sectors: manufacturing, agriculture, and port operations Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2012 – This week the AFL-CIO joined the main Honduran trade unions to file a petition with the Department of Labor’s Public Office of Trade & Labor[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2012.  The United States will join partners from nearly 70 countries, international organizations, and the private sector at the United Nations in New York on March 29 for a plenary meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia. The Contact Group is a[Read More…]

Des Moines, Iowa—(ENEWSPF)—March 29, 2012.  Attendees representing the 99% movement will ask Wells Fargo to stop practices that hurt our families and communities. What:    Meeting between Wells Fargo executive Jon Campbell and representatives of National People’s Action (NPA) affiliates Iowa CCI, Take Action Minnesota, Sunflower Community Action, Rights for All[Read More…]

Decision Emphasizes David House’s First Amendment-Protected Associations BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2012.  A federal judge late Wednesday denied the government’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the suspicionless search and seizure of electronics belonging to activist David House when he reentered the U.S. after a vacation. The American Civil Liberties Union and[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2012.  The Enough Project, a human rights organization, has collaborated with comedy video website Funny or Die on a video calling for solutions to Central Africa’s Lord’s Resistance Army conflict. The satirical, three-minute video features former NBC Law & Order: SVU co-star Christopher Meloni, who has recently joined[Read More…]