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East County News Service
October 18, 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 campaign
- When Donald Trump threatens to arrest Hillary Clinton, he threatens democracy (Newsday)
- FBI's handling of Hillary Clinton emails: Was there a quid pro quo? (CS Monitor)
- Former Miss Arizona: Trump ‘just came strolling right in’ on naked contestants (Wash. Post)
- People Magazine drops bombshell on Trump: 6 witnesses confirm Natasha Stoynoff’s sex assault report (Raw Story)
- A look at hacked emails from Clinton’s campaign chair (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Other national news
- U.S. warship targeted in failed missile attack from Yemen: official (Reuters)
- Judge throws out charges against journalist who covered Dakota Access pipeline (Mother Jones)
- New Jersey judge issues criminal summons against Christie over Bridgegate (CNN)
- Weedtown, USA: home to America’s first city-owned pot shop (Men’s Journal)
WORLD
- Syrian rebels seize `doomsday’ village where Islamic State promised final battle (Reuters)
- Iraqi PM: operation to drive ISIS out of Mosul is imminent (CNN)
- Ecuador cuts Julian Assange's internet access: WikiLeaks (Reuters)
- Despite failures, North Korea could field missile next year: U.S. expert (Reuters)
- Austrian government to demolish house where Hitler was born (+video) (CS Monitor)
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U.S.
Presidential campaign
When Donald Trump threatens to arrest Hillary Clinton, he threatens democracy (Newsday)
What separates functioning democracies from weak or failed ones is that political parties alternate in power without jailing the opponents they beat in elections. That sometimes means giving a pass to potentially criminal conduct, but that’s a worthwhile sacrifice for making republican government work…Prosecuting opponents is the hallmark of democracy-ending dictatorship.
FBI's handling of Hillary Clinton emails: Was there a quid pro quo? (CS Monitor)
FBI and Hillary Clinton: Patrick Kennedy, the US State Department official, allegedly offered the FBI permission to post agents in more countries in exchange for reclassifying emails found on Hillary Clinton's private server.
Former Miss Arizona: Trump ‘just came strolling right in’ on naked contestants (Washington Post)
,,, CBS 2 Los Angeles did a little fact-checking and, guess what, this time, no Pinocchios. Tasha Dixon, Miss Arizona in 2001, told the TV station that Trump just came “waltzing in” while contestants were nude or half-nude as they changed into bikinis. Separately, BuzzFeed News reported Wednesday that four women in the 1997 Miss Teen USA beauty pageant said Trump walked into their dressing room while they were changing. Some were as young as 15…
People Magazine drops bombshell on Trump: 6 witnesses confirm Natasha Stoynoff’s sex assault report (Raw Story)
…People magazine revealed 6 witnesses who confirm Stoynoff’s account of what happened during her 2005 interview with Trump. Witnesses included colleagues and close friends of Stoynoff, including her friend Liza Herz, who was with Stoynoff the day she ran into Melania Trump on 5th Avenue. The Trump campaign has denied all allegations…
A look at hacked emails from Clinton’s campaign chair (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Hacked emails released in daily dispatches this past week by the WikiLeaks group exposed the inner workings of Hillary Clinton's campaign leading up to her 2015 announcement that she would seek the presidency, and through this year's primary.
Other national news
U.S. warship targeted in failed missile attack from Yemen: official (Reuters)
A U.S. Navy destroyer was targeted on Saturday in a failed missile attack from territory in Yemen controlled by Iran-aligned Houthi rebels, the third such incident in the past week, U.S. officials said.
Judge throws out charges against journalist who covered Dakota Access pipeline (Mother Jones)
A North Dakota prosecutor alleged that Amy Goodman participated in a riot. The judge wasn't buying it…Goodman has defended her work, saying in a statement last week, "I wasn't trespassing, I wasn't engaging in a riot, I was doing my job as a journalist by covering a violent attack on Native American protesters."
New Jersey judge issues criminal summons against Christie over Bridgegate (CNN)
A criminal summons will be issued against New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie after a municipal court judge determined probable cause at a hearing Thursday regarding a citizen complaint related to the 2013 lane closures to the George Washington Bridge, according to a court spokesperson.
Weedtown, USA: home to America’s first city-owned pot shop (Men’s Journal)
Inside the Cannabis Corner's otherwise unremarkable bright-green facility is a one-of-a-kind experiment. The shop, which opened its doors in 2015, is run by the city, making it the only government-operated cannabis store in the country. By September 2016, it had generated $2.2 million in revenue, and once the Cannabis Corner covers its start-up costs, proceeds will go to updating the local playground, bankrolling law enforcement, and other municipal expenditures. Not bad for a town that was nearly bankrupt in 2013.
WORLD
Syrian rebels seize `doomsday’ village where Islamic State promised final battle (Reuters)
Syrian rebels said they captured the village of Dabiq from Islamic State on Sunday, forcing the jihadist group from a stronghold where it had promised to fight a final, apocalyptic battle with the West. Its defeat at Dabiq, long a mainstay of Islamic State's propaganda, underscores the group's declining fortunes this year as it suffered battlefield defeats in Syria and Iraq and lost a string of senior leaders in targeted air strikes.
Iraqi PM: operation to drive ISIS out of Mosul is imminent (CNN)
A long-awaited operation to seize the key Iraqi city of Mosul after two years of ISIS control is imminent, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Sunday.
Ecuador cuts Julian Assange's internet access: WikiLeaks (Reuters)
Anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks said on Monday that its founder Julian Assange's internet was shut down by the government of Ecuador, deflecting blame from the U.S. or British governments which have sparred with Assange for releasing sensitive material.
Despite failures, North Korea could field missile next year: U.S. expert (Reuters)
In spite of the apparent failure of another North Korean missile test at the weekend, the country's aggressive testing schedule could see its Musudan intermediate ballistic missile entering operational service sometime next year - much sooner than expected, a leading U.S. expert said on Monday.
Austrian government to demolish house where Hitler was born (+video) (CS Monitor)
The building, which has served as an attraction for neo-Nazis, will be replaced with one that has nothing to do with the fascist dictator.
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