Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2011. Ozone levels in the atmosphere above the South Pole dropped to a seasonal low of 102 Dobson Units Oct. 9, tied for the 10th lowest in the 26-year record. The ozone layer helps protect the planet’s surface from harmful ultraviolet radiation. Every year, an ozone hole[Read More…]
Day: October 20, 2011
Oxford Academic Explores ‘Alternate World’ of Premillennial Movements
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–20 October 2011. The world will end this Friday (21 October), if Harold Camping’s latest prediction of the Rapture is to be believed. In case Camping’s prediction does not come true, an Oxford University academic has explored the alternate world in which premillennial Rapture movements such as Camping’s flourish,[Read More…]
Center for American Progress: Six Guidelines for Tax Expenditure Reform
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2011. Today, as the super committee continues to deliberate their next round of budget reductions, the Center for American Progress released six guidelines for fixing the excessive and expensive system of tax breaks, credits, and loopholes, known as tax expenditures. Every year the federal government spends more[Read More…]
Two Indicted for Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to Terrorists
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2011. Ali Charaf Damache, an Algerian man who resided in Ireland, and Mohammad Hassan Khalid, a Pakistani citizen and U.S. lawful permanent resident who resided in Maryland, have been charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists in a superseding indictment returned today in the Eastern District[Read More…]
Secretary of State Clinton’s Interview With Jill Dougherty of CNN, Oct. 20, 2011
Kabul, Afghanistan–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2011. QUESTION: Secretary Clinton, thank you very much for talking with CNN. You’ve seen these reports coming out of Libya about Qadhafi. He could be captured. What do you know about that? SECRETARY CLINTON: We cannot confirm it yet, Jill. We have seen the reports, and[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton With Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Oct. 20, 2011
Kabul, Afghanistan–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2011. PRESIDENT KARZAI: (Via interpreter) (Inaudible) and she has very good intentions towards Afghanistan and towards (inaudible). She has been working for the security and stability in Afghanistan, and we are pleased to see her here in the capital, Kabul. Madam Clinton, the United States Secretary[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Army Casualty, October 20, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Staff Sgt. Jorge M. Oliveira, 33, of Newark, N.J., died Oct. 19 in Paktika province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. [Read More…]
Illinois Enters Race to the Top Competition for New $70 Million Grant
Funding Would Boost Early Childhood Services Statewide and Ensure Better Coordination and Excellence SPRINGFIELD – October 20, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn announced today that Illinois submitted an application to the federal “Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Fund,” which is worth $70 million in early childhood education funding and[Read More…]
FOIA Documents from FBI Show Unconstitutional Racial Profiling
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2011. The FBI has been targeting American communities for investigation based on race, ethnicity, national origin and religion according to documents released today by the American Civil Liberties Union and its affiliates that were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. The documents show that FBI analysts[Read More…]
Haitians Still Threatened by Inadequate Cholera Response
PORT-AU-PRINCE–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2011—One year since the onset of the cholera epidemic in Haiti, people all over the country are still threatened by the deadly disease, and healthcare services and measures to prevent its spread remain inadequate, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned today. Since[Read More…]
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