ECM WORLD WATCH: NATIONAL AND GLOBAL NEWS

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April 2, 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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Judge rules Navy underestimated threat to marine mammals from sonar (Los Angeles Times)

A federal judge has ruled in favor of environmentalists who assert the Navy has vastly underestimated the threat to marine mammals posed by its use of sonar and explosives during training off Southern California and Hawaii.

 

Ted Cruz seeks to enlist U.S. Christians for White House bid (Yahoo tech)

Casting himself as the leader of a grassroots army, Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz made an explicit appeal to Christian conservatives on Monday as he became the first major figure to jump into the 2016 U.S. presidential race. Cruz's unyielding tactics in Washington have made him a hero to many on the Tea Party right, but he has yet to break into the front ranks of what is shaping up to be a crowded field for the Republican nomination.

 

Bowe Bergdahl, once-missing U.S. soldier, charged with desertion

(Washington Post) -- Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who slipped away from his patrol base in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held in captivity for five years, has been charged with desertions…Thousands of U.S. service members are believed to have deserted their units during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but Bergdahl’s case is uncommon because he allegedly did so while on the battlefield.

 

Did Hillary Clinton destroy evidence in 'wiping clean' her email server? (+video) (CS Monitor)

 Friday was the deadline for Hillary Clinton to respond to a congressional subpoena for emails and documents related to the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. She provided nothing since her email server had been wiped clean.

 

PayPal fined for illegal payments (BBC)

 PayPal has agreed to pay $7.7m to the US government following claims it allowed payments that violated sanctions against Iran, Cuba and Sudan.

 

Immigrants In U.S. Illegally Could Qualify For Medi-Cal (KPBS)

 Up to 500,000 immigrants living in the U.S. illegally could be eligible for Medi-Cal coverage if executive actions by President Barack Obama take effect, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

WORLD

 

Diplomats and U.N. staff flee Yemen as Houthis target Aden(Reuters)

Saudi Arabia's navy evacuated dozens of diplomats from Yemen on Saturday and the United Nations pulled out international staff after a third night of Saudi-led air strikes trying to stem advances by Iranian-allied Houthi fighters.

 

Police fire tear gas on crowd during Sierra Leone Ebola lockdown (Reuters)

Police fired tear gas at an angry crowd fighting over food supplies in Sierra Leone on Saturday, while other residents defied a three-day national lockdown that the government hopes will accelerate the end of the Ebola epidemic.

 

4 killed while trying to recover gasoline after Mexico crash (U-T)


An attempt to take gasoline from a crashed tanker truck led to four deaths and 26 injuries when the vehicle exploded, Mexican officials said Saturday.

 

David Brooks: How to Fight anti-Semitism (UT)

There are three major strains of anti-Semitism circulating, different in kind and virulence, and requiring different responses

 

Russia develops hybrid fusion-fission reactor, offers China role (RT)

Russia is developing a hybrid nuclear reactor that uses both nuclear fusion and fission, said head of leading nuclear research facility. The project is open for international collaboration, particularly from Chinese scientists.

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