BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–22 March 2011. The following remarks are attributed to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. NATO has now decided to launch an operation to enforce the arms embargo against Libya. All Allies are committed to meet their responsibilities under the United Nations resolution to stop the intolerable violence against Libyan[Read More…]
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Vice President Biden Issues Call to Action to Boost College Graduation Rates Nationwide
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2011. Vice President Joe Biden today issued a call to action to boost college graduation rates across the country and help the nation meet President Obama’s goal for the United States to have the best-educated workforce and the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by[Read More…]
Readout of President Obama’s Call with Prime Minister Erdogan of Turkey
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2011. The President spoke yesterday evening with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey to continue the two leaders’ consultations on the situation in Libya. The President expressed appreciation for Turkey’s ongoing humanitarian efforts in Libya, including its assistance in facilitating the release and safe passage[Read More…]
Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, March 22, 2011 (9:30 AM EDT)
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2011 – 9:30 A.M. EDT. Tokyo Electric Power Co. has reconnected external power supply at Fukushima Daiichi reactors 1, 2, 5 and 6. Offsite electricity is providing power to cooling pumps for the used fuel pools at reactors 5 and 6. Components and circuits at reactors 1 and[Read More…]
International Atomic Energy Agency Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update, 22 March 2011 (04:15 UTC)
Vienna, Austria–(ENEWSPF)–22 March 2011 – 4:15 UTC. Japanese authorities have reported that they will measure radioactivity in the marine environment around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The monitoring will be conducted from 22-23 March by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). Sea water sampling from eight locations[Read More…]
British Ministry of Defence: Operations in Libya Having a Very Real Effect
GREAT BRITAIN—(ENEWSPF)—22 March 2011. Coalition operations against Colonel Gaddafi’s forces are having a very real effect in protecting the city of Benghazi, Major General John Lorimer, the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Strategic Communications Officer, said today, Tuesday 22 March 2011. General Lorimer was speaking at a media briefing in[Read More…]
F-15E Incident in Libya; Crew Recovered
USS MOUNT WHITNEY, Mediterranean Sea (AFNS)–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2011. Two crew members ejected from their U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle when the aircraft experienced equipment malfunction over northeast, Libya, March 21, at approximately 10:30 p.m. CET. Both crew members ejected and are safe. The aircraft, based out of Royal Air[Read More…]
Seven To Be Inducted Into Park Forest 2011 Hall Of Fame April 3
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Historical Society will induct seven into the Park Forest Hall of Fame on Sunday April 3, 2011, 3 p.m. at Freedom Hall, 410 Lakewood Blvd. The ceremony and reception are free and open to the general public. The 2011 inductees will join more than[Read More…]
AT&T Workers Who Rescued Woman In Home Explosion Honored In Park Forest (Video)
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Two AT&T employees, Ron Shockley, 37, and his partner Garreth Carpenter, 35, rescued a Park Forest woman after a home explosion on Bailey Street in Park Forest, IL. Shockley climbed up the ladder and assisted the Park Forest woman from what remained of her home and carried[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Mark C. Toner, March 21, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2011. Index for Today’s Briefing EGYPT March 19 Constitutional Referendum LIBYA Secretary Clinton Calls Regarding Libya U.S. Continues to Maintain Contact with Libyan Opposition UNSCR 1973 No Fly Zone Colonel Qadhafi and Associates Need to Step Down Having Turned Weapons Against Their Own People/Need to be[Read More…]
