Vienna, Austria–(ENEWSPF)–16 March 2011. Japanese authorities have informed the IAEA that a fire in the reactor building of Unit 4 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was visually observed at 20:45 UTC of 15 March. As of 21:15 UTC of the same day, the fire could no longer be[Read More…]
Day: March 16, 2011
HRC Poll: Voters Oppose Republican Defense of DOMA
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- American voters oppose the Defense of Marriage Act(DOMA) – the law that forbids the federal government from recognizing legally married same-sex couples – as well as efforts by the House Republican leadership to intervene in court cases defending the law, according to new polling released today by the Human[Read More…]
Bill Introduce to Defund Abstinence-Only Sex Ed
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– From HRC’s Back Story: Today, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) re-introduced the Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act, which would end abstinence-only-until-marriage programs once and for all. HRC has long opposed federal funding for abstinence-only programs because they exclude, or even denigrate,[Read More…]
Readout of President Obama’s Meeting With His National Security Team on Libya
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2011. At today’s meeting, the President and his national security team reviewed the situation in Libya and options to increase pressure on Gaddafi. In particular, the conversation focused on efforts at the United Nations and potential UN Security Council actions, as well as ongoing consultations with[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton With Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Al-Araby
Cairo, Egypt–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2011. FOREIGN MINISTER AL-ARABY: I’d like to speak in English first so that I would welcome the Secretary of State. We have had bilateral talks and multilateral talks. We discussed everything in Egypt, the Middle East in general, specifically Libya. We did discuss matters related to[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Army Casualty, March 15, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Pfc. Arturo E. Rodriguez, 19, of Bellflower, Calif., died March, 12 in Paktika province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was[Read More…]
International Atomic Energy Agency Japan Earthquake Update, 15 March 2011 (22:30 UTC)
Vienna, Austria–(ENEWSPF)–15 March 2011 (22:30 UTC). Japanese authorities have informed the IAEA that the evacuation of the population from the 20-kilometre zone around Fukushima Daiichi has been successfully completed. The Japanese authorities have also advised that people within a 30-km radius to take cover indoors. Iodine tablets have been distributed[Read More…]
Durbin: Decision on CN Appeal Strengthens Role of Surface Transportation Board
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today made the following statement after a federal appeals court upheld a decision by the Surface Transportation Board that requiring the Canadian National (CN) to pay seventy-eight and a half percent of the cost of specific mitigation efforts in Lynwood, Illinois[Read More…]
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