UPDATES AS OF 9:35 PM PT:  80 dead, 16 critical condition, one police officer dead.  Terrorist investigation HAS been opened. 

Updates:  French police now saying there are at least 70 dead.   

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Photo courtesy Eric Gaillard, Reuters

July 14, 2016 (Nice, Fra.) - Today is Bastille Day, the French Fourth of July.  But the celebration was cut short tonight in the city of Nice, a popular tourist destination in France, as a truck accelerated into a crowd of revelers, killing at least 70 and injuring at least 100 people and French authorities say the death toll is rising.  The incident IS being treated as a terrorist attack. 

July 6, 2016 (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.

• Veep auditions in overdrive (The Hill)
• Even without charges, FBI rebuke leaves a heavy political cloud over Clinton (Washington Post)
• I’m a lawyer specializing in security clearance. Hillary Clinton got off easy (Washington Post)
• Dallas shooting leaves 5 police officers dead, suspect is killed (New York Times)
• Beyond Dallas, police come under fire in three states (Reuters)
• After Philando Castile’s shooting, Obama calls police shootings ‘an American issue’(New York Times)
• Why the case against Mississippi's religious freedom law was different (CS Monitor)
• Document spells out FBI rules to get journalists' phone records: article (Reuters)
• Traffic deaths jump 7.7 percent in 2015 to 35,200 (Reuters)
• Americans’ taste for  Mexican beer sucking up groundwater supply, mayor says (Guardian)

WORLD

• Car bombs target Baghdad shopping districts, 126 dead (CNN)
• Supplies run out in southern Mexico amid teachers' protests(San Diego Union-Tribune)
• World reacts to death of Elie Wiesel, ‘conscience of the world’(NBC)
• A Personal Retrospective: Was Elie Wiesel Happy? (Jerusalem Post)
• Suspected IS attack kills dozens at Istanbul airport (AP)
• EU referendum petition hijacked by bots(BBC)
• CIA weapons for Syrian rebels sold to arms black market: NYT(Reuters)
• Iraqi Military Video Shows Massive Attack On ISIS (NPR)
• Palestinian kills Israeli girl, 13, sleeping in her bedroom (CS Monitor)
• Why Beijing (and 45 other cities in China) are sinking(CS Monitor)

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June 23, 2016 (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.

General News

• Senate votes to require women to register for the draft (New York Times)
• Supreme Court may take action on state assault weapon bans (Reuters)
• After filibuster, GOP agrees to allow vote on Feinstein gun bill (SF Chronicle)
• Senate defeats all gun bills (Politico)
• Obama to sign first update to toxic chemical controls in 40 years (CSMonitor)
• Senate fails to advance FBI spying bill after Orlando shooting (Reuters)
• Federal Judge Strikes Down Obama Administration's Fracking Rules (NPR)
• Divers find body of toddler snatched by alligator at Disney resort (New York Times)
• Disney World's ongoing battle against 'nuisance' alligators (Reuters)

Presidential Primary

• Hillary Clinton is reportedly targeting Elizabeth Warren, not Bernie Sanders, as potential running mate (Business Insider)
• RNC delegates launch ‘anybody but Trump’ drive (CNN)
• More fighting words from Bernie Sanders (New Yorker)
• Trump’s art of the deal with Native Americans: Racial insults or flattery, whichever was good for business (Los Angeles Times)
• Lewindowski out as Trump campaign manager (CNN)

WORLD

• Olympics nightmare: Rio declares financial disaster before games (Yahoo! News)
• Fallujah faces humanitarian disaster (BBC)
• British lawmaker dies after shooting and stabbing attack that stuns nation (Reuters)
• US and Japan request urgent UN meeting on North Korea launch (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Family of U.S. student killed in Paris attacks sues social media companies (Reuters)

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Photo: Memorial in Hillcrest, posted on Twitter by Shawn Van Diver

June 12, 2016 (San Diego) -- The worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history is being investigated as both a terror attack and a hate crime.  Omar Mateen, 29, a U.S. citizen born to Afghan immigrants, killed 50 people and injured 53 during a gay pride celebration at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida early this morning. 

The gunman called 911 and pledged allegiance to ISIS, the Islamic state before the massacre, the FBI has indicated.

The massacre has prompted outpourings of sympathy across the nation and here in San Diego.

June 2, 2016 (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.

General news

• Old and on the streets: the graying of America’s homeless (New York Times)
• Michigan Governor hit with federal RICO lawsuit over Flint water disaster(Bipartisan Report)
• We finally know how much U.S. debt is owned by Saudi Arabia(Marketplace)
• Why is cheddar getting cheaper? (CS Monitor)
• New NYC rule says use transgender pronouns or risk a $250,000 fine (CS Monitor)
• Why is everyone moving to Texas? (CSMonitor)
• Conservative mega-funders hold conference featuring known anti-Semites(Jewish World Review)
• For First Time In 130 Years, More Young Adults Live With Parents Than With Partners(NPR)
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Presidential primary

• Republicans stunned after Trump admits his presidential campaign is broke (Politics USA)
• Experts: Audit justifies FBI push for Hillary Clinton indictment (Boston Herald)
• Bernie Sanders calls for  ‘radical transformation’ of healthcare (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Trump’s press feud boils over (The Hill)
• Judge orders release of documents in Trump University lawsuit (Wall St. Journal)
• 5 ways Bernie Sanders may influence the Democratic Party platform (Huffington Post)
• The Democrats are making a suicidal mistake (Current Affairs)
• Japanese-American internment survivor hears troubling echoes in Trump rhetoric (Guardian)
• Can Libertarian Gary Johnson be a factor in 2016? (Time)
• Jill Stein and the Green Party set to break out in 2016 (Mint Press)

WORLD

• Doctors: Postpone or move Olympics from Rio due to Zika (CNN)
• Chinese fighter jets in near collision with US aircraft, Pentagon says (+video) (CS Monitor)
• China is restructuring itself for war (Business Insider)
• Rule of Law Collapses in Venezuela As Maduro Continues to Push Socialist Agenda (Reason)
• Saudi Arabia gives women the right to a copy of their marriage contract (Guardian)

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May 25, 2016 (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.

Presidential primary

• Donald Trump Is About To Start Getting Intelligence Briefings (NPR)
• Unanimous: Senate approves bill allowing 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia (The Hill)
• Hillary Clinton accuses Donald Trump of rooting for housing crisis (Sacramento Bee)
• Trump once revealed his income tax returns: they showed he didn’t pay a cent (Washington Post)

Other national news

• Our water, our future: Voters in Oregon defeat Nestle’s attempt to privatize water (Truthout)
• GOP blocks provision to require women to register for the draft (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Faced with a fracking giant, this small town just legalized civil disobedience (Yes)
• New Pell grants to pay for college classes in high school (CS Monitor)
• Why the sugar industry hates the FDA’s new nutrition facts label (Washington Post)
• Nile crocodiles identified in South Florida (CNN)
• The Controversy Over Boycott, Divestment And Sanctions On Israel (NPR)
• He Was Caught Trying To Join ISIS, Now He's In Jihadi Rehab (NPR)

INTERNATIONAL

• Wait, now Bayer is trying to buy Monsanto?  (Mother Jones)
• Human trafficking survivor who smashed triathlon record (CNN)
• Gazans say Jordan restricting movement (San Diego Union-Tribune)
  
  "Un-Islamic" modeling leads to eight Instagrammers' arrests in Iran(CS Monitor)
• The EU Should Be Focusing on Its Own Countries’ Transgender Laws, Not North Carolina’s Bathrooms (Reason)
• Sweden: Refugee from Rwanda convicted in 1994 genocide (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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U.S.

General news

• U.S. forces now on ground supporting combat operations in Yemen, Pentagon says (Wash. Post)
• Study: Swaddling may increase risk of SIDS (USA Today)
• Top Alabama judge suspended after blocking same-sex marriage (Washington Post)
• U.S. to boost airport staffing to manage long security lines (Reuters)

Presidential primary

• What would a Trump presidency mean for San Diego? (Times of San Diego)
• Trump prepared to keep tax returns hidden from public (MSNBC)
• Hillary Clinton e-mail inquiry won’t be rushed, FBI chief says (New York Times)
• All of Donald Trump’s four Pinocchio whoppers, in one place (Washington Post)
• Did Donald Trump just hand the Senate to Elizabeth Warren? (Politico)
• Sanders awarded 49 more Washington state delegates (The Hill)
• Why is Bernie Sanders suddenly talking more about poverty? (CBS)

WORLD

• Syrian Regime Targets Health Workers, Hospitals In Aleppo (NPR)
• A Canadian oil sands town is on fire; 80,000 residents must evacuate (Washington Post)
• Hope in Fort McMurray: Canadian officials find 90 percent of homes saved (CS Monitor)
• Facing Drought, Zimbabwe Says It Is Selling Off Wild Animals (NPR)
• Cowed by cartels? Mexican journalists find fresh ways to get info out. (CS Monitor)
• Kim Jong Un Says North Korea Won't Use Nukes Unless Its Sovereignty Is Violated (NPR)
• Man, said to shout 'Allahu Akbar', knifes Munich rail passengers(Reuters)
• Nearly half of Europeans in poll want own votes on EU, like UK (Reuters)
• Iran says it tested ballistic missile with 2,000 kilometer range (JPost)

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April 27, 2016 (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.

• Syrian conflict:  Obama to send 250 more non-combat troops (BBC)
• New data says 49.7% are poor, with 80% of total population in U.S. near poverty (Counter Currents News)
• Volkswagen Reaches Deal With U.S. On Cars With Emissions Software (NPR)
• Cuts could leave United States unprepared for disease outbreak, report warns (CNN)
• Cruz and Kasich team up to stop Trump (Politico)
• U.S. Supreme Court rejects Iran bank's bid to avoid payout to attack victims (Reuters)
• U.S. to buy heavy water from Iran's nuclear program (Reuters)
• Federal judge seizes Puerto Rico govt funds amid crisis (San Diego Union-Tribune)

WORLD

• Road to Rio: Brazil’s troubled path to summer Olympics (Newsweek)
• Chernobyl: 30 years on (Truthout)
• Dead dolphins in Fukushima found with white radiated lungs (Your Newswire)
• Mexico hampered probe into apparent student massacre, panel says (The World Post)
• China Deploys Troops Along North Korea Border, Report Says (International Business Times)
• German airport's secret emergency plan was on internet for months (JPost)
• Bangladeshi Professor Hacked To Death In Islamic State-Claimed Attack (NPR)
• 2 UK men sentenced over IS-inspired drive-by shooting plot (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• One dead, 26 wounded as rockets hit Turkish town near Syrian border (Reuters)

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April 16, 2016 (San Diego) -- A powerful 7.8 earthquake has struck the coast of Ecuador, killing at least 28 people.  There are also many injuries and collapsed buildings, including a hotel. 

Nadin Abbott at Reporting San Diego is live-blogging updates in both Spanish and English, translating information emerging from Ecaudor tonight:  https://reportingsandiego.com/2016/04/16/breaking-news-7-8-quake-hits-peru/

April 6, 2016 (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.

General news

• Same-sex couples can now adopt children in all 50 states (Huffington Post)
• Supreme Court reins in practice of seizing defendants' assets (CS Monitor)
• As PayPal cancels expansion, consequences of NC’s anti-LGTB law get real (Los Angeles Times)
• Native Americans unite to ride against proposed North Dakota pipeline (Guardian, reposted on RawStory)
• Whether It Works Or Not, U.S. Anti-Radicalization Plan Can Benefit Communities (NPR)
• Cities can learn from crises like Flint. Atlanta is proof. (CS Monitor)
• Plutonium from Japan to be disposed of underground in New Mexico (Japan Times)
• Women Farmers Band Together To Vent, Seek Support And Exchange Ideas  (NPR)
• Merrick Garland, Extremist  (Reason)
• Security vulnerabilities found in U.S. visa database: ABC News (Reuters)
• Maryland Court to Baltimore Police: Want to Track Phones? Get a Warrant. (Reason)
• Taxing Predicament (Reason)

Presidential primary

• DC Madam’s attorney vows to release info that could rock 2016 presidential election (NBC)
• Conservative women stand up to Trump (Washington Post)
• Donald Trump taps Duncan Hunter, Chris Collins to lead campaign outreach to Congress (Washington Times)
• John Kasich to seniors who want to keep their Social Security: “Get over it.” (Daily News Bin)
• Delegates ready to flee Trump at contested convention (Politico)
• Trump sued in Kentucky by three who say he incited crowd to violence (Reuters)
• Coca Cola dumps Trump and declines to sponsor Republican National Convention (Politics USA)
• The Clinton Investigation Enters a Dangerous Phase (Reason)

WORLD

• With Leak Of 'Panama Papers,' A Glimpse Of World's Fiscal Underbelly (NPR)
• To End Cycle Of Crime, Italian Judge Breaks Up Big-Time Mafia Families (NPR)
• Moody's puts Mexico on 'negative' outlook, keeps A3 rating (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Mass grave found in Palmyra after recapture from Islamic State: military (Reuters)
• Hundreds of thousands protest at French labor reforms (Reuters)
• Islamic State urges attacks on German chancellery, Bonn airport: SITE group (Reuters)
• Two killed, 15 injured in central Somalia mosque blast (Reuters)
• Exclusive: U.N. audit identifies serious lapses linked to alleged bribery (Reuters)

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March 23, 2016 (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.

General news

• There were five hour lines to vote in Arizona because the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act (The Nation)
• Obama arrives in Cuba; hopes visit will usher in change (CNN)
• At water-crisis hearing, what Flint residents hear is broken government (CS Monitor)
• U.S. wrestler Hulk Hogan wins $115 million in sex tape suit (Reuters)
• Study finds U.S. visa security weaknesses, system slow to modernize (Reuters)
• U.S. Eases Sanctions Against Cuba Ahead Of Obama's Landmark Visit (NPR)
• Bullet hole in LaVoy Finnicum’s truck traced to elite FBI team (Oregon Live)
• How US green cards ended up being sent to the wrong people (CS Monitor)
• The Lost Generation of Millennial Entrerpreneurs (Reason)
• Vacancies shift balance of power at the Fed (Marketplace.org)

Presidential campaign

• Brussels attacks show how presidential candidates differ on security(CS Monitor)
• Trump presidency on top 10 global risk list: EU (BBC News)
• Top experts confounded by advisers to Donald Trump (New York Times)
• Bernie Sanders campaign is still raising far more money than Hillary Clinton’s (Vox)
• GOP elites line up behind Ted Cruz (Politico)
• Older voters may be Hillary Clinton’s answer to Bernie Sanders’ youth appeal (New York Times)

WORLD

• AP: ISIS has trained 400 fighters for European bloodshed (CBS)
• Paris terror attack suspect captured in Brussels (CS Monitor)
• Syrian Kurds declare their own region, raising tensions   (Washingotn Post)
• Refugees in freezing limbo on Greek-Macedonian border (Reuters)
• Witnesses: Warplanes bomb Yemeni market, killing dozens (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Seventeen corpses found after Venezuela miners' massacre (Reuters)
• The homemade explosion used in the Paris attacks was a chemical nightmare (Tech Insider)
• Getting out of ISIS: American among the few to escape (CS Monitor)
• After worst smog in 11 years, Mexico City braces for more (San Diego Union-Tribune)    

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March 16, 2016 (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.

General news

• Obama nominates Merrick Garland to Supreme Court (CNN)
• Airport bomb-sniffing dog finds Hellfire missiles bound for Portland... (OregonLive)
• Miami’s nuclear power plant is leaking (Newsweek)
• DOJ to state judges: time to end 'pay or stay' imprisonment (CS Monitor)
• President Obama Wants a Back Door on Your Phone. But Not on His. (Reason)
• Mississippi man pleads guilty to trying to join Islamic State (Reuters)
• Polar Bears Win Huge Swath of Alaska (Atlas Obscura)
• Ronald, Nancy Reagan rose from a different GOP (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Presidential election

• Trump on contested election:  “I think you’d have riots”  (CBS)
• Democratic town hall: CNN’s reality check  team vets the claims (CNN)
• Women’s health issues: Where the 2016 presidential candidates stand (Healthline)
• Company that Paid Hillary Clinton $335K for Speech Slapped With SEC Bribery Suit (Free Beacon)
• Fox News cancels GOP debate after Donal Trump pulls out (CNN)

WORLD

• UN says 34 countries don't have enough food for their people (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Fukushima's ground zero: No place for man or robot (Reuters)
• Iran Tests 2 Ballistic Missiles Reportedly Designed To Reach Israel (NPR)
• 'Palestinian refugees are used as bargaining chips by their leaders' (JPost)
  
  Mexican cartel's unusual recruitment ads indicate expansion (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Just hang up: Mexico's battle against growing extortion (CS Monitor)
• Mexico City declares first air pollution alert since 2005 (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Iraq confirms Islamic State use of chemical weapons (CS Monitor)
• Russia to ship first S-300 missile system to Iran in Aug-Sept: RIA cites official (Reuters)
• Arab League officially designates Hezbollah 'terrorist' organization (JPost)
• Putin to pull some Russian forces out of Syria (CS Monitor)

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U.S.

March 2, 2016 (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:

Presidential primary

• Justice Dept. grants immunity to staffer who set up Clinton e-mail server (Washington Post)
• Jesse Ventura: I’ll run for president if Bernie Sanders loses (Daily Beast)
• Therapists confirm Trump’s narcissistic personality disorder (Psychology Today)
• Can Marco Rubio save his campaign and his career in Florida? (Washington Post)
• National poll: Clinton, Sanders both top Trump (CNN)
• Current Affairs: Unless Democrats run Sanders, a Trump nomination means a Trump presidency (Current Affairs)
• Ben Carson, seeing ‘no path forward’, signals end to candidacy (New York Times)
• Nearly 20% of Trump supporters disapprove of Lincoln freeing slaves (Vox)

General news

• ISIS leaders threaten Zuckerburg and Dorsey, say they will take down Facebook and Twitter(CNN)
• Abortion clinics are closing at record pace (Bloomberg)
• The unexpected side effects of legalizing weed (Newsweek)
• IRS says phishing and malware scams are up 400 percent this year (10 News)
• Despite promised transparency, US drone policy remains cloudy (CS Monitor)
• Investigation offers glimpse into polygamous sect's secretive compound (CS Monitor)
• 106 Burmese pythons captured in Florida in monthlong hunt (CS Monitor)
• IRS identifies more cyberattacks to access tax data (Reuters)
• U.S. Air Force vet one of first to face trial for Islamic State support (Reuters)

WORLD

• Former Tepco execs indicted over Fukushima nuclear disaster: media (Reuters)
• Mugabe birthday bash riles critics in drought-hit Zimbabwe  (Reuters)
• Cameroon frees several hundred hostages from Boko Haram (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Israel: Lebanon violated UNSC resolution calls to disarm Hezbollah more than 2,000 times (JPost)
• Huge increase in European products passing through Israel to Arab states (JPost)
• Missing radioactive material found dumped in south Iraq (Reuters)
• To stay or go? UK to vote on membership in European Union. (CS Monitor)
• Thousands pay respects to slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in solemn march (Social Media News)

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February 17, 2016 (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.

General news

• Ryan floats skipping budget (The Hill)
• After Scalia’s death, what’s next for Supreme Court? (Huffington Post)
• Oklahoma cracks down on injection wells after earthquake spike (CS Monitor)
• Kentucky lawmaker takes aim at anti-abortion law with 'Viagra' bill (Reuters)
• Bad teachers: Which states are keeping track and which aren’t (CS Monitor)
• A surprise player emerges in government’s historic auction of airwaves (The Washington Post)

Presidential primary

• Campaigns secretly prep for brokered GOP convention (Politico)
• CNN schedules Democratic debate in Flint, Michigan (CNN)
• How Hillary Clinton Might Actually Win In N.H., Even Though She Lost Big (NPR)
• Cruz’s plan would radically change tax code (Politico)
• State Dept. subpoenaed documents from Clinton Foundation: report (Reuters)
• Hillary Clinton and Henry Kissinger. It’s personal. (Mother Jones)
• Donald  Trump threatens Ted Cruz with lawsuit over presidential eligibility (Guardian)

WORLD

• Drug cartel battle kills 49 in northeastern Mexican prison (Reuters)
• Exclusive: Samples confirm Islamic State used mustard gas in Iraq - diplomat (Reuters)
• Syria: cessation of hostilities ‘within a week’ agreed at Munich talks (Guardian)
•  There are good reason why Europe’s Jews are so worried (Reuters)
• Turkey accuses Russia of firing missiles in Syria, killing 50 in schools, hospitals (JPost)
• How censorship works in Vladimir Putin’s Russia (The Washington Post)
• Thousands of Iraqi refugees leave Finland voluntarily  (Reuters)
• Somalia's al Shabaab says its bomber behind airline blast (Reuters)
• Why is China trying to revive ancient Silk Road?
• Iran to upgrade missiles, get Russian defense system: minister (Reuters)
• Female suicide bombers kill over 60 people in northeast Nigeria: officials (Reuters)

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U.S.

National issues

• Top U.S. generals: Women should have to register for draft  (Reuters)
• Prosecutors use refuge occupiers’ own words against them (10 News)
• Navajo water supply is ‘more horrific than Flint’ (Free Thought Project)
• Milwaukee Muslim planned machine gun attack on Masonic temple, says FBI (CS Monitor)
• Chicago Police Deliberately Sabotaging Recording Devices, According to Report (Reason)
• Iranian drone flew over U.S. carrier in 'unprofessional' move: U.S. Navy (Reuters)
• U.S. arrests Hezbollah members on charges of sending drug money to Syria  (Reuters)

Presidential primary

• Graham: Cruz, Rubio positions on immigration, abortion, could hurt GOP in general election (Washington Times)
• The two parties can’t agree on the problems, let alone the solutions (The Washington Post)
• Iowa’s nightmare revisited: was correct winner called (on Democratic side)? (Des Moines Register)
• Trump accuses Cruz of stealing Iowa caucuses (Republican side) (CNN)
• Where the candidates stand on cybersecurity (CS Monitor)
• 22 Clinton e-mails deemed oto classified to be made public (New York Times)
• Senate Intelligence Vice Chair: None of the e-mails originated with Clinton (New Civil Rights)
• What If Trump Wins? (Reason)

WORLD

• 10,000 refugee children in Europe are missing, says Interpol (Guardian)
• Deal protects huge swath of central B.C. coast from logging (AP)
• Boko Haram burns kids alive in Nigeria, 86 dead: officials (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Mexico City gets new status as near-state (AP)
• What Were The Least (And Most) Corrupt Countries In 2015? (NPR)
• 'Israel's electrical grid attacked in massive cyber attack’ (JPost)
• Lithuania opens mass trial for 1991 Soviet crackdown (AP)
• Satellite Images Indicate Mass Graves In Burundi, Amnesty Says (NPR)
• A Chinese company buys Corbis. What happens to Tiananmen Square photos? (CS Monitor)
• Berlin grapples with Islamists, ISIS vets amid refugee wave (Fox News)
• France to recognise Palestinian state unless deadlock with Israel broken  (Reuters)
• Mexico remittances nearly $24.8B in 2015, topping oil income (AP)
• Iraqis running out of food and medicine in besieged Falluja

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