Apple apologizes to black students for refusing them store entry, says 'diversity' among core values

Tech giant Apple say they have apologised to six black students after they were told they
could not come into a store in Melbourne because staff thought they might steal
something.
On Tuesday afternoon, year 10 students from Maribyrnong College in Melbourne's west
visited an Apple store at the nearby Highpoint Shopping Centre in their uniforms.
The students accused Apple Of "racial profiling" after one Of the students said he and his
friends left the store, but later returned and a security guard told them they could not re-
enter.
One of the students filmed the exchange on their phone.
"These guys (the security guardsl are just a bit worried about your presence in our store,-
an Apple staff member can be heard saying in the video.
"They're just worried you might steal something."
A member of the group then replied: "Why would we steal something?"
Apple told triple j's Hack in a statement that they have apologised to the students.
"We've looked into the details Of the situation and we apologise to the customers

involved," Apple said.
"We will continue to do everything in our power to ensure all our customers are treated
the way they should be.
"Inclusion and diversity are among Apple's core values.
"We believe in equality for everyone, regardless of race, age, gender, gender identity,
ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation.
"That applies throughout our company, around the world with no exceptions. "
Angry with how they were treated, the students uploaded the video to Facebook.
Student Maboir Ater said it was not the first time he had experienced "racial profiling".
"When we walk into a store with a group Of minimum three people, the security watches
us — they follow us and that just makes us feel like we're not welcome in the store," he
said.
"They judge us before we can show our character.
"It's because we're teenage boys, but also because we're black teenagers.
"They see us and think of all the stereotypes."

The past has not
been left behind. No matter what people say or think, racism is still a very
real deal today. Whether it be the rising antisemitism in Europe or, as this
article states, suspicions placed on black teenagers specifically because
they're black is evidence of a past that still has roots. It is almost
impossible to completely uproot these ideas without breaking the
"tree" or society in the process so generally we like to leave it
underground, where its hidden. It's in seemingly small incidences such as these
that racism and other deep issues buried come to light. It's interesting how
our modern society reacts to such issues, where in earlier years they might
have protested, today people simply post it to social media and automatically
millions hear about it. The author seems at least slightly biased and between
the lines you can even feel emotion. He is an author desperately trying to let
the world know about these inequalities. It is by journalists such as these
that even big companies are stood up against and the truth is revealed. Overall
this article exposes a truth that are world is still bias, unequal, and not
everyone has the same rights (as we like to claim in modern society), it is
statement calling for a need for change as well as moving into the future but
leaving the past behind. 
Hack, Triple J. "Apple Apologises to Black Students for Refusing Them Store Entry." ABC News. ABC 2015, 13 Nov. 2015. Web. 13 Nov. 2015.

2 Americans among dead in Jordan 

Posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 12:16 AM 

AMMAN, Jordan - A Jordanian police captain opened fire yesterday on instructors at an 

international police training center in Jordan's capital, killing at least five people, 

including two Americans, before being shot dead by security forces. 

It was not clear if there was a political motive to the shooting spree, which also wounded 

six people, including two Americans. But concern has swirled in staunchly pro-Western 

Jordan over possible revenge attacks by Islamic militants since the country assumed a 

high level role in the U.S.-Ied military campaign against the Islamic State extremist 

group, which controls large areas of neighboring Syria and Iraq. 

The unprecedented assault inside a Jordanian security compound also raised questions 

about the kingdom's image as an island of relative stability in a turbulent region. 

The shooting took place at the Jordan International Police Training Center in Amman, 

where Jordanian and foreign instructors, including Americans, have trained thousands Of 

police officers from the Palestinian territories and other parts of the Arab world in recent 

years. 

The Jordanian officer opened fire, killing the two Americans and a South African 

contractor before being shot dead, government spokesman Mohammed Momani said. 

Two Jordanians were critically wounded and later died, he said. 

Momani did not release the assailant's name, but a former Jordanian parliament member, 

Suleiman Saed, identified him as his 29-year-old relative, Anwar Abu Zaid, a captain in 

the police force. He said the assailant's identity was given to him by a senior official in 

the Public Security Department. 

Israel still lacks evidence in arson 

JERUSALEM - Israel is still lacking evidence to charge those responsible for a deadly 

arson attack on a Palestinian family this summer, Israeli media reported the country's 

defense minister as saying yesterday, in a case that Palestinians say helped fuel the past 

weeks of bloodshed 

In July, assailants, believed to be Jewish extremists, lobbed a firebomb into the 

Dawabsheh family's home in the West Bank village of Duma, where four family members 

were asleep. Ali Dawabsheh, a toddler, was burned to death, while his mother and father 

later died of their wounds. His 4-year-old brother Ahmad is being treated in an Israeli 

hospital. 

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said a "group of Jewish fanatics" who want to install a 

"religious kingdom" based on biblical law were behind the attack. Yaalon's remarks to 

military correspondents were reported by Israel's Walla news site. 

But Yaalon said, "We don't currently have evidence that directly ties the one who carried 

out the terror attack but I believe we will get that, I hope that we will solve the case 

completely," Yaalon said. 

Israeli leaders across the political spectrum have strongly condemned the firebomb 

attack and vowed to apprehend the assailants. But the fact that no one has been officially 

charged months after the attack is a sore point among Palestinians and many cite the 

case as a big factor in fueling the current violence. 

Since mid-September, 12 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks, mostly stabbing 

assaults. Meanwhile, 75 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire, including 48 said by 

Israel to have been involved in attacks or attempted attacks. The other Palestinians died 

in clashes between stone-throwers and security forces. 

Rout for opposition in Myanmar elections 

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's military-backed ruling party today was headed for a 

massive rout at the hands of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was set for a 

historic electoral victory that could give her party the presidency and loosen the 

military's grip on the country. 

With official results from Sunday's general elections slow to come, Suu Kyi's National 

League for Democracy started announcing its victories late yesterday - by midnight it had 

declared it had won virtually every seat in four of 14 states where counting was complete. 

The announcement at the NLD headquarters set Off a new round Of jubilation among the 

party's red-shirted supporters, who already had been celebrating the result of Sunday's 

vote. 

Even without official results, it was clear that the Union Solidarity Development Party 

was facing a rout. The party is made up former junta members who ruled the Southeast 

Asian country for a half-century and as a quasi-civilian government since 2011. 

Judge: Man must demolish castle 

LONDON - The old adage says an Englishman's home is his castle. But a court says 

Robert Fidler.s castle can't be his home. 

A judge ruled yesterday that the 66-year-old farmer will go to prison if he doesn't 

demolish a mock-Tudor castle he built without planning permission. 

Fidler built the four-bedroom structure - complete with two turrets - on his farm about 

20 miles south Of London in 2000, keeping it hidden behind piles Of straw bales and 

tarpaulin. 

Local authorities ordered him to tear it down in 2007, saying it breached planning rules 

designed to protect the countryside, and Fidler lost several legal challenges against the 

order. 






It is very interesting to note that in this article these were Americans that helped train
Palestinians and other Arab nations were still murdered. Again this is an
outcry to the world to make them aware of the very real threat and constant
death in the Middle Eastern area. Its also interesting that the headline is
made mentioning the Americans while there were more than just these citizens
involved, this displays slight bias for the American side. As the article
mentions this definitely raises questions as to how peaceful and neutral Jordan
really is, this puts a huge question mark as to whether they are to be trusted.




Associated Press. "2 Americans among Dead in Jordan." Philly.com. N.p., 2015. Web. 10 Nov. 2015.

Popular Hotel in Somalia Is Bombed by Militants

Popular Hotel in Somalia Is Bombed by Militants 

  

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Islamist militants stormed a popular hotel in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalian's capital, on Sunday, blowing up the 

front gate With a car bomb, shooting guests and hotel workers, and then battling With security forces from the hotel's rooftop for several hours. 

Somali government officials said at least 14 people at the Sahafi Hotel were killed in the attack, which was immediately — and gleefully — claimed 

by the Shabab militant group. 

If there is one hotel everyone knows in Mogadishu, it is the Sahafi_ Warlords and militants alike used to hang out and p Ot schemes in the lounge 

and courtyard While sipping grapefruit juice and pulling apart camel meat Steaks. 

Sahafi means journalist in Arabic, and for years the hotel has served as the gateway to one of the world's most dangerous countries for foreign 

journalists, aid workers and the rare brave businessman. Even in the hardest times, the staff managed to prov'de clean rooms and good food. 

Lobster was one of the house specialties, served alongside mountains of French fries. Recently, the hotel was a popular rendezvous spot for 

officials from Somalias fledgling government. 

The Sahafi Hotel after a car bomb exploded and killed at least 14 people. 
Around dawn on Sunday, Witnesses said, a Car rammed into the Sahafi's front gate and immediately exploded Several Shababl-Sl fighters then 

scrambled into the hotel, Shooting guestSA second Car bomb exploded hours later, wounding several journalists and Other people Who had 

rushed to the hotel, located at a busy traffic Circle in central Mogadishu, to See What had happened. One young journalist, Mustaf Abdinur 

Safaana161 a freelance TV cameraman, was killed. 

Among the other dead, witnesses said, were a Somali lawmaker, a Somali Army general and the hotel's owner, Abdirashid Ilgayte, who used to 

welcome guests into his office just off the hotel's entrance and regale them With stories ofvlolence and intrigue from Somalia's darkest days. 

-The Shabab fighters seized the hotel and controlled it for several hours," said Mohamed Ali, a taxi driver who was outside the Sahafi while the 

fighting was going on. 

The Shabab remain a potent force in Somalia. They have lost many fighters and much of their territory, pushed out by a coalition of troops from 

neighboring African countries. But they are still highly dangerous and considered one of Al Qaeda's most murderous offshoots. They seemed to 

have perfected mass murder on the cheap, including an attack on a university in Kenya in April In which four young Shabab gunmen killed more 

than 140 people. 

"Muiahedeen entered and took over Sahaft Hotel where enemies lived," Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, the Shabab's military operations spokesman, 

told Reuters on Sunday, using a common term for Islamic guerrilla fighters. 

Multipronged attacks on hotels191 have become one of the hallmarks of the Shabab, who have killed scores in Mogadishu in recent years by 

overwhelming security guards at the gates and rhen sending in suicidal fighters. The Shabab have vowed to turn Somalia into a pure Islamic state; 

most of their Victims have been Somali Muslims. 

Photographs taken by bystanders on Sunday showed a huge hole punched through the Sahafi's third floor, along with streams of black smoke 

uncoiling into the sky. Rubble was scattered for blocks. Witnesses said several members of the hotel staff had been hiding in locked rooms, calling 

for help, as Shabab fighters stalked the smoke filled corridors, looking for more Victims. 

By I a.m., African Union1101 troops in Somalia, along With government forces, the attackers and Shot them dead. Somali 

Officials said there Were Seven attackers. 

Mogadishu may safer than it used to be, but it is still not safe. The Shabab once controlled much of the city, bullwhipping women and 

terrorizing the population by enforcing a harsh version of Islamic law. But even after being pushed out by African Union( I I I troops, Shabab 

fighters have shown they can strike anywhere at any time. 

Somalia's government tried to play down some ofthe concerns stirred up by the attack. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia said on 

Sunday, "We want to confirm that such terrorist acts does not mean Shabab's revival, but in the contrary show'S clear signs that they are in 

desperate situation." 

This article is an outcry to the world to make them aware, once again, of the constant terror in
the Somali nation. Although the New York Times reports on the situation in
Somalia, them being so far away makes them often less truly sympathetic or
urgent to make a change even as they learn the truth. It is very significant
that the Shabab hits such prominent hotel, hosting what little is left of the
"outside world." It shows how they want to completely cut off Somali
a and be in absolute control. It also shows just how vulnerable the nation is
constantly, despite political leaders' statements. It is also significant how
they name the hurt and dead, putting very little emphasis on the Somalians
killed. It shows just how little the West has come to care for the situation
unless their own citizens are involved. This article shines a little light on
the dark situation in Somalia,  a call to the world not to forget this nation despite their voice being muffled to a mere
whisper.  



Author: Mohammad Ibrahim



Ibrahim, Mohammad.
"Popular Hotel in Somalia Is Bombed by Militants." The New York Times. New York Times Company, 1
Nov. 2015. Web. 2 Nov. 2015.