Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– Responding to OECD predictions that 2010 will see overseas aid stand at a staggering $21bn lower than promised, Head of Oxfam Campaign, Emma Seery said: “This missing $21 billion could pay for every child to go to school, and could save the lives of 2 million of the[Read More…]
Day: February 18, 2010
Iran ‘Shows Contempt’ for Human Rights by Rejecting UN Recommendations, Says Amnesty International
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– Amnesty International today criticized Iran for rejecting important recommendations by the United Nations to improve human rights in the country. The recommendations rejected by Iran include: ending the execution of juvenile offenders, upholding fair trial guarantees, releasing people detained for peacefully exercising their human rights and investigating torture[Read More…]
National Whistleblowers Center Refutes False Charges Made Against UBS Whistleblower
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– Today, the National Whistleblowers Center released evidence regarding the case of UBS whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld, which demonstrates his heroic efforts to expose tax fraud. Attached to the fact sheet prepared by the NWC are scanned original documents related to the illegal UBS tax scandal. "The record shows[Read More…]
Tell Cable News: No More PR Pundits
Channels disguise corporate propaganda as ‘analysis’ NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)– Scores of pundits appearing on cable news networks are paid corporate lobbyists and PR flaks–and the networks aren’t disclosing their corporate ties. In a new report in the Nation (3/1/10), reporter Sebastian Jones writes: Since 2007 at least 75 registered lobbyists, public[Read More…]
New Hampshire House Overwhelmingly Rejects Attempt to Repeal Marriage Rights
“New Hampshire Joins Iowa in Reinforcing the Freedom to Marry" NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)– Statement by Evan Wolfson, Executive Director of Freedom to Marry following the New Hampshire House of Representatives votes rejecting HR1590-FN, a bill that would repeal the freedom to marry, and CACR 28, a resolution seeking to amend the[Read More…]
More Proof That Marijuana is Medicine
Commentary The Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR), based at the University of California, San Diego, published a report today summarizing the results of clinical trials studying medical marijuana’s efficacy in treating pain. The studies, funded by CMCR under the mandate of a 1999 legislative action, found that marijuana is[Read More…]
Iowa’s Board of Pharmacy Votes to Recommend Medical Marijuana
Commentary Great news from the great state of Iowa: Today the state’s Board of Pharmacy voted 6-0 to recommend to lawmakers that the state reclassify marijuana as a Schedule II drug and create a task force to study the possible implementation of medical marijuana in the state. This recommendation puts[Read More…]
DEA Agent Changes Tone After Threatening to Raid Dispensaries
Commentary Chris Bartkowicz was conducting a medical marijuana growing operation in his suburban Denver basement and was so confident that he was complying with state law that he decided to talk to the media, boasting to Denver’s NBC affiliate about the size and success of his operation, saying that he’s[Read More…]
Prohibition Stirs Interest in Phony Marijuana
Commentary Authorities around the nation are expressing concern over the rising popularity of a legal marijuana knockoff called “Spice,” also known as K2. Spice is a mixture of organic and synthetic ingredients and apparently, when smoked, it produces a euphoria similar to marijuana. Spice is sold legally as a marijuana[Read More…]
Could Marijuana Save the 12th Grade in Utah?
Commentary Utah’s lawmakers are getting a little desperate in their search to alleviate the state’s $700 million budget shortfall. One in particular, state Sen. Chris Buttars, is now proposing that Utah cut costs by eliminating the 12th grade, or at least giving students the option of skipping their senior year[Read More…]
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