April 6, 2017 (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.

• With ‘nuclear option’, Senate ends Democratic blockade of Trump court pick (Reuters)
• Devin Nunes quits Russian hacking probe (BBC)
• Trump removes Bannon from National Security Council  (NY Times)
• GOP healthcare could lead to higher premiums for sick people (Hill)
• Blackwater founded held meeting to establish Trump-Russia back channel communication (Hill)
• Report: undocumented immigrants in U.S. contribute billions in state and local taxes(San Jose Mercury News)
• Former National Security advisor Michael Flynn seeks immunity (Los Angeles Times)
• Flynn on video:  “When you are given immunity, that means you’ve probably committed a crime” (Meet the Press)
• Senate lets states defund clinics that perform abortion (NY Times)
• Trump gives part of salary to U.S. parks (BBC)
• Trump duo, now in White House, can’t escape conflict laws (NY Times)
• Senators press Agriculture nominee Sonny Perdue on Trump’s proposed cuts to rural programs (Washington Post)
• CIA operations may be disrupted by new Wikileaks’ release (BBC)

WORLD

• White House condemns chemical attack in Syria (The Hill)
• So many journalists are being killed in Mexico that one newspaper decided to shut down (Los Angeles Times)
• Rescuers dig for Colombia flood victims; 254 dead  (Reuters)
• Second Moscow opposition protest leads to arrests (BBC)

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November  2, 2016 (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.

Presidential election

• Fearing violence, some officials close schools on Election Day (CS Monitor)
• Reports detail Trump campaign’s alleged ties to Russia (Yahoo! News)
• National poll shows  Trump, Clinton tied after Comey letter(Politico)
• Winning without the White House? Why Gary Johnson is aiming for 5 percent (+video) (CS Monitor)

General News

• As Standing Rock protesters face down armored trucks, the world watches on Facebook (Wired)
• Amnesty and United Nations send human rights observers to monitor treatment of Dakota  Access Pipeline protesters at Standing Rock (Inquisitr)
• Big Media Companies And Their Many Brands — In One Chart(NPR)
• Bundy brothers found not guilty of conspiracy in Oregon militia stand-off (Guardian)
• From Pot To Guns To School Funding: Here's What's On The Ballot In Your State(NPR)
• Federal Overreach in Search of More Prison Time Cost Them a Conviction, Says Juror in Oregon's Malheur Wildlife Center Occupation Acquittal (Reason)
• Respect for police at all-time high in US, says new survey (CS Monitor)

WORLD

• Italy earthquake: More than 15,000 people in shelters (CNN)
• Iran Hardliners Target Dual Nationals(NPR)
• Yazidi women win EU Parliament's Sakharov Prize (Reuters)
• In Germany, Syrians find mosques too conservative (Reuters)
• After NATO Objections, Russian Warships Won't Refuel At Spanish Port (NPR)
• Swirling Scandal Involving Shamanistic Cult Threatens S. Korean President (NPR)
• Turkey sacks 10,000 more civil servants, shuts media in latest crackdown (Reuters)
• Jewish and Palestinian-Israeli teens learn how to better collaborate(CSMonitor)
• U.S. State orders family of employees in Istanbul to leave country (Reuters)
• U.S. charges 61 over India-based IRS impersonation scam(Reuters)
• For first time, US abstains from UN vote condemning Cuba blockade (+video) (CS Monitor)
• Britain, U.S. to build up forces on Russian border (Reuters)

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September 22, 2016 (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:

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General news

• NYC AND NJ bombing suspect captured in shoot-out with police (CS Monitor)
• ISIS claims responsibility for Minnesota mall stabbing (CS Monitor)
• Bayer purchases Monsanto for $128 a share (Marketplace)
• Protests erupt in Charlotte for second night after police shooting(CBS)
• Obama plans 30 percent increase in refugees. Why Dems and GOP are upset (CS Monitor)
• Why Americans' trust in the media is at an all-time low (CS  Monitor)
• FDA's sharing of grand jury information comes under criticism  (Reuters)

Presidential campaign

• Back on campaign trail, Clinton speaks on helping families (Washington Post)
• How the Trump organization’s foreign business ties could upend U.S. national security (Newsweek)
• Clinton makes unusual push: to win over disabled people and their families (Wash. Post)
• Trump calls for ‘stop and frisk’ policing to stop crime (USA Today)
• Now Play Nice, Children(NPR)
• Why the Conservative Admiration of Putin Is Dangerous (Reason)

WORLD

• Refugees lose what little they have left in Lesbos detention center blaze(PRI)
• Al Qaeda bombmaker says Saudi 'royal' helped recruit him prior to 9/11 attack (CS  Monitor)
• Persian Gulf incidents spike, sending message from Iran hardliners(CS Monitor)
• Report: Iran threatened to shoot down US spy planes over Persian Gulf (Jerusalem Post)
• Does the European Union need a common military force? (+video)(CS Monitor)
• Merkel suffers drubbing in Berlin vote due to migrant angst (Reuters)
•  Israel's Iron Dome shoots down two 'projectiles' fired from Syria: army (Reuters)
• France's 'first all-female ISIS cell' allegedly sought to strike Eiffel Tower (JPost)
• Teenager charged with planning London bombing (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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August 10, 2016 (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.

General news

• Trial by jury, a hallowed American right, is vanishing (New York Times)
• Not your parents’ pot: today’s marijuana strains are much stronger (OC Register)
• States and cities don't invest in infrastructure (Marketplace)
• Report: US paid Iran $400 million as American prisoners were freed (Jerusalem Post)
• Obama’s new so-called “GMO Labeling Law”is a gift to the industry (Truthout)
• Gymnastics hidden abuse crisis (Daily Beast)

Presidential campaign

• NY Times exposes Trump campaign manager on Russian payroll (Bipartisan Report)
• Clinton emails shed light on relationship between State Dept, Clinton Foundation (CNN)
• Trump’s new billionaire advisors could threaten his populist message (Washington Post)
• Donald Trump’s many, many, many, many ties to Russia (Time)
• Clinton leads Trump by 15 points nationwide (The Hill)
• New poll has Trump in fourth—behind Gary Johnson and Jill Stein –with young people (Washington Post)
• Trump’s employees have sued over sexual harassment (USA Today)
• Many questions, few answers on how Melania Trump immigrated to  U.S. (Wash.Post)
• CNN's Second Libertarian Presidential Town Hall Recap (Reason)
• How to hack an election in seven minutes(Politico)

WORLD

• Refugee Olympians: 10 athletes representing 60 million people (Washington Post)
• Syria conflict: UN says water and power cuts threaten 2 million (BBC)
• Pediatric hospital in Syria bombed, killing at least 5 kids, aid group says(CBS)
• ISIS: 'Listen Putin, we will come to Russia and kill you at your homes’(JPost)
• Paris tourism suffers after terror attacks (International Business Times)
• Nearly 100 Dead After Anti-Government Protests In Ethiopia (NPR)
• Grief, anger after 74 Pakistanis killed in hospital bomb (Reuters)
• U.N. censure of North Korea missile thwarted (Reuters)

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July 26, 2016 (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.

Presidential campaign – Democratic National Convention

• Hillary Clinton officially becomes Democratic party nominee (Newsweek)
• Michelle Obama’s speech for the ages (Atlantic)
• Spy agency consensus grows that Russia hacked DNC (New York Times)
• Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigns as Democratic party chair (Huffington Post)
• Democrats vote to overhaul superdelegate system (The Hill)

Presidential campaign: Republican National Convention

• Donald Trump’s full acceptance speech for Republican nomination (Politico)
• AP fact check: Donald Trump’s RNC acceptance speech (PBS)
• Trump’s troubling ties to Vladimir Putin and big Russian money (Moderate Voice)
• Trump edges ahead of Clinton in U.S. presidential race: Reuters/IPSO poll (Reuters)
• Donald Trump, the real threat to America (San Diego Union-Tribune editorial board)
• Melania Trump plagiarized Michele Obama’s 2008 convention speech (Politics USA)

Other national news

• U.S. expands refugee program for Central American children (Los Angeles Times)
• Verizon plans to acquire Yahoo in $4.84 billion deal (Huffington Post)
• Roger Ailes resigns as Fox News chief after sexual harassment allegations (Hollywood Reporter)

WORLD

• Islamist knifemen slit priest's throat in church in France (Reuters)
• At least 105 Russian athletes banned from Rio Olympics (Toronto Star)
• Bavarian bomber called in video for more attacks: SITE (Reuters)
• No way home:  Iraq’s minorities on the verge of disappearance (Kaldaya)
• Turkey detains 6,000 in failed coup (Washington Post)
• Turkey extends detention without charge to 30 days(BBC News)
• China's Hundred-Year Strategy  (Trumpet)  
• Thousands of Venezuelans enter Colombia for food, medicine (SD Union-Tribune)
• Chinese Official On Tribunal Ruling: 'It's Nothing But A Scrap Of Paper'(NPR)
• Obama admin. sent taxpayer money to campaign to oust Netanyahu (Washington Times)                                                                                      

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June 23, 2016 (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.

General News

• Senate votes to require women to register for the draft (New York Times)
• Supreme Court may take action on state assault weapon bans (Reuters)
• After filibuster, GOP agrees to allow vote on Feinstein gun bill (SF Chronicle)
• Senate defeats all gun bills (Politico)
• Obama to sign first update to toxic chemical controls in 40 years (CSMonitor)
• Senate fails to advance FBI spying bill after Orlando shooting (Reuters)
• Federal Judge Strikes Down Obama Administration's Fracking Rules (NPR)
• Divers find body of toddler snatched by alligator at Disney resort (New York Times)
• Disney World's ongoing battle against 'nuisance' alligators (Reuters)

Presidential Primary

• Hillary Clinton is reportedly targeting Elizabeth Warren, not Bernie Sanders, as potential running mate (Business Insider)
• RNC delegates launch ‘anybody but Trump’ drive (CNN)
• More fighting words from Bernie Sanders (New Yorker)
• Trump’s art of the deal with Native Americans: Racial insults or flattery, whichever was good for business (Los Angeles Times)
• Lewindowski out as Trump campaign manager (CNN)

WORLD

• Olympics nightmare: Rio declares financial disaster before games (Yahoo! News)
• Fallujah faces humanitarian disaster (BBC)
• British lawmaker dies after shooting and stabbing attack that stuns nation (Reuters)
• US and Japan request urgent UN meeting on North Korea launch (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Family of U.S. student killed in Paris attacks sues social media companies (Reuters)

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June 9, 2016 (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.

• Court: No right to carry concealed weapons in public (Politico)
• Congress Passes Largest Chemical Safety Legislation In 40 Years (NPR)
• Toxic failure: millions of American children missing early lead tests (Reuters)
• President Obama endorses Hilary Clinton (Politico)
• Sanders vows to work with Clinton as Democrats move toward unity (CNN)
• Trump  University scandal looking more like corruption? Trump made political donations to Attorney General who dropped investigations  (Salon.com)
• Before Gary Johnson Can Debate Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, He Needs to Be Included in Polls (Reason)
• Anti-trans bathroom ‘child protector’ caught with 13-year-old chained in basement (Bipartisan report)

WORLD

• Europe floods: Seine could peak at 6.5 meters as Louvre closes doors (Guardian)
• Israel ramps up West Bank troops and restrictions after Tel Aviv attack (CS Monitor)
• Venezuela's top court bans media's publishing videos of lynchings  (Reuters)
• Not just Britain: It turns out French Euroskepticism is on the rise too (CS Monitor)
• Israel honors Japan's 'Schindler' who saved thousands of Jews in WWII(JPost)
• Why albinos are being killed in Malawi, and what's being done to stop it (CS Monitor)

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May 12, 2016, 2016 (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.

General news

• U.S. forces now on ground supporting combat operations in Yemen, Pentagon says (Wash. Post)
• Study: Swaddling may increase risk of SIDS (USA Today)
• Top Alabama judge suspended after blocking same-sex marriage (Washington Post)
• U.S. to boost airport staffing to manage long security lines (Reuters)

Presidential primary

• What would a Trump presidency mean for San Diego? (Times of San Diego)
• Trump prepared to keep tax returns hidden from public (MSNBC)
• Hillary Clinton e-mail inquiry won’t be rushed, FBI chief says (New York Times)
• All of Donald Trump’s four Pinocchio whoppers, in one place (Washington Post)
• Did Donald Trump just hand the Senate to Elizabeth Warren? (Politico)
• Sanders awarded 49 more Washington state delegates (The Hill)
• Why is Bernie Sanders suddenly talking more about poverty? (CBS)

WORLD

• Syrian Regime Targets Health Workers, Hospitals In Aleppo (NPR)
• A Canadian oil sands town is on fire; 80,000 residents must evacuate (Washington Post)
• Hope in Fort McMurray: Canadian officials find 90 percent of homes saved (CS Monitor)
• Facing Drought, Zimbabwe Says It Is Selling Off Wild Animals (NPR)
• Cowed by cartels? Mexican journalists find fresh ways to get info out. (CS Monitor)
• Kim Jong Un Says North Korea Won't Use Nukes Unless Its Sovereignty Is Violated (NPR)
• Man, said to shout 'Allahu Akbar', knifes Munich rail passengers(Reuters)
• Nearly half of Europeans in poll want own votes on EU, like UK (Reuters)
• Iran says it tested ballistic missile with 2,000 kilometer range (JPost)

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April 27, 2016 (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.

• Syrian conflict:  Obama to send 250 more non-combat troops (BBC)
• New data says 49.7% are poor, with 80% of total population in U.S. near poverty (Counter Currents News)
• Volkswagen Reaches Deal With U.S. On Cars With Emissions Software (NPR)
• Cuts could leave United States unprepared for disease outbreak, report warns (CNN)
• Cruz and Kasich team up to stop Trump (Politico)
• U.S. Supreme Court rejects Iran bank's bid to avoid payout to attack victims (Reuters)
• U.S. to buy heavy water from Iran's nuclear program (Reuters)
• Federal judge seizes Puerto Rico govt funds amid crisis (San Diego Union-Tribune)

WORLD

• Road to Rio: Brazil’s troubled path to summer Olympics (Newsweek)
• Chernobyl: 30 years on (Truthout)
• Dead dolphins in Fukushima found with white radiated lungs (Your Newswire)
• Mexico hampered probe into apparent student massacre, panel says (The World Post)
• China Deploys Troops Along North Korea Border, Report Says (International Business Times)
• German airport's secret emergency plan was on internet for months (JPost)
• Bangladeshi Professor Hacked To Death In Islamic State-Claimed Attack (NPR)
• 2 UK men sentenced over IS-inspired drive-by shooting plot (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• One dead, 26 wounded as rockets hit Turkish town near Syrian border (Reuters)

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April 6, 2016 (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.

General news

• Same-sex couples can now adopt children in all 50 states (Huffington Post)
• Supreme Court reins in practice of seizing defendants' assets (CS Monitor)
• As PayPal cancels expansion, consequences of NC’s anti-LGTB law get real (Los Angeles Times)
• Native Americans unite to ride against proposed North Dakota pipeline (Guardian, reposted on RawStory)
• Whether It Works Or Not, U.S. Anti-Radicalization Plan Can Benefit Communities (NPR)
• Cities can learn from crises like Flint. Atlanta is proof. (CS Monitor)
• Plutonium from Japan to be disposed of underground in New Mexico (Japan Times)
• Women Farmers Band Together To Vent, Seek Support And Exchange Ideas  (NPR)
• Merrick Garland, Extremist  (Reason)
• Security vulnerabilities found in U.S. visa database: ABC News (Reuters)
• Maryland Court to Baltimore Police: Want to Track Phones? Get a Warrant. (Reason)
• Taxing Predicament (Reason)

Presidential primary

• DC Madam’s attorney vows to release info that could rock 2016 presidential election (NBC)
• Conservative women stand up to Trump (Washington Post)
• Donald Trump taps Duncan Hunter, Chris Collins to lead campaign outreach to Congress (Washington Times)
• John Kasich to seniors who want to keep their Social Security: “Get over it.” (Daily News Bin)
• Delegates ready to flee Trump at contested convention (Politico)
• Trump sued in Kentucky by three who say he incited crowd to violence (Reuters)
• Coca Cola dumps Trump and declines to sponsor Republican National Convention (Politics USA)
• The Clinton Investigation Enters a Dangerous Phase (Reason)

WORLD

• With Leak Of 'Panama Papers,' A Glimpse Of World's Fiscal Underbelly (NPR)
• To End Cycle Of Crime, Italian Judge Breaks Up Big-Time Mafia Families (NPR)
• Moody's puts Mexico on 'negative' outlook, keeps A3 rating (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Mass grave found in Palmyra after recapture from Islamic State: military (Reuters)
• Hundreds of thousands protest at French labor reforms (Reuters)
• Islamic State urges attacks on German chancellery, Bonn airport: SITE group (Reuters)
• Two killed, 15 injured in central Somalia mosque blast (Reuters)
• Exclusive: U.N. audit identifies serious lapses linked to alleged bribery (Reuters)

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March 16, 2016 (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.

General news

• Obama nominates Merrick Garland to Supreme Court (CNN)
• Airport bomb-sniffing dog finds Hellfire missiles bound for Portland... (OregonLive)
• Miami’s nuclear power plant is leaking (Newsweek)
• DOJ to state judges: time to end 'pay or stay' imprisonment (CS Monitor)
• President Obama Wants a Back Door on Your Phone. But Not on His. (Reason)
• Mississippi man pleads guilty to trying to join Islamic State (Reuters)
• Polar Bears Win Huge Swath of Alaska (Atlas Obscura)
• Ronald, Nancy Reagan rose from a different GOP (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Presidential election

• Trump on contested election:  “I think you’d have riots”  (CBS)
• Democratic town hall: CNN’s reality check  team vets the claims (CNN)
• Women’s health issues: Where the 2016 presidential candidates stand (Healthline)
• Company that Paid Hillary Clinton $335K for Speech Slapped With SEC Bribery Suit (Free Beacon)
• Fox News cancels GOP debate after Donal Trump pulls out (CNN)

WORLD

• UN says 34 countries don't have enough food for their people (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Fukushima's ground zero: No place for man or robot (Reuters)
• Iran Tests 2 Ballistic Missiles Reportedly Designed To Reach Israel (NPR)
• 'Palestinian refugees are used as bargaining chips by their leaders' (JPost)
  
  Mexican cartel's unusual recruitment ads indicate expansion (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Just hang up: Mexico's battle against growing extortion (CS Monitor)
• Mexico City declares first air pollution alert since 2005 (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Iraq confirms Islamic State use of chemical weapons (CS Monitor)
• Russia to ship first S-300 missile system to Iran in Aug-Sept: RIA cites official (Reuters)
• Arab League officially designates Hezbollah 'terrorist' organization (JPost)
• Putin to pull some Russian forces out of Syria (CS Monitor)

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U.S.

March 2, 2016 (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:

Presidential primary

• Justice Dept. grants immunity to staffer who set up Clinton e-mail server (Washington Post)
• Jesse Ventura: I’ll run for president if Bernie Sanders loses (Daily Beast)
• Therapists confirm Trump’s narcissistic personality disorder (Psychology Today)
• Can Marco Rubio save his campaign and his career in Florida? (Washington Post)
• National poll: Clinton, Sanders both top Trump (CNN)
• Current Affairs: Unless Democrats run Sanders, a Trump nomination means a Trump presidency (Current Affairs)
• Ben Carson, seeing ‘no path forward’, signals end to candidacy (New York Times)
• Nearly 20% of Trump supporters disapprove of Lincoln freeing slaves (Vox)

General news

• ISIS leaders threaten Zuckerburg and Dorsey, say they will take down Facebook and Twitter(CNN)
• Abortion clinics are closing at record pace (Bloomberg)
• The unexpected side effects of legalizing weed (Newsweek)
• IRS says phishing and malware scams are up 400 percent this year (10 News)
• Despite promised transparency, US drone policy remains cloudy (CS Monitor)
• Investigation offers glimpse into polygamous sect's secretive compound (CS Monitor)
• 106 Burmese pythons captured in Florida in monthlong hunt (CS Monitor)
• IRS identifies more cyberattacks to access tax data (Reuters)
• U.S. Air Force vet one of first to face trial for Islamic State support (Reuters)

WORLD

• Former Tepco execs indicted over Fukushima nuclear disaster: media (Reuters)
• Mugabe birthday bash riles critics in drought-hit Zimbabwe  (Reuters)
• Cameroon frees several hundred hostages from Boko Haram (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Israel: Lebanon violated UNSC resolution calls to disarm Hezbollah more than 2,000 times (JPost)
• Huge increase in European products passing through Israel to Arab states (JPost)
• Missing radioactive material found dumped in south Iraq (Reuters)
• To stay or go? UK to vote on membership in European Union. (CS Monitor)
• Thousands pay respects to slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in solemn march (Social Media News)

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February 17, 2016 (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.

General news

• Ryan floats skipping budget (The Hill)
• After Scalia’s death, what’s next for Supreme Court? (Huffington Post)
• Oklahoma cracks down on injection wells after earthquake spike (CS Monitor)
• Kentucky lawmaker takes aim at anti-abortion law with 'Viagra' bill (Reuters)
• Bad teachers: Which states are keeping track and which aren’t (CS Monitor)
• A surprise player emerges in government’s historic auction of airwaves (The Washington Post)

Presidential primary

• Campaigns secretly prep for brokered GOP convention (Politico)
• CNN schedules Democratic debate in Flint, Michigan (CNN)
• How Hillary Clinton Might Actually Win In N.H., Even Though She Lost Big (NPR)
• Cruz’s plan would radically change tax code (Politico)
• State Dept. subpoenaed documents from Clinton Foundation: report (Reuters)
• Hillary Clinton and Henry Kissinger. It’s personal. (Mother Jones)
• Donald  Trump threatens Ted Cruz with lawsuit over presidential eligibility (Guardian)

WORLD

• Drug cartel battle kills 49 in northeastern Mexican prison (Reuters)
• Exclusive: Samples confirm Islamic State used mustard gas in Iraq - diplomat (Reuters)
• Syria: cessation of hostilities ‘within a week’ agreed at Munich talks (Guardian)
•  There are good reason why Europe’s Jews are so worried (Reuters)
• Turkey accuses Russia of firing missiles in Syria, killing 50 in schools, hospitals (JPost)
• How censorship works in Vladimir Putin’s Russia (The Washington Post)
• Thousands of Iraqi refugees leave Finland voluntarily  (Reuters)
• Somalia's al Shabaab says its bomber behind airline blast (Reuters)
• Why is China trying to revive ancient Silk Road?
• Iran to upgrade missiles, get Russian defense system: minister (Reuters)
• Female suicide bombers kill over 60 people in northeast Nigeria: officials (Reuters)

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National issues

• Top U.S. generals: Women should have to register for draft  (Reuters)
• Prosecutors use refuge occupiers’ own words against them (10 News)
• Navajo water supply is ‘more horrific than Flint’ (Free Thought Project)
• Milwaukee Muslim planned machine gun attack on Masonic temple, says FBI (CS Monitor)
• Chicago Police Deliberately Sabotaging Recording Devices, According to Report (Reason)
• Iranian drone flew over U.S. carrier in 'unprofessional' move: U.S. Navy (Reuters)
• U.S. arrests Hezbollah members on charges of sending drug money to Syria  (Reuters)

Presidential primary

• Graham: Cruz, Rubio positions on immigration, abortion, could hurt GOP in general election (Washington Times)
• The two parties can’t agree on the problems, let alone the solutions (The Washington Post)
• Iowa’s nightmare revisited: was correct winner called (on Democratic side)? (Des Moines Register)
• Trump accuses Cruz of stealing Iowa caucuses (Republican side) (CNN)
• Where the candidates stand on cybersecurity (CS Monitor)
• 22 Clinton e-mails deemed oto classified to be made public (New York Times)
• Senate Intelligence Vice Chair: None of the e-mails originated with Clinton (New Civil Rights)
• What If Trump Wins? (Reason)

WORLD

• 10,000 refugee children in Europe are missing, says Interpol (Guardian)
• Deal protects huge swath of central B.C. coast from logging (AP)
• Boko Haram burns kids alive in Nigeria, 86 dead: officials (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Mexico City gets new status as near-state (AP)
• What Were The Least (And Most) Corrupt Countries In 2015? (NPR)
• 'Israel's electrical grid attacked in massive cyber attack’ (JPost)
• Lithuania opens mass trial for 1991 Soviet crackdown (AP)
• Satellite Images Indicate Mass Graves In Burundi, Amnesty Says (NPR)
• A Chinese company buys Corbis. What happens to Tiananmen Square photos? (CS Monitor)
• Berlin grapples with Islamists, ISIS vets amid refugee wave (Fox News)
• France to recognise Palestinian state unless deadlock with Israel broken  (Reuters)
• Mexico remittances nearly $24.8B in 2015, topping oil income (AP)
• Iraqis running out of food and medicine in besieged Falluja

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January 20, 2016 (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.

Presidential campaign

• Poll: Neck and neck 2016 races in Iowa, New Hampshire (NBC)
• Sanders’ Medicare for all plan takes aim at for-profit healthcare system (Common Dreams)
• Who won Dem Debate?  Online polls point one way (CBS)
• Rand Paul: Unite the ‘two Americas’(The Hill)
• Sarah Palin endorses Donald Trump (New York Times)
• Republican lawmakers worried about running on Trump’s coattails (Reuters)
• British lawmakers debate banning Trump after Muslim comments (Reuters)
• A guide to what Ted Cruz wants to abolish, bar or change (Washington Post)

Other national news

• Anger and scrutiny grow over poisoned water in Michigan city (New York Times)
• Airport workers demand higher wages (WUSA)
• FAA fails to ensure pilots' manual flying skills: report (Reuters)
• Family-owned forest land may soon change hands (APM Marketplace)
• Thou Shalt Not Toss Food: Enlisting Religious Groups To Fight Waste (NPR)

WORLD

• Islamic State kidnaps 400 civilians in Syrian city of Deir al-Zor: monitor (Reuters)
• South China Sea? For Beijing, Taiwan is the No. 1 security issue (Reuters)
• Polish president calls for beefed-up NATO presence (AP)
• Pakistan arrests imam after boy cuts hand off in blasphemy error (Reuters)
• North African men suspected of stoning transgender women in German city (JPost)
• Aid Groups Witness Starving Syrians (NPR)
• Islamic State militants attack Jakarta, seven killed (Reuters)

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