October 7, 2011 (San Diego's East County)--ECM World Watch highlights top U.S. and world news stories, published in other media.
This week's top headlines include:
U.S.
- Killed cleric had ties to 9/11 hijackers who lived in Lemon Grove (Lemon Grove Patch)
- Apple founder Steve Jobs is dead: transformed the industry (Wall Street Journal)
- Wall Street protests swell after union endorsements (CNN)
- To boost flagging economy, U.S. wants to import more shoppers (Washington Post)
- Palin says she won’t run for President (USA Today)
- At Rick Perry’s hunting spot, camp’s old racially charged name still lingers (Washington Post)
WORLD
- Marchers shut down central Athens in financial protest (CNN)
- UNESCO clears way for Palestinian membership vote (BBC)
- Arctic ozone loss at record level (BBC)
- 10 years on, Afghan-Americans see lost opportunities (Washington Post)
U.S.
KILLED CLERIC HAD TIES TO 9/11 HIJACKERS WHO LIVED IN LEMON GROVE
September 30, 2011 (Lemon Grove Patch) -- The American-born al-Qaida cleric killed by the U.S. military in Yemen on Friday had ties to the two Sept. 11 hijackers who lived for a time in Lemon Grove.
Anwar al-Awlaki met the two hijackers, who rented rooms in a Lemon Grove home prior to the Sept. 11 attacks, when he was studying in San Diego and serving as iman at Masjid ar-Ribat al-Islami mosque in La Mesa, according to the 9/11 Commission Report. http://lemongrove.patch.com/articles/killed-cleric-had-ties-to-911-hijackers-who-lived-in-lemon-grove
APPLE FOUNDER STEVE JOBS IS DEAD: TRANSFORMED THE INDUSTRY
October 6, 2011 (Wall Street Journal) -- Steven P. Jobs, the Apple Inc. chairman and co-founder who pioneered the personal-computer industry and changed the way people think about technology, died October 5, 2011.
His family, in a statement released by Apple, said Mr. Jobs "died peacefully today surrounded by his family." http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304447804576410753210811910.html?mod=WSJ_Home_largeHeadline
WALL STREET PROTESTS SWELL AFTER UNION ENDORSEMENTS
October 5, 2011 (CNN) -- Wall Street protests swelled Wednesday to their largest numbers yet, after local unions pledged support to a third week of demonstrations against income inequality, corporate greed, corruption and a list of other social ills. http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/05/politics/occupy-wall-street/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
TO BOOST FLAGGING ECONOMY, U.S. WANTS TO IMPORT MORE SHOPPERS
October 2, 2011 (Washington Post) --The United States has long imported its food and fuel, its cars and clothes. Now the faltering economy has sparked a push for another type of import: shoppers.
For the first time, lawmakers, businesses and even White House officials are courting consumers from cash-rich countries such as China, India and Brazil to fill the nation’s shopping malls and pick up the slack for penny-pinching Americans. They are wooing travelers with enticements such as coupons, beauty pageants and promises of visa reform. The payoff, they say, could be significant: 1.3 million new jobs and an $859 billion shot in the arm for the economy over the next decade. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/to-boost-flagging-economy-us-wants-to-import-more-shoppers/2011/09/30/gIQA8P2OGL_story.html?hpid=z1
PALIN SAYS SHE WON'T RUN FOR PRESIDENT
October 6, 2011 (USA Today) -- Sarah Palin made it official Wednesday evening: She won't run for president.
In a statement to supporters, the 2008 vice presidential nominee said she would not seek the Republican nomination for the White House by entering what is already a crowded field.
Instead, Palin said she can be more effective helping other Republicans win office "from the nation's governors to congressional seats and the presidency." http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2011-10-05/sarah-palin-not-running-for-president/50673252/1?loc=interstitialskip
AT RICK PERRY'S HUNTING SPOT, CAMP'S OLD RACIALLY CHARGED NAME STILL LINGERS
October 1, 2011 (Washington Post) -- In the early years of his political career, Rick Perry began hosting fellow lawmakers, friends and supporters at his family’s secluded West Texas hunting camp, a place known by the name painted in block letters across a large, flat rock standing upright at its gated entrance. “Niggerhead,” it read. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/rick-perry-familys-hunting-camp-still-known-to-many-by-old-racially-charged-name/2011/10/01/gIQAOhY5DL_story.html?hpid=z1
WORLD
MARCHERS SHUT DOWN CENTRAL ATHENS IN FINANCIAL PROTEST
October 5, 2011 (CNN) -- At least 10,000 marchers shut down the center of the Greek capital Wednesday to protest the latest waves of austerity measures announced by the government.
The march accompanied a one-day strike in the public sector that shut down Athens International Airport, government ministries and schools. Hospitals operated on skeleton staffs, and some commuter rail services were closed. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/05/world/europe/greece-protests/index.html?hpt=T2
UNESCO CLEARS WAY FOR PALESTINIAN MEMBERSHIP VOTE
October 5, 2011 (BBC) --The board of the UN cultural agency Unesco has agreed to put a Palestinian bid for full membership to member states for approval.
Forty of the 58 board members backed a Palestinian draft resolution proposing membership, with the US among four voting against and 14 abstentions. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15188805
ARCTIC OZONE LOSS AT RECORD LEVEL
Ozone loss over the Arctic this year was so severe that for the first time it could be called an "ozone hole" like the Antarctic one, scientists report.
About 20km (13 miles) above the ground, 80% of the ozone was lost, they say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15105747
10 YEARS ON AFGHAN-AMERICANS SEE LOST OPPORTUNITIES
October 5, 2011 (Washington Post) -- When U.S. bombs started pounding Afghanistan a decade ago, Farid Maqsudi, an Afghan American, was busy turning the ghosts of a largely forgotten childhood in Kabul into business plans.
Weeks earlier, the Sept. 11 attacks had made a U.S. assault on Afghanistan feel all but inevitable. By the time the air campaign began Oct. 7, 2001, the New Jersey businessman had started thinking about how he could contribute as the nation that had welcomed him at age 10 went to war in the land of his birth. Within months of the Taliban’s fall, he was on the ground in Afghanistan http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/10-years-on-afghan-americans-see-lost-decade/2011/10/04/gIQAwqVYNL_story.html.
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