ECM WORLD WATCH: NATIONAL AND GLOBAL NEWS

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June 5, 2014 (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:

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For excerpts and links to full stories, click “read more” and scroll down.

 

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Shinsheki resigns, but will that improve things at VA hospitals? (CNN)

Eric Shinseki resigned Friday as the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs, leaving behind the daunting task of repairing a broken health care system that has left thousands of veterans at risk as they wait for medical care.

 

House Democrats unveil new gun bill focused on mental health (The Hill)

House Democrats introduced legislation Friday designed to keep firearms from the hands of the severely mentally ill. Sponsored by Reps. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) and Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.), the measure would expand the list of people prohibited from buying or possessing guns to include a broader swath of mental health patients and convicted criminals.

 

EPA to call for 30% cut in power plant emissions by 2030 (Huffington Post)

The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed standards for power plants will call for a 30 percent cut in emissions by 2030, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Sunday afternoon.

 

Republicans questions U.S. prisoner swap with Taliban (Reuters)

U.S. politicians questioned whether the deal that freed Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for five Taliban militants amounted to a negotiation with terrorists as the U.S. soldier was flown out of Afghanistan to a military hospital in Germany on Sunday.  Army Sergeant Bergdahl, held for nearly five years in Afghanistan, was freed in a deal with the Taliban brokered by the Qatari government.

 

Snowden: The Government That Is Attacking Me Is Also Reforming Because of Me (Reason)

 Brian Williams' exclusive interview with whistleblower Edward Snowden aired on NBC last night. Here are some highlights.

 

U.S. birth rate hits lows for teens, rises among older women (Reuters)

The birth rate among U.S. teens and young women dropped to record lows last year, while the rate among older women hit highs not seen in a half century, according to government statistics released on Thursday

 

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Spain arrests 6 suspects accused of recruiting for terror groups (CNN)

Swooping in at 4 o'clock in the morning, Spanish police arrested six Spanish men on suspicion of recruiting and sending 26 radical Islamic fighters for terrorist groups in Syria, Mali and Libya, the Interior Ministry said Friday.

 

Russia Takes Helm Of UN Security Council, Turns Focus On Ukraine (NPR)

In June, Russia serves as the president of the United Nations Security Council. Already, that has meant a focus on Ukraine. Russia wants the Ukrainian government to end its military crackdown on separatists. It has also called for consultations on the humanitarian situation in the country.

 

G7 willing to step up sanctions on Russia over Ukraine  (Reuters)

The world's leading industrialized nations threatened on Wednesday to impose harder-hitting sanctions on Russia if it does not help restore stability to eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian militias continue to operate at will.

 

Why Chinese youth are ignorant of Tiananmen Square protest (CS Monitor)

A quarter century after the Communist Party's historic attack on demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, most Chinese young adults don't know or don't care about the event. Why?

 

Egypt's Former Army Chief Wins Presidential Election In Landslide (NPR)

The country's election commission confirms preliminary results announced last week showing that Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi secured nearly 97 percent of the vote.

 

Ottawa City Hall Hosts Palestinian Exhibit Honoring Terrorists (Investigative Projects)

According to the Toronto Sun, Canada's capital Ottawa's city hall has no plans to take down an exhibit that honors Palestinian terrorists.

 


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