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February 8, 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.

• Not just ‘bad hombres’, Trump is targeting up to 8 million people for deportation  (LA Times)
• Where Neil Gorsuch would fit on the Supreme Court (New York Times)
• Army approves Dakota Access pipeline, paving way for project’s completion (NPR)
• After Trump moves to undo financial regulations, Sanders calls him a ‘fraud’ (Chicago Tribune)
• FCC is stopping 9 companies from providing subsidized Internet access to the poor (LA Times)
• Bureau of Indian Affairs sending agents to clear Dakota Access protesters from site (Wash. Post)
• Republicans face anger over Obamacare repeal during town halls (Politico)
• USDA drops online animal abuse database; activists cry foul (CNN)
• Republicans back off bill to sell 3.3 m acres of public lands after public outcry (Guardian)
• US military officials: Trump-ordered raid in Yemen that killed US Navy SEAL was approved 'without sufficient intelligence' (Business Insider)
• Trump takes Propecia, hair loss drug associated with mental confusion, impotence (Huff. Post)
• Senate votes to kill Dodd-Frank anti-corruption rule (Huffington Post)
• Trump defends Putin over Russia killings allegations (BBC)
• Senate Republicans defy Democrats’ boycott to advance Trump nominees (NPR)
• Pentagon failed to disclose up to thousands of air strikes: report (Reuters)
•  ‘This was the worst call by far,’’ Trump badgered, bragged and abruptly ended call with Australian Prime Minister (Washington Post)
• Trump’s FCC Chair wastes no time changing agency direction (GovExec.com)

WORLD

• Human slaughterhouse:  mass hangings and extermination at Sadnaya prison, Syria (Amnesty International)
• Trump barred from UK Parliament due to racism and sexism(Bloomberg News)
• UN Ambassador Haley hits Russia hard on Ukraine (CNN)
• Extremely deadly radiation, huge hole found in grate under Fukushima 1 reactor  (Japan Times)
• Did Iran's Ballistic Missile Test Violate A U.N. Resolution? (NPR)
• U.S. coalition jets bomb Islamic State-held town near Euphrates Dam (Reuters)
• Iran: 'Only seven minutes needed for the Iranian missile to hit Tel Aviv’ (JPost)
• IDF strikes multiple Hamas targets in retaliation for rocket attack (JPost)
• 'Hamas cell planned terror attacks at synagogue, train station in Israel’ (JPost)
• More Than 100 People Killed In Afghanistan Avalanches (NPR)
• At least 20 dead in bomb blast outside Afghan Supreme Court (Reuters)
• Mass protests force Romania to scrap decree decriminalizing graft (Reuters)

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January 25, 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.

• Trump signs directive to start border wall with Mexico, ramp up immigration enforcement (Washington Post)
• Journalists come together to address press freedom issues with President-elect Trump (KNSD)
• Dow hits 20,000 for the first time as stocks' post-election rally continues (SD Union-Tribune)
• Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Replacement for Obamacare (Reason)
• Wave of Bomb Threats Targets Jewish Centers, Again (NPR)
• CIA releases 13 million pages of classified documents online (BBC)
• Trump invites Netanyahu to Washington: White House (Reuters)
• Trump organization documents show he has resigned from over 400 companies (CNN Money)
• Report: Trump WH hiring Breitbart writer (Huffington Post)
• EPA freezes grants, tells employees not to talk about it (Huffington Post)
• On Inauguration Day, Washington offers portrait of a polarized America (+video)  (CS Monitor)
• Emoluments lawsuit: political maneuvering for Trump's tax returns, or viable tactic? (CS Monitor)
• U.S. deficit to shrink to $559 billion in fiscal year 2017: CBO (Reuters)
• Since Obama Took Office, Debt Has Nearly Doubled (Reason)
• Ohio to Libertarian Party: You Can't Qualify for the Ballot by Winning Votes Since We Won't Let You on the Ballot (Reason)
• Toyota Motor to add 400 jobs at Indiana assembly plant (Reuters)

WORLD

• El Chapo, Mexican drug king, extradited to U.S. (New York Times)
• Syrian peace talks: Armed groups come in from the cold (BBC)
• China's birthrate rises after one-child policy loosened (Fox News)
• Photos show 'weaponised commercial drones' in Iraq (BBC)
• Exclusive: Canadian energy firms at bigger risk from cyber, bomb attacks - spy agency (Reuters)
• Nigerian air force kills 50 in air strike on refugee camp: MSF (Reuters)
• Palestinian, 44, killed during attempted stabbing attack (JPost)
• 75 People Arrested, Accused of Trafficking Stolen Art and Archaeological Relics (NPR)

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January 11, 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.

GENERAL NEWS

• U.S. lists 17 nuclear reactors with parts from forge under probe (Reuters)
• The U.S. Dropped More Than 26,000 Bombs Last Year (Reason)
• Jewish centers report bomb threats in several U.S. states (Reuters)
• Fort Lauderdale shooting:  5 dead, suspect had gun in bag (CNN)
• Iraq War veteran accused of killing 5 at Florida airport (Reuters)
• Is Free College Really Free? (NPR)

POLITICS

• Treatment of black lawmakers becomes flashpoint of Sessions hearing (CNN)
• Trump names former Sen. Dan Coates to be intelligence chief (CBS)
• Rex Tillerson could be America’s most dangerous secretary of state (In These Times)
• Tillerson fails to win over key GOP Senators (CNN)
• Declassified report: Putin ordered election interference to help Trump (The Hill)
• Russia hacked Republican state campaigns but not Trump's: FBI head (Reuters)
• Angst grows in GOP over Obamacare repeal plan (The Hill)
• GOP doesn’t want public to know how much Obamacare repeal will cost.  Studies show it could be trillions. (Common Dreams)
• House Republicans revive obscure rule that allows them to slash the pay of individual federal workers to $1 (Washington Post)
• Trump Partied New Year’s Eve with Convicted Felon-With-Mob-Ties’  (People)
• Trump’s Border Wall, Deportation Plans Face Pushback from GOP (Bloomberg)
• Libertarian Party Suit Against FEC for Restrictions on How It Can Spend Its Donations to Proceed (Reason)

WORLD

• Iraqis close in on Tigris River, force ISIS to retreat in Mosul (Newsweek)
• Dozens Dead in Multiple ISIS Bombings Across Baghdad (NPR)
• These are the most productive countries in the world (Time)
• Syrian suspected of planning truck attack in Germany arrested: prosecutors (Reuters)
• How Russia's Disinformation Campaign Could Extend Its Tentacle (NPR)
• As Venezuelans Go Hungry, The Military Is Trafficking in Food (NPR)
• Brazil gang kills 31, many hacked to death, as prison violence explodes (Reuters)
• North Korea's claim on ICBM test plausible: experts (Reuters)
• Armed men storm prison in southern Philippines, freeing more than 150 (Reuters)
• Political Exile, A Centuries-Old Russian Tradition, Returns (NPR)
• Former Iran president Rafsanjani dies in blow to moderates (Reuters)

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December 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.

• More borrowers are losing Social Security benefits over old student loans (Market Watch)
• Trump says he plans to shut down his charitable foundation (Washington Post)
• Four More Michigan Officials Charged Over Flint Water Crisis (NPR)
• How Trump’s plan to gut Obamacare will take down Medicare (Forbes)
• This latest Trump appointee may worry Social Security recipients (NASDAQ)
• Five fights for Trump’s first 100 days (CNN)
• Five Republicans who could buck Trump in 2017 (The Hill)

WORLD

• Christmas reborn in Iraqi town freed from ISIS (CNN)
• Nigeria: Boko Haram crushed, forced out of last enclave (USA Today)
• U.S. declines to veto U.N. Security Council resolution for Israel to stop Jewish settlement activity (Washington Post)
• Deadly Explosion Rips Through Fireworks Market Near Mexico City (NPR)
• A bigger problem than ISIS? (New Yorker)
• Fake story spurs Pakistani official to threaten Israel with nuclear response (CS Monitor)
• Chile's government works to re-establish connectivity in quake-affected zone (Reuters)
• EU court says mass data retention illegal  (Reuters)
• Lithuania said found Russian spyware on its government computers  (Reuters)
• Russian hackers tracked Ukrainian artillery units using Android implant: report (Reuters)

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December 13, 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.

• CIA reportedly concludes  Russia interference aimed to elect Trump (NPR)
• The Russian Hacking Controversy: What We Do And Don't Know (NPR)
• McConnell, warning of ‘dangerous’ debt, wants tax cut offsets (Bloomberg)
•  Top U.S. spy agency has not embraced CIA assessment on Russia hacking  (Reuters)
• Federal judge nixes Pennsylvania ballot recount. Why? (CS Monitor)
• Who's to blame for fake news? (Los Angeles Times)
• Inspired by Trump, Ohio Legislature passes “heartbeat” bill that would ban most abortions (Washington Post)
• Trump picks Exxon-Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State (CBS)
• Trump Questionnaire Raises Concerns About Retaliation Against Energy Department Staff (NPR)
• DOE won’t provide names of climate change staffers to Trump team (Politico)
• Trump to name Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma Attorney General suing EPA on climate change, to head the EPA(Washington Post)
• Trump: Boeing should lose Air Force One contract over ‘out of control’ cost (Guardian)
• Trump nominates CKE’s Puzder for Labor Secretary (Pacific Business Times)

WORLD

• Aleppo has fallen to Syrian regime control, Russia says (CNN)
• How a 7-year-old Aleppo girl on Twitter became our era’s Anne Frank  (Wash. Post)
• Cease-fire has been reached to evacuate civilians from Aleppo: Syrian rebels (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Palmyra: ‘Chemical gas attack’ hits IS-held Syria area (BBC)
• New Zealand policy makers in the dark after quake upends stats bureau (Reuters)
• Cairo church bombing kills 25, raises fears among Christians (Reuters)

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October 18, 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

• When Donald Trump threatens to arrest Hillary Clinton, he threatens democracy (Newsday)
• FBI's handling of Hillary Clinton emails: Was there a quid pro quo? (CS Monitor)
• Former Miss Arizona: Trump ‘just came strolling right in’ on naked contestants (Wash. Post)
• People Magazine drops bombshell on Trump: 6 witnesses confirm Natasha Stoynoff’s sex assault report (Raw Story)
• A look at hacked emails from Clinton’s campaign chair (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Other national news

• U.S. warship targeted in failed missile attack from Yemen: official (Reuters)
• Judge throws out charges against journalist who covered Dakota Access pipeline (Mother Jones)
• New Jersey judge issues criminal summons against Christie over Bridgegate (CNN)
• Weedtown, USA: home to America’s first city-owned pot shop (Men’s Journal)

WORLD

• Syrian rebels seize `doomsday’ village where Islamic State promised final battle (Reuters)
• Iraqi PM: operation to drive ISIS out of Mosul is imminent (CNN)
• Ecuador cuts Julian Assange's internet access: WikiLeaks  (Reuters)
• Despite failures, North Korea could field missile next year: U.S. expert  (Reuters)
• Austrian government to demolish house where Hitler was born (+video) (CS Monitor)

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October 5, 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

• Hurricane Matthew heads for East Coast (CNN)
• Sacramento police tried to run over man before shooting him, recordings reveal (SacBee)
• How the FDA Manipulates the Media (Scientific American)

Presidential race

• VP Debate: Kaine interrupts and attacks, Pence holds steady and deflects (Moderate Voice)
• Kaine, Pence debate: CNN reality check team vets the claims (CNN)
• Trump calls tax avoidance ‘smart’, most Americans call it ‘unpatriotic’, poll finds (Reuters)
• 20 fact checks from the first presidential debate (NBC)
• Clinton, Trump clash in fiery first debate (Yahoo News)
• Trump implies veterans with PTSD are not strong (KNSD)
• Analysis: In debate, Trump spoke of a black America that no longer exists (NBC)

WORLD

• Royal couple snubbed by Canadian indigenous leader (CNN)
• Deadly Hurricane Matthew pounds Haiti (Associated Press)
• Columbia rejects deal to end FARC conflict:  what happens next? (CNN)

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August 30, 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.

• FBI detects breaches in two state voter systems (Reuters)
• Obama declares land from Burt’s Bees co-founder a national monument (Sacramento Bee)
• 'The Travel Detective' Explains How Airlines Became A ‘Mafia' (NPR)
• The question no one’s asking about the Clinton Foundation (Mother Jones)
• Clinton hasn’t had a news conference since last year (Washington Post)
• New Trump campaign chief faces scrutiny over anti-Semitism, voter registration (Washington Post)
• Clinton-Trump race heats up over racial relations (CBS)
• Donald Trump’s response to his shoddy doctor’s letter? A call for Clinton to disclose more (Washington Post)

WORLD

• U.S., Russia say they are close to cooperation deal on Syria war (Washington Post)
• Columbian peace deal: FARC to announce cease fire (BBC)
• Court overturns burkini ban in French town (New York Times)
• Under New Philippine President, Hundreds Have Died In Extrajudicial Killings (NPR)

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April 12, 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.

• Obama administration is taking steps to shrink the financial sector (Washington Monthly)
• Senate refuses to stop airlines from shrinking seats (CBS)
• US water systems repeatedly exceed federal standard for lead  (Miami Herald)
• FBI Allegedly Cracks Terrorist's Phone, Ending Fight with Apple (for Now) (Reason)
• Bad News: The Justice Dept. Has Restarted Its Program to Share Seized Property with Police (Reason)
• Puerto Rico sees rise in Zika cases, paralyzing condition (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• In Syria, militias armed by the Pentagon fight those armed by the CIA (LA Times)
• Bernie heads to the Vatican (Atlantic)
• Some Blacks Did Support Bill Clinton's Crime Bill. Here's Why  (NPR)
• Appeals court restores Utah's polygamy law in 'Sister Wives' case (Reuters)
• IRS Head Says Cybersecurity Problems Leave Taxpayers Vulnerable (NPR)
• Chinese investment in the US has made giant leap to more than $15bn (The Guardian)
• Flint Water Recovery Lagging As Residents Don't Let Tainted Water Run (NPR)

WORLD

• The key posts you should read in Pope Francis’ major new document on family issues (Washington Post)
• Paris Terror Suspect Admits He Was In Video With Brussels Bombers, Prosecutors Say (NPR)
• Spain summons French ambassador over wine lorry (BBC)
• Putin denounces Panama Papers leak as attempt to weaken Russia (Washington Post)
• South African religious leaders ask Zuma to resign (The Washington Post)
• Pakistan's Christians: the precarious position of a minority community (CS Monitor)
• At Macedonian Border, Tensions Between Migrants And Police Erupt Into Violence (NPR)
• Iran vows to pursue missile program despite new U.S. sanctions (Reuters)
• Boko Haram Increasingly Using Children In 'Suicide' Attacks, UNICEF Says (NPR)
• As impeachment efforts continue, Brazil's President Rousseff targets conspirators (CS Monitor)

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November 2, 2011 (San Diego's East County)--ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflecting 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.

• Obama plan moves to ease mortgages, student loans (International Business Times)
• Victims of improper foreclosure practices can submit claims (Los Angeles Times)
• New Obama administration programs help veterans find jobs (Voice of America)
• Farming helps refugees put down roots (Voice of America)
• Millions without power after northeast snow storm (CNN)
• Herman Cain sexual harassment claims dog campaign (ABC)
• Bank of America cancels debit card fee (BBC)

WORLD

• World reaches 7 billion (Reuters video)
• Occupy London protesters celebrate after winning eviction battle (Guardian)
• Somalia’s agony tests limits of aid (New York Times)
• Wikileaks Assange loses extradition appeal (BBC)
• Suicide bomber kills 3, wounds 20 in SE Turkey (Jerusalem Post)

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October 13, 2011 (San Diego’s East County)--ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflecting 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.

·         Senate GOP votes to kill jobs bill (Washington Post)

·         Obama’s $447 billion jobs plan blocked with 50-49 Senate vote (The Hill)

·         Iranians charged in U.S. over assassination plot (Reuters)

·         Editor admits to infiltrating DC protest to undermine Occupy movement (RawStory)

·         Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan under fire from both left and right (The Hill)

·         Census: Housing bust worst since great depression (San Diego Union-Tribune)

WORLD

·         Coptic Christians in Egyt battle state’s version of deadly protest (Christian Science Monitor)

·         Japan quake: Fukushima children undergo thyroid tests (BBC)

·         Palestinians win a vote on bid to join Unesco (New York Times)

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September 28, 2011 (San Diego's East County)--ECM World Watch highlights top U.S. and world news stories, published in other media.  This week's top headlines include:

WORLD

·         Saudi king gives women right to vote (Reuters)

·         Saudi woman driver’s lashing ‘overturned by king’(BBC)

·         NATO strikes Gaddafi stronghold(BBC)

·         Gamers crack AIDS puzzle(Medical News Today)

U.S.

·         Mass. man accused of plotting to hit Pentagon and Capitol with drone aircraft (Washington Post)

·         Air Force and Navy turn to biofuels (NPR)

·         Obama’s healthcare law appealed to Supreme Court (Reuters)

·         80 arrested as ‘occupy Wall Street’ protest of bank bailouts, mortgage crisis marches in NYC (Washington Post)

·         Hot truck problems getting worse (WTHR-TV)

·         U.S. Internet rules to take effect Nov. 20 (Reuters)

·         Net Neutrality rules are coming. Here’s why they matter (Christian Science Monitor)

·         Guantanamo tribunal for USS Cole suspect (BBC)

August 24, 2011 (San Diego’s East County)-- ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflecting 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.

• Earthquake aftermath: National landmarks damaged (ABC News)
• White House issues new rules to cut bureaucratic red tape (Washington Post)
• A new era in foreign policy (CNN)
• Gold price drops sharply on U.S. economy hopes (BBC)
• Hurricane Irene marks 1st big U.S. threat in years (Yahoo News/AP)
• Report: Government probe of Standard & Poors (AP)
• Obama plan to review deportation cases stokes heated debate (Los Angeles Times)

WORLD

• Price put on Gadhafi’s head (Reuters)
• No Gadhafi kids in custody: Escapes and false reports (ABC News)
• Analysis: West looks to avoid Iraq errors in post-Gadhafi Libya (Reuters)
• Russian Progress space freighter lost (BBC)
• Large zone near nuclear reactors to be off limits (New York Times)
 

August 11, 2011 (San Diego’s East County)--ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflecting 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:

WORLD

• England riots: Fight back underway, says PM (BBC)
• Riots: The underclass lashes out (London Telegraph)
• Worst day for world markets since ’08 (Washington Post)
• U.S. urges citizens to leave Syria immediately (Jerusalem Post)
• After the revolution, Arab women seek more rights (NPR)

U.S.

• Republican tax hardliners on debt superpanel (Reuters)
• Wisconsin recall elections: Democrats fail to take Senate majority by one seat (Washington Post)
• Government considers turning foreclosures into rentals (AP)
• Foreign-born blacks hit hardest of all immigrant groups by jobs crisis (Huffington Post)
• United States loses AAA credit rating (Reuters)
• S&P Fallout: Fannie and Freddie downgraded (CNN Money)
• Blowing money in the wind: lawsuit filed over wind energy (Toronto Sun)