RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Force Personnel Center issued the following news release: Command of managing personnel programs and carrying out policies affecting Air Force active-duty and civilian members changed hands in an afternoon ceremony here Aug. 6. Brig. Gen. A.J. Stewart became the Air Force Personnel Center's 24th commander during a change of command ceremony. The 29-year-career veteran succeeds Maj. Gen. K.C. McClain. Lt. Gen. Richard Newton III, the Air  more

CROOKSTON, Minn., Aug. 6 -- University of Minnesota Crookston issued the following news release: Ox Cart Days is an exciting time of the summer for the community, and the University of Minnesota, Crookston is getting involved in the activities. The campus will host the annual Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social on Wednesday, August 18, 2010, from 2 - 4 p.m. on the Campus Mall. Music will be provided by the Valley Fiddlers under the direction of Val Buchmeier, orchestra director at Crookston Hig  more

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 6 -- The White House Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued the following speech text: *As Prepared for Delivery* "Trade is critical for Africa's development. To increase trade we need to improve Africa's global competitiveness and build its capacity to trade. "As the Chief Agricultural Negotiator at USTR, I am responsible for the agriculture negotiations in the World Trade Organization, where I continue to pursue a balanced and ambitious conclusion to the  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- Amnesty International issued the following news release: Amnesty International condemns attacks on politicians and journalists in the run up to the presidential election on August 9 and calls on the government to ensure the poll is held in an atmosphere where Rwandans can freely express their views. The murder of a journalist and an opposition politician - both critical of the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) - in late June and mid-July has created a climate of rep  more

DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 6 -- North Carolina Central University issued the following news release: Charles Jalloh, assistant professor of law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, will deliver the 2010 R.J. Reynolds Professors in Residence Lecture at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 18 at the NCCU School of Law Moot Court Room. The title of Jalloh's lecture is "Africa and the International Criminal Court: Collision Course or Cooperation?" Jalloh is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Unive  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Securities & Exchange Commission issued the following news release: The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two global tobacco companies with violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for paying more than $5 million in bribes to government officials in Thailand and other countries to illicitly obtain tobacco sales contracts. Additional Materials * SEC Complaint v. Universal Corporation (http://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2010/com  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two major tobacco companies, Universal Corporation, Inc. and Alliance One International, Inc., with violating, among other things, the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 ("FCPA") for their involvement in a multi-million dollar bribery scheme with government officials in Thailand to obtain nearly $30 mi  more