Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Latest News Dec 21, 2012 President Park Geun-hye Conservative Saenuri [New Frontier] Party candidate Park Geun-hye made history 19 December 2012 by winning South Korea's presidential election, becoming the country's first female president-elect after defeating liberal rival Moon Jae-in of the Democratic United Party by several percentage points. ... Read more... UN Security Council authorizes African-led intervention force in Mali The Security Council authorized the deployment of an African-led International Support Mission in Mali, to be known as AFISMA, for an initial period of one year to assist the authorities in recovering rebel-held regions in the north and restoring the unity of the country. ... Read more... Panetta Memo Describes Possible Sequestration Effects While many remain hopeful that Congress and the administration will reach a deal that avoids sequestration, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has issued a memo describing the potential implications of going over the fiscal cliff. ... Read more... Featured Free Resource Information Week Government Newsletter Helps you keep up with the latest developments in the Government IT space. Republican Senators Criticize Benghazi Embassy Security Opposition lawmakers are criticizing the Obama administration for sending diplomats to the Libyan city of Benghazi without enough security. It follows an independent report into the September attack on the U.S. mission there that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. ... Read more... Kerry: Congress Shares Blame for Benghazi Security Failure The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations committee says Congress bears some responsibility for the mistakes leading to the deadly September 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. ... Read more... In latest update, UN independent panel finds more breaches of human rights law by parties to Syrian conflict A United Nations independent panel investigating human rights violations in Syria has released a new update on the situation in the Middle Eastern nation, noting that violations continue unabated and reiterating the need for a political solution to the conflict there. ... Read more... Featured Free Resource Information Week Government Newsletter Helps you keep up with the latest developments in the Government IT space. India successfully test-fired N-capable Prithvi-II Missile Indian Army's Strategic Forces Command (SFC) successfully test-fired the Prithvi-II missile from the DRDO range facility at Chandipur off the Odisha coast Thursday. ... Read more... USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, USS Hue City, Carrier Air Wing-7 Return Home More than 4,300 Sailors serving in the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKECSG) returned to their homeports in Norfolk and Mayport, Fla., Dec. 19, following six months of operations in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. ... Read more...