Addis Ababa, Ethiopia–(ENEWSPF)–30 January 2012.  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for action on a new blueprint for creating a sustainable planet, a just society and a growing economy, stressing that the current path will not lead to a fair and resilient future for the world’s people. “We need to chart a[Read More…]

VIENNA–(ENEWSPF)–30 January 2012.  Sixty international experts assessing the radiation exposures and health effects resulting from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan last March kicked off a week-long meeting today in Vienna. “We are putting together a jigsaw puzzle, evaluating the exposures of the general public,[Read More…]

BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–30 January 2012.  Today, the NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Dr Adbullatif Al-Zayani met to discuss a range of issues including developments in the Middle East, the importance of cooperative security and of regular contacts between NATO and the[Read More…]

BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–30 January 2012. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen met with Romania’s President, Mr. Traian Basescu, and had a follow up discussion on the preparations for the Alliance’s upcoming summit in Chicago. During a joint press conference, the Secretary General praised Romania’s valuable contribution to NATO’s operations and its active[Read More…]

Settlement Requires Company to Pay $2.5 Million Penalty & Implement New Business Practices to Protect Consumers WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—January 30, 2012. Asset Acceptance LLC, a Michigan-based debt buyer, has agreed to a consent decree to settle a civil lawsuit regarding its debt collection activities, the Justice Department announced today. In the decree,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2012.  The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the escalation of the Syrian regime’s violent and brutal attacks on its own people. In the past few days we have seen intensified Syrian security operations all around the country which have killed hundreds of civilians. The[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2012.    On Tuesday, in my State of the Union Address, I laid out a blueprint for an economy built to last – an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of American values. This week, I took that blueprint[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2012.  Index for Today’s Briefing RUSSIA Russian Central Election Commission DEPARTMENT Secretary to Travel to Germany and Bulgaria Secretary’s Meeting with President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Twitter Freedom of Expression / Private Companies Should Develop Broad Policies FRANCE Departure of French Troops from Afghanistan[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 27 – The Brennan Center for Justice submitted written testimony in advance of today’s U.S. Senate hearing examining Florida’s new election law, H.B. 1355, stating that the law’s onerous restrictions on community-based voter registration drives are unconstitutional and offering solutions for modernizing the state’s voter registration system. In[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2012. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Spirit Airlines $100,000 for failing to appropriately record and respond to complaints about the carrier’s treatment of passengers with disabilities, violating DOT’s rules implementing the Air Carrier Access Act which prohibits discrimination in air travel on the basis[Read More…]