Northwood, Middlesex–(ENEWSPF)–20 April 2010.  On 18th April 2010, three Thai fishing vessels from Djibouti, were hijacked 1200 nautical miles east of the coast of Somalia. These latest hijackings are the furthest east of any pirate attacks in the area since the start of EU NAVFOR’s Operation Atalanta in December 2008,[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. The elections held recently in Sudan were an essential step in a process laid out by Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement. The United States notes the initial assessment of independent electoral observers that Sudan’s elections did not meet international standards. Political rights and freedoms were circumscribed throughout[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. Throughout our Nation’s history, extraordinary women have broken barriers to achieve their dreams and blazed trails so their daughters would not face similar obstacles. Despite decades of progress, pay inequity still hinders women and their families across our country. National Equal Pay Day symbolizes the day[Read More…]

Los Angeles, CA–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2010 – 8:01 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody!  Hello, hello, hello!  (Applause.)  Thank you, everybody.  Please have a seat.  Have a seat.  I’ve got so many good friends in this magnificent setting that I don’t want to single anybody out, but there are a couple[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2010 – 1:40 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS: Good afternoon. Before we get started, let me see if I can make this gizmo work — there we go. The Internal Revenue Service today began mailing postcards to more than 4 million small businesses and tax-exempt organizations to make[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2010. INDEX: DEPARTMENT Secretary Clinton Scheduled to Attend NATO Informal Foreign Ministerial in Tallinn / Change in Schedule / No Stop in Finland Discussions on Adoptions / U.S. Delegation Unable to Travel Russia / Looking to Reschedule Major Economies Forum / Todd Stern and Mike Foreman Press[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2010 – 1:37 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, folks.  I want to give you a brief update on an extremely important development in Iraq.  Early this morning on — early in the morning October 18th (sic April 18th), Iraqi security forces with the support of[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 April 2010 – Increasing violence has cut off aid deliveries to the mountainous area of Darfur and the living situation for the estimated 100,000 people there will worsen as the dry season comes to an end, the top United Nations humanitarian official in Sudan warned today. “Our operations[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 April 2010 – The General Assembly today held a day-long debate on disarmament with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling on the world to reverse its spending on weapons as compared with development. “The world is over-armed, and development is under-funded,” he told the 192-member Assembly at the start of[Read More…]

BEIJING–(ENEWSPF)–19 April 2010 – As teams of rescuers continue to search for survivors in earthquake flattened Jiegu Town, on the 4000 metre high Tibetan plateau, the immediate danger to children from cold weather has emerged. Over the weekend many residents slept in the open in sub-zero temperatures, trying to keep[Read More…]