ECM WORLD WATCH: NATIONAL AND GLOBAL NEWS

June 10, 2015 (San Diego's East County)-- East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Exclusive: Takata, U.S. regulator can't say how many cars may have faulty air bags (Reuters)
• New Snowden Documents Reveal Secret Memos Expanding Spying (Pro Publica)
• Back from the dead: US officials to ask secret court to revive NSA surveillance (Guardian)
• In Search Of The Red Cross' $500 Million In Haiti Relief (NPR)
• U.S. flights face bomb threats, no explosives found: media reports (Reuters)
• Homeland security chief reassigns top TSA official (Reuters)
• Daniel Arenas started over in his native land, a new Dream in Mexico (CS Monitor)
• Is the U.S. Abandoning Afghan Interpreters to Certain Death? (Reason)
• U.S. border patrol helicopter hit by gunfire near Mexican border (Reuters)
• After terror shooting, Boston police choose transparency over tradition (CS Monitor)
• Crime spike could throw police reform efforts into doubt (CS Monitor)
• US Supreme Court: No 'Israel' allowed on passports of Americans born in Jerusalem (JPost)

INTERNATIONAL

• 'El Bronco' bucks old order, rides hopeful wave in Mexican elections (CS Monitor)
• Yemeni families sue U.S., allege 'wrongful deaths' from drone strike (Reuters)
• Canadian Commission Releases 'Damning' Report On Treatment Of Aboriginal Children (NPR)
• Russian Trolls Spread False Information On The Internet (NPR)
• Colombia's Congress eliminates presidential re-election (UT San Diego)
• Exclusive: Vietnam eyes Western warplanes, patrol aircraft to counter China (Reuters)
• Survey: Saudis consider Iran their top enemy, not Israel (AP)
• Report: Israel built, exploded 'dirty bombs' in nuclear test (JPost)
• U.S. reports 21 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
• History becomes a weapon in Russia-West rift over Ukraine (Reuters)
• Migrants crossing Mediterranean exceed 100,000 this year (CS Monitor)
• Belgium detains 16 over suspected Islamist attack plot (Reuters)

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U.S.

Exclusive: Takata, U.S. regulator can't say how many cars may have faulty air bags (Reuters)

At least 400,000 of the 4 million replacement inflators for defective Takata air bags will need to be replaced again in U.S. vehicles, sources at the Japanese safety equipment maker and the U.S. safety watchdog told Reuters.

New Snowden Documents Reveal Secret Memos Expanding Spying (Pro Publica and NY Times)

The Obama administration has stepped up the NSA’s warrantless surveillance program on U.S. soil to search for signs of hacking. 

Back from the dead: US officials to ask secret court to revive NSA surveillance (Guardian)

The Obama administration intends to use part of a law banning the bulk collection of US phone records to temporarily restart the bulk collection of US phone records.

In Search Of The Red Cross' $500 Million In Haiti Relief (NPR)

An investigation by NPR and ProPublica finds a string of poorly managed projects, questionable spending and dubious claims of success, according to a review of the charity's internal documents.

U.S. flights face bomb threats, no explosives found: media reports (Reuters)

Five bomb threats that turned out to be hoaxes disrupted U.S. domestic and international flights on Tuesday, airline officials and media reports said.

Homeland security chief reassigns top TSA official (Reuters)

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Monday he reassigned the acting administrator for the Transportation Security Administration after earlier ordering improved security at U.S. airports.  The moves follow media reports that checkpoint screeners failed to detect mock explosives and weapons in 95 percent of tests carried out by undercover agents.

Daniel Arenas started over in his native land, a new Dream in Mexico (CS Monitor)

He grew up in the US but without citizenship. Now he's helping others return to Mexico.

Is the U.S. Abandoning Afghan Interpreters to Certain Death? (Reason)

7,500 visas have been approved, but only 2,300 processed.

U.S. border patrol helicopter hit by gunfire near Mexican border (Reuters)

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing near the Mexican border after it was hit several times by gunfire, the FBI said on Saturday.

After terror shooting, Boston police choose transparency over tradition (CS Monitor)

A day after the shooting of a terror suspect, Boston police met with community leaders and shared footage from the shooting. At least one person at the meeting suggested such a tactic could become a national model.

Crime spike could throw police reform efforts into doubt (CS Monitor)

The US has embraced more-liberal ideas of policing in the wake of a number of fatal confrontations between police and black men. But a spike in crime is testing that shift.... Baltimore saw 42 murders in May, the highest monthly total since 1972. Homicides in Milwaukee spiked 180 percent from May last year. And in New York, homicides are already up 20 percent this year, and the number of shootings in the city has jumped two years in a row for the first time in more than 15 years.

US Supreme Court: No 'Israel' allowed on passports of Americans born in Jerusalem (JPost)

Justice Scalia: Majority's view is legal "leap worthy of the Mad Hatter." In a major blow to a 13-year-old effort to bolster Jerusalem's status under American law as an undisputed part of Israel, the US Supreme Court on Monday struck down as unconstitutional a Congressional law which authorized placing "Israel" on passports of Jerusalem-born Americans. The 6-3 split ruling was also a victory for the administration of US President Barack Obama, which said the law unlawfully encroached on the president's power to set foreign policy…

INTERNATIONAL

'El Bronco' bucks old order, rides hopeful wave in Mexican elections (CS Monitor)

Jaime Rodríguez Calderón has become the first independent candidate to win a state governorship in Mexico. His victory highlights an electorate fatigued by a corrupt government and traditional politics. 

Yemeni families sue U.S., allege 'wrongful deaths' from drone strike (Reuters)

The families of two Yemeni men killed in 2012 have sued the United States, alleging they were innocent bystanders hit by missiles from a U.S. drone strike and calling for an acknowledgement of their "unlawful deaths."

Canadian Commission Releases 'Damning' Report On Treatment Of Aboriginal Children (NPR)

A Truth and Reconciliation Commission reports on the cruelty toward aboriginal children forced to attend church-run Indian residential schools. Renee Montagne talks to Chairman Murray Sinclair.

Russian Trolls Spread False Information On The Internet (NPR)

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with freelance reporter Adrian Chen, who wrote about his experience reporting on Russian trolls, individuals who are paid to create chaos on the Internet and in communities.

Colombia's Congress eliminates presidential re-election (UT San Diego)

Colombian lawmakers have approved a proposal to end presidential re-election.

Exclusive: Vietnam eyes Western warplanes, patrol aircraft to counter China (Reuters)

Vietnam is in talks with European and U.S. contractors to buy fighter jets, maritime patrol planes and unarmed drones, sources said, as it looks to beef up its aerial defenses in the face of China's growing assertiveness in disputed waters.

Survey: Saudis consider Iran their top enemy, not Israel (AP)

An Israeli college has quietly conducted an opinion poll in Saudi Arabia, concluding that the Saudi public is far more concerned about the threats of Iran and the Islamic State group than Israel, and that the vast majority of Saudis support a decade-old peace offer to the Jewish state.

Report: Israel built, exploded 'dirty bombs' in nuclear test (JPost)

Israel built and exploded so-called "dirty bombs," explosives laced with nuclear material, to examine how such explosions would affect the country if it were to be attacked by the crude radioactive weapons, the Haaretz daily newspaper reported Monday.  

U.S. reports 21 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria

(Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 21 air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria during a 24-hour period ending on Monday, a U.S. military statement said.

History becomes a weapon in Russia-West rift over Ukraine (Reuters)

History has become a weapon in Russia's battle with the West over Ukraine as President Vladimir Putin looks increasingly to the past to whip up patriotism and rally support. Last month's lavish commemorations of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two, several declarations by Putin and new history textbooks have all presented what some independent historians say are slanted or rewritten versions of the past.  

 Migrants crossing Mediterranean exceed 100,000 this year (CS Monitor)

The EU is struggling to persuade its 28 nations to adopt a quota system aimed at making the crossings less dangerous and easing the burden on Mediterranean countries.

.Belgium detains 16 over suspected Islamist attack plot (Reuters)

Belgian police detained 16 suspected Islamist militants, mostly of Chechen origin, on Monday, after a series of raids prompted by investigations of people who had returned from Syria and a possible attack in Belgium.