Islamabad, Pakistan–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2011 – 5:04 P.M. Pakistan Standard Time. PRIME MINISTER GILANI: Mr. Vice President, it gives me immense pleasure to once again welcome you to Pakistan. We regard you as a good friend and appreciate your important contribution to reviewing the friendship and partnership between the United States[Read More…]
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Readout of President Obama’s Meeting with Prime Minister Hariri of Lebanon
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2011. President Obama met today with Prime Minister Saad Hariri of Lebanon. The President commended the Prime Minister for his steadfast leadership and efforts to reach peace, stability, and consensus in Lebanon under difficult circumstances. The efforts by the Hizballah-led coalition to collapse the Lebanese government only[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Phillip J. Crowley, January 12, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2011. INDEX: DEPARTMENT Secretary Clinton Travel / Meetings with Officials / Bilateral and Regional Issues / Gulf Cooperation Council Special Representative Gration Travel to Darfur / Meeting with Government Officials and Civil Society / Voter Turnout / Referendum Ambassador Bob Loftis Remarks on Southern Sudan A/S Valenzuela[Read More…]
Airmen Missing From Vietnam War Identified, January 12, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2011. The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of two servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and returned to their families for burial with full military honors. Air Force Col. James E. Dennany, 34, of Kalamazoo,[Read More…]
UN: Floods Continue to Displace Thousands of People in Sri Lanka
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–12 January 2011 – Floods and landslides caused by ongoing torrential rainfall in Sri Lanka have continued to displace more people, with the number of those affected approaching the one million mark, and the death toll standing at 18, the United Nation humanitarian office said today. A total of[Read More…]
UN Deplores Ambush of Peacekeepers in Côte d’Ivoire
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–12 January 2011 – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire today spoke out against an ambush of its peacekeepers by armed forces loyal to outgoing president Laurent Gbagbo in the country’s capital of Abidjan overnight. A team made up of UN police and military personnel was coming[Read More…]
UN Marks One-Year Anniversary of Haiti Earthquake
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–12 January 2011 – On the one-year anniversary of the earthquake which devastated Haiti, the United Nations is today remembering the disaster’s victims in memorial events in Port-au-Prince, New York and elsewhere around the world. In the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, staff at the United Nations Stabilization Mission in[Read More…]
White-Rodgers Recalls Home Heating and Cooling Thermostats Due to Fire Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2011. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a[Read More…]
Marker Völkl USA and Kästle Recall Ski Bindings Due to Fall Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2011. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]
NOAA Will Work With Six Identified Nations to Address Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2011. NOAA today submitted a report to Congress identifying six nations – Colombia, Ecuador, Italy, Panama, Portugal, and Venezuela – whose fishing vessels engaged in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in 2009 and/or 2010. This opens the way for continued consultations between the U.S. government and[Read More…]
