WEEKLY OUTLOOK FOR 9.8
Weekly Outlook for September 8: This week’s outlook reports on the brave work of fire fighters in LA; Mexico removes their attorney general who spearheaded the drug war; A devastating drought is sweeping Kenya; Afghanistan Commission orders a partial vote recount; and the Dalai Lama says he’s ready to negotiate with China. Click Read More for the full report.
The Weekly Outlook is an editorial briefing for wejetset’s online magazine. Each week we scan international news and aggregate the stories that will likely impact their respective region and possibly the world. From economic issues to politics, we strive to deliver news links that will be useful to our readers as they navigate their local and global spaces.
Firefighters continue their heroic efforts in LA. According to Time Mag: “Firefighters have contained 60 percent of the huge wildfire that has burned north of Los Angeles for 14 days. U.S. Forest Service spokesman Tom Debellis said Tuesday that the 251-square-mile fire is burning deeper into the wilderness of the Angeles National Forest. Officials say crews aided by waterdropping aircraft are focusing on keeping the fire from moving farther east. No homes are threatened. Meanwhile, Los Angeles County sheriff’s and fire investigators continued their homicide investigation into the fire. Officials have said the cause of the fire was arson but have released no other findings…”
Lack of progress means removal for attorney general. “Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday removed his attorney general who had spearheaded the government’s anti-drug campaign that has so far failed to defeat powerful cartels.”
As time progresses, the value of water grows more and more clear. “A devastating drought is sweeping across Kenya, killing livestock, crops and children. It is stirring up tensions in the ramshackle slums where the water taps have run dry, and spawning ethnic conflict in the hinterland as communities fight over the last remaining pieces of fertile grazing land.”
Evidence of Fraud in polling stations forces recount. Afghanistan’s Electoral Complaints Commission on Tuesday ordered a partial recount of the ballots in the August 20 presidential election. The complaints commission called on Afghanistan’s Independent Elections Commission (IEC) to conduct the audit and recount because of “clear and convincing evidence of fraud in a number of polling stations.”
“The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader branded by Beijing as a separatist, said on Thursday he was ready to negotiate with China on issues concerning his homeland but wanted to see a green light.”
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