WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2010. 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…]
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QVC Recalls Spinning Candle Holders Due to Fire Hazard
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2010. The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of Product: Metallic spinning candle holders[Read More…]
STIHL Inc. Recalls Chain Saws Due to Laceration Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2010. 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…]
Afghanistan: It May Get Worse Before It Gets Better, Top UN Envoy Warns
NEW YORK–(ENWESPF)–23 December 2010 – In the face of increased successes by international forces and the national army in Afghanistan, the Taliban may attempt spectacular attacks in the coming weeks, the top United Nations envoy in the country warned yesterday. “In other words, our sentiment is: before it gets better[Read More…]
Côte d’Ivoire: UN Substantiates Reports of Killings, Torture, Arrests and Disappearances
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–23 December 2010 – Human rights officers in Côte d’Ivoire have substantiated allegations of more than 170 killings, hundreds of arrests and dozens of cases of torture, ill treatment and enforced disappearance of people over the past one week, a senior United Nations rights official said today. The West[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending December 18, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2010. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Dec. 18, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 420,000, a decrease of 3,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 423,000. The 4-week moving average was 426,000, an increase of 2,500 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]
Joint US-EU Statement on Post-Presidential Elections’ Situation in Belarus
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2010. The following is a joint statement by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton on the post-presidential elections situation in Belarus. “The United States and the European Union reiterate their call for the immediate release of the presidential candidates and the[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Marine Casualty, December 23, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2010. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Lance Cpl. William H. Crouse IV, 22, of Woodruff, S.C., died Dec. 21 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Marine[Read More…]
Forest Trail Chess Team Takes Honors
Forest Trail Middle School. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Forest Trail Middle School recently won first place in the middle school division of the Mayor Daley’s 3rd Annual Chess Championship in Chicago. Five of the team’s players placed in the top ten. Team members include Matthew Ballard, Alex Godley, Whitney[Read More…]
No Christmas In Iraq This Year
(ENEWSPF)- Iraq is not safe for Christians this Christmas, the Associated Press reports: Iraqi Christians on Wednesday called off Christmas festivities across the country as al-Qaida insurgents threatened more attacks on a beleaguered community still terrified from a bloody siege at a Baghdad church two months earlier. A council representing[Read More…]
