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"Survive and Thrive" to maximize the resources and expertise of professional associations, private sector and the U.S. Government to better serve mothers and children from pregnancy through age five WASHINGTON, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today announced the establishment of a unique and historic global development alliance (GDA) -- Survive and Thrive: Professional Associations, Private Sector and Global Health Scholars Saving...
-U.S. Legal Counsel to Zack Shahin Urges Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Janice L. Jacobs to Maintain Pressure on the U.A.E. Government for Shahin's Medical Care- WASHINGTON, June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Zack Shahin enters day 30 of his hunger strike in protest of the U.S. government's refusal to publicly challenge Dubai's numerous due process violations in his case and call for his immediate and reasonable bail, it is obvious that he will soon...
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Without U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's May 1, 2012 statement of support for imprisoned former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, in which Clinton said "We urge the Ukrainian authorities to ensure that Mrs. Tymoshenko receives immediate medical assistance in an appropriate facility and request that the U.S. Ambassador be given access to her", it is unlikely that Tymoshenko would have quit her nearly three-week...
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Malaria No More Policy Center today announced the recipients of annual awards for distinguished service in the fight against malaria. The three separate awards, which this year are being received by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Roger Wicker (R-MS), Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R-01-NE) and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), were presented this morning at the Fourth Annual Malaria Champions Breakfast in...
-- Despite Shahin's Failing Health, U.S. Officials Remain Silent in Publicly Calling for U.A.E. to Grant Shahin's Immediate and Reasonable Bail and to Hold a Fair and Open Trial -- WASHINGTON, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. legal counsel to Zack Shahin issued the following statement as Zack enters the fourth week of his hunger strike protesting the U.S. government's inaction in publicly calling for the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) to grant Zack's immediate and...
RESTON, Va., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Solutions and Technologies, Inc., a fast-growing provider of management and IT consulting services to the U.S. Government, has been awarded a contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) to provide information technology (IT) services to federal agencies. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101201/PH09491LOGO )...
RESTON, Va., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Solutions and Technologies, Inc., a fast-growing provider of consulting services to the U.S. Government, has been awarded a contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) to provide Technical Assistance and Training services to the agency. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101201/PH09491LOGO) The multiple-award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite...
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. legal counsel to Zack Shahin, a U.S. citizen who has been imprisoned in Dubai for over 1,500 days without bail, trial, or conviction, issued the following statement on day 7 of Shahin's hunger strike in protest of the U.S. government's timidity in dealing with U.A.E.'s due process violations of Shahin: "With Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng safely in New York, the United States has once again demonstrated that even the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After having recently spent day 1,500 incarcerated in a Dubai prison --without bail, trial, or conviction -- Zack Shahin, an American citizen, is the latest jailed foreigner to declare a hunger strike in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Unlike the other, non-American strikers who are protesting their sentences following various convictions, Shahin has never been convicted of any crime. Instead, he is protesting...
WASHINGTON, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Allegations by the State Department lawyer on lack of access to, and suspicion of existence of weapons and ammunition at Camp Ashraf are absurd and insult the professionalism and integrity of U.S. troops who served at Camp Ashraf, senior U.S. military commanders say in a statement, a copy of which was provided to the U.S. Committee for Camp Ashraf Residents (USCCAR). Camp Ashraf is a temporary home for members of the main Iranian...
