June 11, 2013 (San Diego's East County) --ECM 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.

• Reports on surveillance of Americans fuel debate over privacy, security (Reuters)
• White House defends surveillance as world digests leaker’s motives (CNN)
• U.S. farmer lawsuit filed against Monsanto over GMO wheat  (Reuters) 
• Supreme Court bars retroactive use of sentencing guidelines (Washington Post)
• Chrysler refuses to recall 2.7 million Jeep SUVs   (CNN)
• Senate passes five-year farm bill (The Hill)
• White House defends top officials' use of 'secret' accounts (Christian Science Monitor)

WORLD

• East Africans told to resettle: Are these 'land grabs' or progress? (Christian Science Monitor)
• Masai herders appear victims of land deal with Dubai hunting firm (Christian Science Monitor)
• Mexico says it rescues 165 migrants kidnapped near U.S. border (Reuters)
• In Gaza, Hamas Targets Palestinian Informants In Crackdown (NPR)
• Most Europeans, especially the French, unhappy about EU: survey (Reuters)
• Anti Khamenei slogans chanted at large Iran protest (Jerusalem Post)
• Another contaminated water leak at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant (Reuters)
• 15 dead in European flooding, thousands evacuated (UT San Diego)
• Egypt prosecutor orders trial for leading activists (Reuters)
• Convictions put Egypt's beleaguered NGOs into deeper chill (+video) (Christian Science Monitor)
• Pakistan PM Sharif sworn in, calls for end to drone strikes (Reuters)
• Not Everyone Cheers Turkey's Move To Tighten Alcohol Rules (NPR)
• Putin orders crackdown on Islamists, police detain 300 people (Reuters)

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May 1, 2013 (San Diego's East County) -- ECM 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.

• Boston police: 3 more in custody for Boston bombing (10 News)
• Colorado court rules marijuana smokers may be fired (Christian Science Monitor)
• Bombing suspects' mom also in terror database (U-T San Diego)
• Tamerlan Tsarnaev Spoke Of Jihad With Mother, Reports Say (NPR)
• U.S. gives big, secret push to internet surveillance (CNet)
• Lawmakers, aides may get Obamacare exemption (Politico)
• As Injuries Rise, More Calls to Refuse The 'Cinnamon Challenge' (NPR)
• The FAA Strikes Again, the FAA Brags (Wall Street Journal)
• Congress Acts On Flight Delays, What's Next? (NPR)
• Court: State can block out of state use of FOIA

WORLD

• EU bans pesticides over bee fears (Reuters)
• Canada thwarts "al Qaeda-supported" passenger train plot (Reuters)
• Russia detains 140 suspected Islamic extremists (U-T San Diego)
• Once-touted corruption cases collapse in Mexico (U-T San Diego)
• Iraq: 51 dead in clashes, bombing as tensions rise (U-T San Diego)
• Defecting Syrian officer 'told to use WMD' (Jerusalem Post)
• Taliban vow suicide and "insider" attacks in new spring offensive (Reuters)
• Japan court rejects demand to evacuate children (U-T San Diego)
• Israel shoots down drone from Lebanon: Israeli military (Reuters)
• 14 killed in clashes in 3 western Mexico towns (U-T San Diego)
• More Than 50 Dead So Far in Run Up to Pakistani Elections (Reason)

April 3, 2013 (San Diego's East County) -- ECM 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.

• New Visa Would Allow At Least 20,000 Low-Wage Workers To Come To U.S. (NPR)
• Expert: Recent Attacks On Justice Community 'Really Unprecedented' (NPR)
• IRS weighs changes to Obama healthcare investment tax rules (Reuters)
• Fracking’s latest scandal: earthquake swarms (Mother Jones)
• Want a U.S. visa? Got a spare $500,000? (American Public Media)
• Americans On Disability Play An Increasingly Important Role In The Economy (NPR)
• Obama administration moves ahead with sweeping rules requiring cleaner gasoline (Washington Post)

WORLD

• North Korea to restart nuclear reactor in weapons bid (Reuters)
• From The Stone Age To The Digital Age In One Big Leap (NPR)
• Why is the US shifting its missile defense out of Europe? (Christian Science Monitor)
• Vigilantes seize town in Mexico, arrest police (Christian Science Monitor)
• Pope washes women’s feet in break with church law (Yahoo! News)
• How potent are North Korea’s threats? (BBC)
• Al-Qaida linked group doubles size in Syria (Jerusalem Post)
• Putin flexes Russian military muscle in naval exercise (Reuters)
•  Banks score major win in private Libor suits (Reuters)

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September 1, 2011 (San Diego’s East County)-- ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflecting 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:

WORLD
• CIA drone is said to kill Al Qaeda’s #2 (New York Times)
• Mexico deploys 1,500 troops after ‘terrorist’ casino attack (CNN)
• 140 Mexican schools shut down amid extortion fears (NPR)
• Fukushima caesium leaks 'equal 168 Hiroshimas' (UK Telegraph)
• Luxury, horror lurk in Gadhafi family compound (CNN)

• Astronomers discover planet made of diamonds (Yahoo News)
• Anti-cancer virus shows promise (BBC)
U.S.
• Disaster aid account faces shortfall (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Hurricane Irene and the staggering cost of climate change (Nelson Daily)
• Hurricane Irene blamed for at least 44 deaths in 13 states (Washington Post)
• Did fracking cause the Virginia earthquake? (OpEd News)
• Bachmann says she’d consider minimum wage changes (Yahoo News)
• Ron Paul on hurricane watch: “We should be like 1900” (Salon)
• Make it in America: How we can bring back manufacturing (Truthout)
• 6 years after Katrina, lower 9th ward still bleak (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• NOAA Warns of gap in future forecasting abilities (NPR)

April 22, 2011 (San Diego’s East County) -- ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflecting all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views.