ECM WORLD WATCH: NATIONAL AND GLOBAL NEWS

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December 22, 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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Feds Arrest Martin Shkreli On Fraud Charges (NPR)

A young man who caused a huge controversy by trying to jack up the price of a life-saving drug is back in the news. Martin Shkreli was arrested this morning and will reportedly be charged with securities and wire fraud.

Was that steak raised in the USA? Soon it will be hard to know (NPR)

n attachment to the last-minute spending proposal going before Congress this week would end a six-year trade dispute between the U.S. and Canada. If it's passed, as seems likely, the omnibus budget bill would repeal a law called COOL that requires "country-of-origin labels" on meat.

Veterans Say 'Burn Pits' Created Toxic Clouds That Made Them Sick (NPR)

During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, open-air pits were used to incinerate refuse including plastics and human waste. Now, U.S. veterans are claiming these burn pits caused chronic ailments.

Bernie Sanders’ campaign reaches Voter data deal with Democratic National Committee (Huffington Post)

Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) presidential campaign will regain access to the Democratic National Committee's national voter file under a deal reached late Friday, hours after Sanders sued the DNC.

Donald Trump Thinks Political Leadership Means Murdering Journalist Critics(Reason)

Trump excuses Vladimir Putin’s killing of opposition voices.

Carson touts “humane and reasonable” immigration solution (The Hill)

epublican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Friday ripped his political rivals for pandering to voters by offering inhumane and impractical immigration policies such as mass deportation.

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Russia says can breach U.S. missile defense shield - RIA (Reuters)



Russian missiles will be able to breach the anti-missile defense shield being built by the United States, the head of Russia's strategic missile forces was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

Report: Mexico's monarch butterfly reserve lost 24 acres (San Diego Union-Tribune)

A Mexican environmentalist says studies show illegal loggers have clear-cut at least 24 acres (10 hectares) in the monarch butterflies' wintering grounds in central Mexico.

Paris synagogue goers mildy poisoned by toxin smeared on lock (JPost)

Fourteen people were mildly poisoned by a toxic substance that was applied to the keypad of an electronic lock of a synagogue south of Paris.

Czech Parliament rejects labeling of products from Israeli settlements (JPost)

Czech leaders denounced the EU resolution, with Czech media reports quoting Culture Minister Daniel Herman as saying in the parliamentary debate it was “absolutely necessary to reject the efforts to discriminate against the only democracy in the Middle East.”

Qatar anticipates $12.77 billion budget shortfall in 2016 (San Diego Union-Tribune)

The energy-rich Gulf nation of Qatar says it expects to run a budget deficit of more than $12 billion next year as it struggles with a sharp drop in oil and gas prices.

Saudi bid to lead anti-terror campaign raises questions of intent (CS Monitor)

Saudi Arabia, which is heading a Muslim anti-terror coalition, has long pursued policies that critics say have spread extremism across the Muslim world.

A Hezbollah recruiting push covers its deeper role in Syria (San Diego Union-Tribune)

At tightly guarded facilities in south Lebanon, men as young as 17 undergo training by the Shiite guerrilla group Hezbollah on weapons and anti-insurgent tactics before being sent to Syria to fight alongside President Bashar Assad's forces.

'No fingerprints!' chant migrants in Italy as EU cracks down (Reuters)

Some 200 mostly Eritrean migrants protested against asylum rules on the island of Lampedusa on Thursday as the European Union steps up pressure on frontline countries to enforce the regulations.

Marina Naprushkina helps refugees and locals meet as equals at her gatherings in Berlin (CS Monitor)

It’s Tuesday evening in Berlin and the Neue Nachbarschaft community center is a hive of activity. Marina Naprushkina, an artist and activist, and the group’s founder, waits by the door to greet arrivals, who are swiftly matched with partners for a German conversation meetup.

Iran's October missile test violated UN sanctions, experts say (+video) (CS Monitor)

United Nations experts said in a new report on Tuesday the launch used ballistic missile technology banned under a June 2010 resolution.

 

 

 


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