1. The Daily Reflector, Sunday, October 16, 2011 A
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Steve Jobs memorial planned Rulers criminalize discrimination U.S. to withdraw troops in Iraq
Apple is holding a memorial service Egypt’s transitional military rulers The Obama administration is aban-
for Steve Jobs today at Stanford Univer- have issued a decree prohibiting all forms doning plans to keep U.S. troops in Iraq
sity. of discrimination, including on the basis past a year-end withdrawal deadline.
The Wall Street Journal said invitations of religion. A senior administration official in
have gone out to Silicon Valley luminar- The step comes about a week after 26 Washington confirmed Saturday that
ies and other people close to Jobs. Apple people were killed in clashes involving all American troops will leave except for
told the newspaper that the evening event minority Coptic Christian protesters, the about 160 troops attached to the U.S. Em-
is private. military and others. bassy. The Pentagon had considered leav-
Apple has said that no public services The incident was the worst bloodshed ing up to 5,000 troops to train security
are planned. since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster in Febru- forces and hinder Iranian influence.
Jobs, who co-founded Apple and was ary. A senior U.S. military official said the
the mastermind behind popular gadgets The decree was one of the longtime withdrawal could allow future, limited
such as the iPhone and the iPad, died Oct. demands of the protest movement that U.S. military training missions if request-
5 at 56 after struggling for years with pan- has been pushing for political and other ed.
creatic cancer. reforms in the post-Mubarak transition Both officials spoke on condition of
The Journal said a small private funeral the associated press toward democracy. anonymity because of the sensitivity of
was held a week ago. Apple is also holding an egyptian relative of one of the The anti-discrimination measure car- the issue.
an event this Wednesday for employees at victims killed during clashes with the ries a maximum penalty of three months Iraqi political leaders have rejected giv-
its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. It’s egyptian army late last week holds a cross in prison and a fine of up to 100,000 ing legal immunity to U.S. troops.
billed as a celebration of his life. outside the morgue of the copts hospital. Egyptian pounds, or nearly $17,000. From Associated Press reports
Police fire tear gas upon Roman rioters
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and Meera Selva Wikileaks founder Julian ternational banking sys-
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