ECM WORLD WATCH: NATIONAL AND GLOBAL NEWS

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December 1, 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:

U.S.

Presidential race

WORLD

Europe

Middle East and Africa

Mexico , Central and South America

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 U.S.

Colorado Planned Parenthood Shooter Kills 3, Now in Custody (Reason)

A shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic yesterday left three people dead and 12 injured. The accused shooter, Robert Lewis Dear, is in custody. Among the dead is Garrett Swasey, a member of the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs police force.

Planned Parenthood ties GOP rhetoric to Colorado shooting (CBS News)

As he was being led away following a deadly assault on a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, shooting suspect Robert Lewis Dear reportedly told officers: "no more baby parts."… Planned Parenthood said Dear's words matched the "hateful rhetoric" GOP presidential candidates and many conservative leaders have been using since now-discredited, secretly taped videos discussing the procurement of fetal body parts for medical research.

‘World is still full of Pilgrims’; Obama makes holiday appeal for acceptance of Syrian refugees (KNSD)

President Barack Obama appealed anew on Thanksgiving Day for acceptance of Syrian refugees, saying "so much of our greatness comes from our generosity…Nearly four centuries after the Mayflower set sail, the world is still full of pilgrims," he said, "men and women who want nothing more than the chance for a safer, better future for themselves and their families."

New study highlights massive prescription drug hikes (Sacramento Bee)

…The paper, which involved a survey of 19 dermatology products, found they had increased an average of 401 percent between 2009 and 2015. The survey was based on prices at four national chain pharmacies: Costco, CVS, Sam's Club and Walgreens.

 Surge in child immigrants crossing US-Mexico border (CS Monitor)

Almost 5,000 unaccompanied immigrant children were caught illegally crossing the US-Mexico border in October, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

NYC to fund security guards for Jewish schools  (JPost)

$19.8 million would be made available to fund security at New York's private schools

Cops Now Take More Than Robbers (Reason)

An economic consulting firm reported on data last week showing that the approximately $4.5 billion in annual forfeitures now exceeds the $3.9 billion Americans lose in robberies each year

Presidential race

The 21 craziest quotes from the [presidential] campaign trail (Politico)

POLITICO has gathered 21 of the most outlandish and noteworthy moments from the 2016 race (so far) to pass along with the potatoes.

Ben Carson in Jordan: Syrian refugee crisis ‘great human tragedy’ (CNN)

… He met with medical professionals, humanitarian workers and government officials on Saturday, as well talked to Syrians who were forced to flee their country.

Why some conservatives say Trump’s talk is fascist (CNN)

Conservative warnings about Donald Trump have grown increasingly somber. At first he was just an entertainer; then he became a worrisome distraction..But it was after Trump started calling for stronger surveillance of Muslim-Americans in the aftermath of the Paris terrorist attacks that a handful of conservatives ventured to call Trump's rhetoric something much more dangerous: fascism.

Donald Trump’s alarming skid toward outright fascism (The Week)

A s of August, Trump had most of the ingredients for a fascist movement: the victim complex, the fervent nationalism, the obsession with national purity and cleansing purges, and the cult of personality. He was missing the organized violence, a left-wing challenge strong enough to push traditional conservative elites into his camp, support for wars of aggression, and a full-bore attack on democracy itself. He's made much progress on all but the last one.

Trump makes fun of reporter with disabilities (Reuters)

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday (November 24) appears to physically mock the disability of a reporter who suffers from a chronic muscular disease that affects his arm movement.

Media call out Donald Trump for retweeting false, racially charged crime data (Media Matters)

Media outlets condemned Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for "catering to the worst sort of racism" by retweeting "racist and wildly inaccurate" statistics about murder and race in the United States from an organization that "does not exist."

Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio overtake Ben Carson on the chase (US News & World Reports)

Ben Carson’s support is beginning to show signs of cratering. A heightened focus on national security and foreign policy in the wake of the Paris terror attacks has produced a series of wobbly – if not alarming – answers and assertions from the soft-spoken neurosurgeon, causing a clump of his supporters to look elsewhere.

Hillary Clinton’s middle class tax pledge divides Democrats (Time Magazine)

Among the various policy ideas and position papers put out by Hillary Clinton so far in the Democratic primary, one stands out for its bumper-sticker simplicity: If your family makes less than $250,000 a year, your taxes won’t go up…The no-new-taxes pledge is emblematic of the broader concerns about a Clinton presidency raised by the progressive side of the party. Critics say it is a crafty political move that would limit the ambition of proposals on everything from expanding Social Security to healthcare reform.

Postal union workers back Bernie Sanders (Politico)

Bernie Sanders snagged a major union endorsement on Thursday, with the American Postal Workers' Union announcing its backing of the Democratic presidential candidate. Sanders' largest union pickup comes as his chief rival, Hillary Clinton, has earned several significant labor endorsements in recent weeks.

Hilary Clinton wins union endorsements, but not their enthusiasm (Newsweek)

In the race for union endorsements, Clinton has more than a dozen from national unions, representing more than 10 million members. By contrast, Sanders has notched two national endorsements, for about 385,000 members. But in many cases, there have been divisions within unions. Dozens of interviews with rank-and-file members show Sanders generating more passionate support based on his years of walking picket lines, attending social gatherings and intervening in labor disputes.

Rand Paul slams CNN after its reporter is caught ‘colluding’ with Hillary Clinton (Daily Caller)

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s presidential campaign is urging Republicans to keep a close eye on CNN after one of its reporters was caught “colluding” with a Hillary Clinton State Department aide via email during her Jan. 23, 2013 testimony at a Senate hearing on the terrorist attacks in Benghazi.

WORLD

Europe

Mysterious `Christian State’ group threatens Muslims in letter sent to Brussels mosque (Newsweek)

A mosque in Brussels received a letter from a previously-unknown group calling itself the “Christian State” this week threatening to kill Muslims and attack their businesses in the country, according to French and Belgian media reports.

Chief rabbi of Brussels: ‘No future for Jews in Europe’ (Daily Caller)

Rabbi Avraham Gigi described the environment of fear in the Belgian capital since the city has been in lockdown following police terror raids across the country.

Ringleader of Paris attacks planned more strikes, mocked open borders: sources (Reuters)

 The ringleader behind the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris had plans to strike Jewish targets and to disrupt schools and the transport system in France, according to sources close to the investigation.  Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a Belgian national of Moroccan origin, also boasted of the ease with which he had re-entered Europe from Syria via Greece two months earlier, exploiting the confusion of the migrant crisis and the continent's passport-free Schengen system, the sources said on Friday.

Turkey and EU strike deal to limit refugee flow (BBC)

Turkey will receive €3bn (£2.1bn) and political concessions in return for clamping down on its borders and keeping refugees in the country.Talks on Turkey's accession to the European Union will also be revived.

A Holocaust survivor pays it forward for Syrian refugees (CS Monitor)

British publisher Lord George Weidenfeld is helping 2,000 Syrian and Iraqi Christians be funded and resettled.

IKEA assembles a solution for Syrian refugees (+video) (CS Monitor)

Known for its flatpack furniture, the Swedish company IKEA has teamed up with the United Nations to create a better shelter for refugees.

Israel cuts out EU peace representatives over West Bank labeling (CS Monitor)

Israel's move came after the European Union decided that goods made in Israeli settlements on the West Bank cannot be labeled as coming from Israel.

Pope Francis delivers stern warning ahead of Paris climate summit (CNN)

Pope Francis celebrated a historic Mass in Kenya Thursday before delivering a stern environmental warning to the world, just days ahead of a potentially pivotal climate change conference in Paris. "It would be sad, and I dare say even catastrophic, were particular interests to prevail over the common good and lead to manipulating information in order to protect their own plans and projects," the Pope said, urging nations to reach agreement over curbing fossil fuel emissions.

Power blackouts test loyalty to Kremlin in Russian-annexed Crimea (Reuters)

 Power blackouts in Crimea orchestrated by anti-Russian saboteurs are stirring discontent a year and a half after Moscow seized the peninsula from Ukraine, threatening to chip away at the pro-Kremlin euphoria many Crimeans felt after annexation.

US officials advise Jewish groups to review security after Paris attacks (JPost)

Top Department of Homeland Security officials advised Jewish communities to initiate or review security maintenance in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris.

German police arrest two in Berlin suspected of planning attack (Reuters)

German police commando units arrested two people suspected of planning an attack and searched an Islamic cultural center on Thursday, a police spokesman said.

Middle East and Africa

Rioter killed in clashes with IDF, 100th Palestinian fatality of current terror wave (JPost)

Palestinian was killed while throwing a Molotov cocktail at soldiers during a security raid on the West Bank village of Katana, south of Ramallah on Thursday morning…. Soldiers had conducted a search around a suspected home when a clash broke out involving several rioters... 

Medical charity wants independent investigation of hospital bombing (The Hill)

Saying the military’s version of events leads to more questions than answers, Doctors Without Borders again called for an independent investigation into the U.S. bombing of its hospital in Afghanistan that killed 30 people.

US targets Islamic State with 18 air strikes in Iraq -US military  (Reuters)

 The United States and its allies staged 18 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq on Thursday, according to the U.S.-led coalition leading the military operations.

Analysis: Downing of Russian jet sets back France’s anti-ISIL plan (USA Today)

Turkey's downing of a Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border on Tuesday badly damaged France's drive to build an alliance with the United States and Russia to defeat the Islamic State in retaliation for the Paris terrorist attacks…At least one of the two Russian pilots who parachuted from their stricken jet may have been killed in Syria by rebels, the Associated Press reported.

Turkey Releases Recording Of Warnings To Russian Plane (NPR)

Turkey says audio from the cockpit supports its position that Turkish pilots repeatedly warned a Russian military plane that it was violating Turkish airspace before shooting it down.

Why do Western women join the Islamic State? (CS Monitor)

Despite stories of escapees, women are joining the Islamic State at an exponential rate. An Austrian teen was reportedly killed recently when she tried to escape.

Putin arrives in Iran as Russia eases nuclear export ban to Islamic Republic (JPost)

Decision follows landmark deal between six world powers and Tehran in July, under which Iran agreed to long-term curbs on its suspected nuclear program.

Gaza rocket lands in southern Israel (Jpost)

A rocket launched from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel's Eshkol Regional Council Monday morning, the IDF confirmed. No injuries or damage were reported in the incident.

IDF Lt.-Col. among 4 injured in ramming attack at Tapuah Junction in West Bank (JPost)

Three soldiers and a Border Police officer were wounded in a Palestinian vehicular- ramming attack near the Tapuah junction in the West Bank Tuesday morning.

Apparent suicide attack on Tunisian presidential guard bus kills 12  (Reuters)

- A bomb exploded on a bus packed with Tunisian presidential guards in the capital Tunis on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people in an attack one source said was probably the work of a suicide bomber.

Mexico , Central and South America

Opposition activist's murder shakes Venezuela before election(Reuters)

 Venezuela opened an investigation on Thursday into the murder of a local opposition leader days before a legislative election, stirring fears of renewed political violence in the volatile South American OPEC nation.

Mexico Deporting Migrating Minors In Record Numbers (NPR)

Planes and buses arrive in Guatemala every day, returning migrants who've tried and failed to make it to the United States. Many are minors, stopped by Mexican police and deported back home.


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