ECM WORLD WATCH: NATIONAL AND GLOBAL NEWS

September 24, 2014 (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.

U.S.

• U.S. to alert retailers to bomb materials to counter home-grown threat (Reuters) Silent crisis: 1 in 5 American kids is poor (CNN)
• U.S. hospitals unprepared to handle ebola waste (Reuters)
• Government self-interest corrupted a crime-fighting tool into an evil (Washington Post)
• Record share of Americans are unmarried – even though most want to say ‘I do’ (CS Monitor)
• U.S. to pay Navajo tribe $554 million in landmark settlement (Reuters)
• Jury: Arab bank liable in terrorist attacks (AP)
• ACLU: TSA Now Using 'Hypothetical Threats' to Assign Passengers to Watchlists (Reason)

WORLD

• Up to 1.4 million Africans could be infected with Ebola by 2015, US officials say (CS Monitor)
• U.S. hits Islamic State in Syria near Iraq border; fighters advance on Kurdish city (Reuters)
• It's not a small world after all: world population will soar (Reuters)
• Dozens of Turkish ISIS hostages freed in ‘rescue effort’ (Time)
• Unease in Scotland following independence vote (CBS)
• French jets strike in Iraq against Islamic state (Reuters)
• ISIS's Enemy List: 10 Reasons the Islamic State Is Doomed (Newsweek)
• China asserts paternal rights over Hong Kong in democracy clash (Reuters)
• Qatar expels Egypt Muslim Brotherhood leaders (UT San Diego)
• Czech president receives threatening letter (AP)

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U.S.

U.S. to alert retailers to bomb materials to counter home-grown threat (Reuters)

The government plans to give U.S. retailers a list of materials that can be used in explosives and ask them to look out for suspicious behavior as a way to combat domestic terrorism, the homeland security secretary said on Wednesday.

Silent crisis: 1 in 5 American kids is poor (CNN)

…I'm here to bombard you with another catastrophe that isn't making headlines like Ebola and ISIS: the astounding rate of child poverty in the richest country in the worl ...United States actually has the second-highest rate of child poverty in the rich world, according to a 2013 report from UNICEF. Only Romania fares worse.

U.S. hospitals unprepared to handle ebola waste (Reuters)

U.S. hospitals may be unprepared to safely dispose of the infectious waste generated by any Ebola virus disease patient to arrive unannounced in the country, potentially putting the wider community at risk, biosafety experts said.

Government self-interest corrupted a crime-fighting tool into an evil (Washington Post)

Two principal originators of the practice of civil asset forteitures, John Yoder and Brad Cates, argue that "The program began with good intentions but now, having failed in both purpose and execution, it should be abolished.”

Record share of Americans are unmarried – even though most want to say ‘I do’ (CS Monitor)

For Americans ages 25 to 34, the likelihood of being unmarried is four times greater today than it was in 1960 – a trend that is reshaping the economics of household life.

U.S. to pay Navajo tribe $554 million in landmark settlement (Reuters)

The Obama administration has agreed to pay the Navajo Nation a record $554 million to settle longstanding claims by America's largest Indian tribe that its funds and natural resources were mishandled for decades by the U.S. government.

Jury: Arab bank liable in terrorist attacks (AP)

A U.S. jury found on Monday that a large Jordan-based bank should be held responsible for a wave of Hamas-sanctioned suicide bombings in the early 2000s that left several Americans dead or wounded.

ACLU: TSA Now Using 'Hypothetical Threats' to Assign Passengers to Watchlists (Reason)

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has put out a new report intended to analyze the performance of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the operation of the watchlists that determine how much abuse passengers have to suffer before being allowed on a plane (assuming they're allowed).  The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) read through the report and was a bit disturbed at what they've discovered. .... 

WORLD

Up to 1.4 million Africans could be infected with Ebola by 2015, US officials say (CS Monitor)

US health officials announced their estimate after world organizations warned the deadly virus might become a permanent part of west African life.

U.S. hits Islamic State in Syria near Iraq border; fighters advance on Kurdish city (Reuters)

American warplanes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria for a second day at a strategic post on the Iraqi border, but the campaign did nothing to halt the fighters' advance on a Kurdish town where refugees are fleeing

It's not a small world after all: world population will soar (Reuters)

Contrary to some earlier projections, the world's population will soar through the end of the 21st century thanks largely to sub-Saharan Africa's higher-than-expected birth rates, United Nations and other population experts said on Thursday.

Dozens of Turkish ISIS hostages freed in ‘rescue effort’ (Time)

A late-night operation brought 46 Turkish citizens home.

A late-night operation brought 46 Turkish citizens home.

Unease in Scotland following independence vote (CBS)

Voters in Scotland said no to a plan to end their 307-year union with England. So what happens now?

French jets strike in Iraq against Islamic state (Reuters)

French jets struck a suspected Islamic State target in Iraq for the first time on Friday, expanding a U.S.-led military campaign against militants who have seized a third of the country and also control large parts of neighboring Syria.

ISIS's Enemy List: 10 Reasons the Islamic State Is Doomed (Newsweek)

The so-called Islamic State, better known as ISIS, is not just a collection of barbaric psychopaths willing to engage in the most brutal and sordid forms of violence without any hesitation born of normal human morality. They are also the most irreparably stupid jihadists ever to slaughter their way onto the international stage.

China asserts paternal rights over Hong Kong in democracy clash (Reuters)

Just days before China was set to deliver its edict on electoral reform in Hong Kong, Beijing’s most senior official in the city held a rare meeting with several local lawmakers whose determined push for full democracy had incensed Beijing's Communist leaders.... / After the formal smiles and handshakes with Zhang Xiaoming, the head of China's Liaison Office in Hong Kong, the mood soured.

Qatar expels Egypt Muslim Brotherhood leaders (UT San Diego)

Leaders of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood group and allied clerics said on Saturday that they are departing Qatar, where they had sought refuge following the ouster of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and the crackdown on his supporters.

Czech president receives threatening letter (AP)

Czech President Milos Zeman says his office has received a threatening letter protesting his government's decision to help Kurdish forces in Iraq fight the Islamic State group.  Interior Minister Milan Chovanec says police experts are analyzing a white powder that was contained in the letter, which was delivered to Zeman's office on Wednesday.