ECM WORLD WATCH: NATIONAL AND GLOBAL NEWS

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March 4, 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:

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U.S.

United Airlines warns pilots after four safety incidents (Reuters)

United Continental Holdings Inc warned its pilots last month to double down on safety procedures after one flight was in danger of crashing and another landed with fewer fuel reserves than regulations require, the airline confirmed Wednesday.

Among CEOs, women are outnumbered by men named John (APM Marketplace)

If your name is John, congratulations. If you've got a woman's name — literally any woman's name — well, here's the deal.  The New York Times' data journalism venture The Upshot reported Monday there are more CEO's named "John" at S&P 1500 companies than there are women CEOs.  If you toss the names Robert, William and James in the mix, you end up with four CEOs with those names for every female CEO. The Upshot has dubbed that measurement the "Glass Ceiling Index… it's a stark snapshot of women's standing in the boardroom.

Engineer pleads guilty in U.S. to trying to take jet materials to Iran (Reuters)

A former engineer for Pratt & Whitney and other defense contractors pleaded guilty on Wednesday to trying to export sensitive information about U.S. military jets to his native Iran, where he hoped to find a job, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

U.S. charges three with conspiring to support Islamic State (Reuters)

Three [Brooklyn] men were charged on Wednesday with conspiring to support Islamic State, including two who planned to travel to Syria to fight on behalf of the radical group, U.S. authorities said.

Ohio man accused of providing support for Middle East terror (Reuters)

A judge on Wednesday set bail at $1 million for an Ohio man accused in state charges of providing support and money laundering in support of terror, prosecutors said without identifying the people he was accused of aiding.

 Ex-CIA chief David Petraeus pleads guilty to mishandling classified materials (CS Monitor)

The Justice Department said Tuesday former CIA Director Petraeus was charged with one count of unauthorized removal and retention of classified information. The former top army general had signed an agreement pleading guilty to the single criminal count.

Education Department Terminates Contracts With Debt Collectors Accused Of Wrongdoing (Huffington Post)

The U.S. Department of Education, under fire for its lackluster oversight of student loan contractors, said Friday it will terminate its relationship with five debt collectors after accusing them of misleading distressed borrowers at "unacceptably high rates."...

Dare to Dream: IRS Subject of Criminal Probe Over Missing Emails (Reason)

Last night during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, an official revealed that they had tracked down more than 30,000 allegedly missing/deleted emails from former IRS official Lois Lerner. Futhermore, now federal officials are considering whether any criminal activity occurred in relation to their disappearance.

 

INTERNATIONAL

Nemtsov killing follows slaying of other Kremlin critics (AP)

Prominent Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov's killing follows the slaying over the past decade of several other high-profile critics of President Vladimir Putin and his policies. Here is a look at some of the best-known cases. 

Police capture Mexico's most-wanted drug lord 'La Tuta' Gomez (CS Monitor)

'La Tuta' Gomez, a former school teacher and head of the Knights Templar, was captured early Friday by federal police, according to Mexican officials.

Islamist militants shell two Libyan oilfields, port pipeline damaged (Reuters)

Islamist militants shelled Libya's Bahi and Mabrouk oilfields on Monday, damaging a pipeline to the Es Sidra oil port, a spokesman for forces protecting energy infrastructure said.

Brickbat: The Swedish Way of Life (Reason)

Sweden's resettlement assistants are supposed to help immigrants learn the language, assist them in filling out paperwork, and generally help them fit into Swedish society. But the government says many of them instead were recruiting people to fight alongside terrorist groups such as ISIS. It has disbanded the entire network of resettlement assistants.

 Sanctioned North Korea shipping firm still active, renamed ships - U.N. panel (Reuters)

A U.N.-blacklisted North Korean shipping company has renamed most of its vessels in a bid to disguise their origin and continues its illicit shipments in violation of United Nations sanctions, according to a U.N. experts report seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

UNICEF: Hundreds of South Sudanese boys believed abducted (AP)

The U.N. children's agency said on Saturday that hundreds of children were abducted two weeks ago by an armed group in South Sudan that is suspected to have ties with the country's military. 

Why are mysterious drones flying around Paris landmarks? (CS Monitor)

For the second night in a row, several drones were seen flying over major landmarks in Paris. Police and the public reported at least five sightings overnight Tuesday. The previous night, at least five drones were spotted over the city, including one over the US embassy..... Drones are prohibited in France from flying over urban areas or at night without authorization.

With wary eye on Russia, Lithuania to reintroduce the draft (CS Monitor)

President Grybauskaite announced the measure – pending parliamentary approval – amid concerns over Russia's expanding sphere of influence in the region. Other Baltic nations, like Latvia and Estonia, have similar concerns.

Exclusive: Iran smuggles in $1 billion of bank notes to skirt sanctions (Reuters)

In December, the U.S. Treasury said the Iranian government had obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in bank notes using front companies.

What is intellectual privacy, and how yours is being violated (CS Monitor)

It's the notion that in a free society, anyone should be able to read, learn, and debate without being monitored and recorded. Americans have long cherished this freedom, but author Neil Richards says it's being threatened by pervasive online tracking of digital habits and social media discussions. 

FBI Hangs Whistleblowers Out to Dry, Says Government Watchdog (Reason)

The FBI takes up to 10 years to handle whistleblower retaliation complaints, warns the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Opposition Grows To Nicaragua Canal Connecting Atlantic And Pacific (NPR)

The canal would allow passage for the largest ships on the water, but cut through wetlands, forests and the region's largest freshwater lake — and environmentalists worry about the consequences.

Unidentified attackers hack US blogger to death in Dhaka (AP)

A prominent U.S. blogger, known for his writing against religious fundamentalism, has been hacked to death by unidentified attackers in Bangladesh's capital, police said Friday.

Pew Study On Religion Finds Increased Harassment Of Jews (NPR)

A quarter of all countries — home to 75 percent of the world's population — are coping with high levels of religious intolerance, and harassment of Jews has risen for the seventh straight year.

 

 


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