January 23, 2023 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Classified papers in Biden’s home; special counsel investigating (The Hill)
• Trump and lawyer sanctioned almost $1 million for ‘frivolous’ lawsuit against Hillary Clinton (CNBC)
• Trump’s NY Tax-Fraud Hit Eclipsed by Impact of Felony Conviction (Bloomberg Law)
• Kevin McCarthy wins speaker race after a grueling 4 days and 15 rounds of voting (CBS)
• Arizona city cuts off a neighborhood’s water supply amid drought (Washington Post)
• Coast Guard monitoring Russian spy, ship on patrol off Hawaii  (AP)
• Trump accused in lawsuit of causing wrongful death of Officer Brian Sicknick in US Capitol attack (CNN)
• Trump's returns shed light on tax offsets, foreign accounts (10 News)
• FAA: Contractors unintentionally deleted files, leading to the NOTAM outage  (NPR)
• FBI says two men hit Washington's power grid to commit a burglary (NPR)
• U.S. moves to ban non-compete provisions that hurt workers  (Yahoo News)
• The skilled trades haven't caught as a career choice with Gen Z.  (NPR)
• Puerto Rico to privatize power generation amid power outages (AP)

WORLD

• Migrants Can Now Use ‘CBP One’ App to Request Asylum at Border Crossings (Times of San Diego)
• Foreigners banned from buying residential property in Canada for 2 years (Times Now News)
• Mexico gives account of violence after ‘Chapo’ son nabbed (AP)
• Global food prices in 2022 hit record high amid drought, war (AP)
• 90% of people in China province infected with Covid, says local health official (NPR)
• UK leader calls crisis meeting over struggling health system (AP) 
• China set for historic demographic turn, accelerated by COVID traumas (Reuters)
• England bans single-use plastic plates and cutlery (NPR)
• Russia backs banning of maps disputing official 'territorial integrity' (Reuters)
• Peru antigovernment protests spread, with clashes in Cusco  (NPR)
• Ukraine building suffers deadliest civilian attack in months (AP)
• In Istanbul, what was once routine for the winter is now a luxury   (NPR)

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July 18, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Biden could declare climate emergency as soon as this week, sources say (Washington Post)
• Inflation hits four-decade high of 9.1% (MSN)
• Two Trump White House officials expected to testify at prime-time Jan. 6 hearing Thursday (NBC)
• American Factories Are Making Stuff Again as CEOs Take Production Out of China (Bloomberg)
• Endangered Species Act restored by federal judge after Trump-era weakening (CNN)
• Leaked Audio: Before Election Day, Bannon Said Trump Planned to Falsely Claim Victory (Mother Jones)
• July 4 parade slaughter again shows nowhere is safe from America's mass killing contagion (CNN)
• A pilot shortage is adding to the travel chaos this summer  (NPR)
• Ernst & Young fined $100 million after employees cheated in exams (NPR)
• A crop of candidates are insisting they won their elections, despite not being close (NPR)

WORLD

• Record number of people worldwide are moving toward starvation, U.N. warns (NPR)
• Tokyo court orders ex-Tepco execs to pay $95 ln damages over Fukushima disaster (CNN)
• Shinzo Abe, Japan's former prime minister, assassinated at a campaign stop (Reuters)
• NATO signs off on Sweden and Finland’s membership bids (PBS)
• 'Them's the breaks': Boris Johnson quits as UK prime minister (Reuters)
• NATO’s Deputy Secretary General: NATO support for Ukraine is for the long-term (NATO)
• How Russia's war in Ukraine is changing the world (NPR)
• How Russia's war in Ukraine harms nature, from wildfires to dolphins to birds (NPR)
• Sri Lanka president to step down, parliamentary speaker says, amid storm of protests (Reuters)
• 20 men are convicted in the 2015 Paris terror attacks (NPR)
• Russia is using a secret network to steal Ukraine grain (Wall Street Journal)

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October 27, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Democrats at odds over 'billionaires tax' to fund sweeping Biden agenda (Reuters)
• A 19th-Century Law Dismantled The KKK. Now It Could Bring Down A New Generation Of Extremists (Huffington Post0
• Jan. 6 committee chair: 'No question' Capitol riot was a premeditated attack (The Hill)
• House January 6 committee unanimously votes to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt (CBS)
• Supreme Court won’t block Texas abortion law but grants expedited review for Nov. 1 (Washington Post)
• Colin Powell was vaccinated against Covid, but suffered from a cancer that makes the shots less effective (CNN)
• Ethics Group: 7 House Members Are Violating The STOCK Act (NPR)
• Dwindling Alaska salmon leave Yukon River tribes in crisis (AP)
• Even Colorado's Largest Wildfire Was No Match For Beavers (KUNC)

WORLD

• Haiti faces disasters and chaos. Its people are most likely to be denied U.S. asylum (NPR)
• Biden vows to stand with Asia on freedom, hits at China on Taiwan (Reuters)
• Syria executes 24 people charged with lighting wildfires that devastated the country last year (CNN)
• U.S. offers payments, relocation to family of Afghans killed in botched drone attack (Reuters)

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September 5, 2019 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Some children of US troops born overseas will no longer get automatic American citizenship, Trump administration says (Task and Purpose) 
• Alaska’s Sea Ice Completely Melted for First Time in Recorded History (Truthout)
• Kroger asks customers to quit openly carrying guns in stores (Reuters) 
• Hurricane Dorian threatening the U.S. after devastating the Bahamas (CNN)
• Truckers voted for Trump in droves. Now they say his trade war is 'killing' their ability to make a living. (Business Insider)
• Judge throws out Trump order and restores Obama-era drilling ban in Arctic (Los Angeles Times)  
• Trump’s pardon offer may have violated federal bribery laws (Washington Post) 
• Video, reports of machines automatically changing votes in Mississippi GOP governor runoff (USA Today)

WORLD

• Hurricane Dorian's 200 mph wind gusts the 'strongest' recorded in northwestern Bahamas (10 News)
• First aerial footage shows complete devastation in Bahamas from hurricane (CNN)
• Britain may face snap elections after Boris Johnson suffers major loss in Parliament (Washington Post) 
• U.S. stops all aid to Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza (BBC)
• Muslim women ‘sterilised’ in China detention camps, say former detainees (UK Independent)

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July 10, 2019 (San Diego’s East County) -- East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Jeffrey Epstein Arrested on New Sex-Trafficking Charges (Time Magazine) 
• Attorney General Bill Barr will not recuse himself from Jeffrey Epstein child sex prosecution (CNBC)
• Labor Secretary Alex Acosta Defends Controversial Epstein Plea Deal (Newsweek)
• Alaska’s current off the charts wildfire situation, in one map (Slate)
• Flooding hits New Orleans as possible hurricane looms (CBS)
• How the Supreme Court will upend 2020 (Axios)
• UN Human Rights Chief Decries ‘Alarming’ Conditions At Migrant Detention Facilities (Huffington Post)
• U.S. billionaire Ross Perot, who shook up 1990s presidential politics, dead at 89  (Reuters) 
• San Francisco billionaire Tom Steyer launches presidential campaign (San Francisco Chronicle)

WORLD

• Brazil Judge Holds Mining Company Liable for Damages of Deadly Dam Breach (New York Times)
• U.S. begins returning asylum seekers to one of Mexico’s most dangerous states (Washington Post) 
• U.S. Fights Twitter War with Iran, Venezuela and John Bolton Is Leading It (Newsweek)
• US keeps China in loop on North Korea with briefing on Trump-Kim talks (South China Morning Post)

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June 5, 2019 (San Diego’s East County) -- East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

Border issues

• Border Patrol is confiscating migrant kids’ medicine, U.S. doctors say (Yahoo News)
• Border apprehensions spike in may, topping 130,000 (The Hill)
• Funding for migrant children running out with no deal in sight (Roll Call)
• Trump's Mexican tariffs could hit U.S. refiners, add to fuel costs (Reuters)
• Father of four ‘bled to death’ in ICE custody: lawsuit (Daily Beast)

Other national news

• Five takeaways from the biggest swarm of U.S. tornados since 2011 (Washington Post)
• Trump administration ends government fetal tissue research (Newsweek)
• The Mueller Report Was My Tipping Point: I was a Trump transition staffer, and I’ve seen enough. It’s time for impeachment. (The Atlantic)
• Democratic presidential contender Warren seeks law allowing presidents to be indicted (Reuters)
• Supreme Court rejects transgender bathroom case, allowing transgender students to use bathroom of choice (CBS News)

WORLD

• On Normandy's beaches, leaders and veterans recall sacrifice of D-Day (Reuters)
• Mexico eyes steps to cut immigrant flows to U.S. border, official says (Reuters)
• Cruise ship ban causes uncertainty and confusion among travelers (CNN)
• Assange won’t face charges over role in devastating CIA leak (Politico via Apple News)
• Trump’s unprecedented foray into UK politics (CNN)
• Scores injured in blasts at Russian military plant (Reuters)
• North Korea executes 5 officials over failed Kim-Trump summit: South Korean media (Fox News)
• Rockets fired from Syria at Israeli-occupied Golan Heights (Reuters)
• In double whammy, Fitch downgrades Mexico and Moody's lowers outlook (Reuters)
• Leader of Mexico-based church accused of rape, child porn (Reuters)

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May 2, 2019 (San Diego’s East County) -- East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Insys Therapeutics CEO John Kapoor, 4 other execs found guilty in fentanyl bribery case (USA Today)
• Mueller pushed in letter for Barr to release report’s summaries (New York Times)
• Blackwater founder Erik Prince implicated in murder (The Nation)
• Bolton is Reportedly Pushing for War in Venezuela But Can Trump Stop Him? (Newsweek)
• Democrats Threaten Barr With Contempt After He No-Shows House Hearing (New York Times)
• Pelosi: Barr committed a crime by lying to lawmakers (The Hill)
• Julian Assange Refuses to Voluntarily Surrender to Extradition to U.S. (Newsweek)

WORLD

• See it: Armored military vehicle plows into protesters as violence breaks out in Venezuela (New York Daily News)
• Huge crowds join protest sit-in against Sudan's military leaders (Reuters)
• Canadian capital of Ottawa declares state of emergency as waters swell (Reuters)
• Spain election: socialists win amid far-right breakthrough (BBC)
• Picture emerges of well-to-do young bombers behind Sri Lankan carnage (Reuters)
• Putin offers Russian citizenship to Ukrainians in separatist-held areas (CNN)

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May 30, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

•  US lost track of 1,500 immigrant children, but says it's not 'legally responsible' (CNN)
• Hundreds of migrant children are being separated from parents — and U.S. officials can't keep track (CNBC)
• Gas prices are up 31% from last Memorial Day. Here’s why. (CNN Money)
• Dawn of an era? Illinois statehouse passes Equal Rights Amendment  95 years later (Chicago Sun Times)
• One roadblock to arming teachers: insurance companies (Washington Post)
• Judge declines to throw out Manafort charges (Yahoo News/AP)
• Roseanne sets off fury with Ambien excuse for racist tweet (The Hill)

 WORLD

• Russian Military Missile Downed Flight MH17: Int'l Investigators (NBC 7)
• Leaders of two Koreas hold surprise meeting as Trump revives summit hopes (Reuters)
• Ireland overturns abortion ban (BBC)
• Kremlin critic turns up alive on TV after reported murder (Reuters)
• Gaza militants launch barrages across border, Israel hits back with air strikes (Reuters)
• U.S. voices outrage as Syria assumes presidency of U.N. disarmament body (JPost)
• `Spiderman' granted French citizenship after rescuing child from Paris balcony (CNN)
• Canada Buys Controversial Oil Pipeline, Ensures Its Expansion  (NPR)
• Mozambique 'jihadists behead’ villagers (BBC)

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November 16, 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.

• GOP tax plan clears house, faces obstacles in Senate (Washington Post)
• FCC opens door to more consolidation in TV business (New York Times)
• The GOP tax plan will destroy graduate education (Forbes)
• U.S. officials tout cleaner fossil fuels, nuclear power at international talk (Marketplace)
• Drug-Shooting 'Bazooka' Seized In Mexico As Smugglers Aim Skyward (NPR)
• U.S. mass shooters are disproportionately veterans (Let’sTryDemocracy)
• Hate Crimes in 2016: New FBI Numbers Show Little Change (Reason)

WORLD

• Russia attacked energy, telecom and media in Britain: government official (Reuters)
• Iran-Iraq earthquake topples state-constructed buildings (CS Monitor)
• Israel offers aid to Iran and Iraq in earthquake aftermath (JPost)
• Air Pollution In New Delhi Forced Airlines To Ground Planes, Factories And Schools To Close (NPR)
• North Korea nuclear arsenal too developed to destroy quickly, says Moon  (Reuters)
• Russia Using Disinformation To 'Sow Discord In West,' Britain's Prime Minister Says (NPR)
• Venezuela says debt refinancing under way, S&P calls selective default  (Reuters)
• Tanks seen near Zimbabwe capital but streets calm as political tensions rise  (Reuters)
• Soldiers seize Zimbabwe state broadcaster, anti-Mugabe coup talk intensifies (Reuters)

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February 18, 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.

• Cyber hackers steal more than $1 billion from banks (APM Marketplace)
• Social Security debate reignites (The Hill)
• Jimmy Carter: Women’s rights the fight of my life (CNN)
• Homeless People Each Share One Thing About Themselves That Will Surprise You (22Words)
• Study Suggests Recession, Recovery Have Not Left The Rich Richer (NPR)
• US to provide assistance in fight against Boko Haram (CS Monitor)
• Islamic State targeted in 14 airstrikes by U.S., allies: task force (Reuters)
• U.S., Turkey reach tentative pact on training Syrian rebels (Reuters)

WORLD

• Canadian police say Valentine's Day mass shooting plot foiled (Reuters)
• Malawi bans child marriage, lifts minimum age to 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
•  Defiant Danes march after gunman attacks Copenhagen (Reuters)
• Copenhagen attacks challenge soft Nordic approach to radicals (Reuters)
•  Shooting Victim at Copenhagen synagogue was a young Jew (Danmarks Radio)
•  Libyan plane returns to Tripoli after Egypt closes airspace (Reuters)
• Women in India fight sexual harassment with smartphones (CS Monitor)
• 50 Russian tanks roll into Ukraine to aid rebels (CS Monitor)
• Nicaragua's New Canal Could Be Environmental Disaster, Report Says (NPR)
• Foiled Australia attackers vowed to 'strike necks and kidneys' of victims (Reuters)
• Islamic State fighters seize western Iraqi town: officials (Reuters)
•  Backlash After Students at University Demand Jews De-register (JWR)
•  Israel eases restrictions for businesses in blockaded Gaza (AP)

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November 6, 2014 (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.

• Freshman class is young by U.S. Senate standards but has governing experience (Washington Post)
• President vows to work with – and without – Congress (NY Times)
• President to seek Congressional backing for military fight against ISIS (NY Times)
• Midterm elections results: Why Republicans crushed Democrats (CS Monitor)
• Ending Washington gridlock now largely in Mitch McConnell’s hands now (LA Times)
• Election brings new GOP power to state capitols (SF Gate).
• Oil drops 50% from all-time high (USA Today)
• Surgeries suspended for military family pets as cost-saving measure (KPBS)

WORLD

• Fugitive Mexican mayor and wife arrested in missing students case (Washington Post)
• Terror in Jerusalem: One dead [and 14 injured] as Palestinian driver rams van into crowded light rail station (JPost)  
• Ukraine crisis: Poroshenko orders troops to key cities (CNN)

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July 23, 2014 (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.

• Charge your phone, or you can't fly with it (APM Marketplace)
• USA Court ruling creates new uncertainty for Obamacare (Reuters)
• Candidate pool for Congress is missing moderates, study finds (CS Monitor)
• Inmate’s execution takes over two hours (USA Today)
• Lapses at high-security CDC labs reveal culture of negligence (CS Monitor)
• Florida airport staff get lesson in nation's geography

WORLD

• Malaysian Airlines flight 17 was shot down for money (Huffington Post)
• Great Wall of Japan? Locals balk at tsunami-protection plan. (CS Monitor)
• 2 Ukranian fighter jets shot down over rebel-held territory (Reuters)
• Israelis express anger over U.S. flight ban to Tel Aviv (Washington Post)
• Seized nuclear material in Iraq 'low grade': U.N. agency
• Anti-Israel protesters besiege Paris synagogue (JTA.org)

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December 19, 2013 (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 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.

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• Arts and culture contribute more to U.S. economy than tourism (Marketplace.org)
• Veterans fight federal budget provision (WAVY TV)
• Judge rules polygamy protected under freedom of religion (ABC)
• US judge rules NSA data sweep an 'indiscriminate and arbitrary invasion' (CS Monitor)
• Navy expands sonar testing despite troubling signs (KPBS)
• Michigan passes ‘rape insurance’ bill (MSNBC)
• Obama “keep your plan” promise labeled lie of the year by Politifact (CBS)

WORLD

• China makes history with Jade Rabbit moon rover landing (Yahoo News)
• North Korea Kim’s uncle executed (The Nation)
• What does 74% youth unemployment feel like? (APM Marketplace)
• Amazing photos capture snow covering Middle East (UT San Diego)

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October 24, 2013 (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 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.

• Toyota recall: spiders are causing airbag problems (CS Monitor)
• Schumer to introduce debt limit legislation (The Hill)
• Study: Wind power costs taxpayers billions of dollars (Townhall)
• Obamacare said to take in almost a half million applications (Bloomberg)
• California health exchange reports 94,500 application starts (Los Angeles Times)
• Healthcare.gov: What works and what doesn’t (CNN)
• Oregon launching new program to tax drivers per mile (Fox News)
• AP CEO: Press freedom v. security a `false choice’ (U-T San Diego)
• Inside the Fox News lie machine: I fact-checked Sean Hannity on Obamacare (Salon)
• U.S. high court declines to hear privacy lawsuit against Thomson Reuters (Reuters)
• Protecting Detroit pensions may violate bankruptcy code: judge(Reuters)

WORLD

• High temperatures and winds worse Australian wildfires (CS Monitor)
• Oops! Azerbaijan Releases Election Results Before Voting Begins (NPR)
• EU Parliament urges ending data agreement with US (AP)
• China smog: Super smog blankets China city, 40 times higher than international safety standard (CS Monitor)
• Mexico calls alleged U.S. spying on Calderon ‘unacceptable’ (Reuters)
• Images show new work at NKorea's nuclear test site (U-T San Diego)
• Did Turkey Sell Out Israeli Agents To Iran? (NPR)
• Japan delaying cleanup of towns near nuclear plant (U-T San Diego)
• China to restrict satellite TV stations to one foreign program  (Reuters)

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June 27, 2013 (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 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.

• Senate approves immigration bill in 68-32 vote, sending battle measure to House (The Hill)
• US. Training Syrian rebels at secret bases (CBS)
• Feds' Nervy Defense of No-Fly List Meets a Skeptical Judge  (Reason)
• IRS also targeted liberal groups (CNN)
• U.S. Conference of Mayors asks Obama for flexibility on marijuana (RawStory)
• NSA leaker charged with espionage, theft (Yahoo! News)
• WikiLeaks: Snowden requested legal help to safety  (Yahoo! News)
• U.S. warns countries against Snowden travel  (Reuters)
• Pelosi's defense of NSA surveillance draws boos  (AP)
• Facebook admits year-long data breach exposed 6 million users
• How drones are used for domestic surveillance (Christian Science Monitor)

WORLD

• Ten car bombs kill 39 in Iraqi capital (Reuters)
• Taliban attack Afghan presidential palace: Reuters witnesses (Reuters)
• Jordan hosts 900 US troops to shield against Syria (U-T San Diego)
• Lost Maya city found in Mexican jungle (Christian Science Monitor)
• Flooding kills 3, forces 75,000 from Calgary homes (U-T San Diego)
• Markets continue to fall in China after lending freeze (Marketplace.org)
• India monsoon floods kill at least 560; thousands missing (Reuters)
• Malaysia Declares Emergency From Cross-Border Blanket Of Smoke (NPR)
• Egyptian army steps in to demand political truce (Reuters)
• 'Hamas, Hezbollah planned jail break that freed Morsi' (Jerusalem Post)
• Qatar emir announces transfer of power to his son  (JPost
• Militants in north Nigeria force thousands to flee (U-T San Diego)

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