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https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/ecm-world-watch-global-and-national-news-66 <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_target addtoany_list" id="da2a_8"> <a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastcountymagazine.org%2Fecm-world-watch-global-and-national-news-66&amp;title=ECM%20WORLD%20WATCH%3A%20GLOBAL%20AND%20NATIONAL%20NEWS"><img src="/sites/all/modules/addtoany/images/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share this"/></a> </span> <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/16856"> August 2012 Articles</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/87">Obama</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/153">wind turbines</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1637">energy</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2477">economy</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/7640">nuclear</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/8888">Paul Ryan</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12537">Romney</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/16746">Al Qaeda</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/18129">Isaac</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/18130">McCain</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/18131">Venezuela</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div><b><i><span><img src="/sites/eastcountymagazine.org/files/2012/August/world%20watch.jpg" width="170" height="169" vspace="6" hspace="6" border="1" align="right" alt="" />August 30, 2012 --  (San Diego’s East County) – ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally</span></i></b><b><i> <span>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:</span></i></b><b> </b>  </div> <div> </div> <div><b><span>NATIONAL</span></b></div> <div><b> </b></div> <div><b><span>        GENERAL NEWS:</span></b>  </div> <ul> <li><span>U.S. economy expands more than anticipated  (BBC)</span></li> <li><span>Isaac reduces to tropical storm, lashes Louisiana (USA Today)</span></li> <li><span>Do wind turbines cause forest fires? (Bangor Daily News)</span></li> <li><span>Army issues multi-billion dollar solicitation for large scale renewable and alternative energy production for federal installations (Foley)</span> </li> </ul> <div><b><span>        POLITICS:</span></b> </div> <ul> <li><span>Republicans highlight Romney nomination, but poll shows low popularity (ABC News)</span> </li> <li><span>Romney: I’d cut PBS, Obamacare, arts subsidies (CBS News)</span></li> <li><span>McCain: America “can’t afford” another Obama WH (CBS News)</span> </li> <li><span>President Obama answers questions on Reddit-AMA; read his full answers (CBS News)</span> </li> <li><span>publicans hate Obama’s defense cuts. The trouble is, they voted for them (Washington Post wonk bl</span></li> <li><span>Vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan on abortion: Rape is just another “method of conception”(RawStory)</span><span><br /> </span></li> <li><span> <span>Paul Ryan’s speech in 3 words (FoxNews.com)</span></span> </li> </ul> <div><b><span>WORLD</span></b> </div> <ul> <li><span>Al Qaeda followers call for death of Seal who wrote Osama bin Ladin capture book (Washington Post)</span> </li> <li><span>Venezuela investigates alleged massacre in Amazon village (Reuters)</span> </li> <li><span>Romney: Nuclear Iran “unacceptable” (CBS)</span> </li> </ul> <div><b><i><span>Read more for excerpts and links to full stories.</span></i></b></div> <!--break--><div><b><i> </i></b></div> <div><b><span>NATIONAL</span></b></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span>        GENERAL NEWS:</span></b> </div> <div> </div> <div><b><span>U.S. economy expands more than anticipated  (BBC)</span></b></div> <div><b> </b></div> <div><span>August 29, 2012 -- The US grew at an annualised pace of 1.7% from April to June, more than the 1.5% previously estimated, the Commerce Department said.</span></div> <div><span>This is a slowdown from 2% in the first three months of the year.</span></div> <div><span>The US Congress's budget office last week warned that spending cuts and tax rises could trigger a sharp economic slowdown in 2013.<br /> </span><span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19411309" target="_blank"><span>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19411309</span></a></span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span>Isaac reduces to tropical storm, lashes Louisiana (USA Today)</span></b></div> <div><b> </b></div> <div><span>August 29, 2012 -- <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Hurricane+Isaac" title="More news, photos about Hurricane Isaac"><span>Hurricane Isaac</span></a> was downgraded Wednesday to a tropical storm but continued to pound Louisiana with heavy rains and damaging winds.</span></div> <div><span>Flooding in hard-hit <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Places,+Geography/Regions/Plaquemines+Parish" title="More news, photos about Plaquemines Parish"><span>Plaquemines Parish</span></a>, about 10 miles southeast of <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Places,+Geography/Towns,+Cities,+Counties/New+Orleans" title="More news, photos about New Orleans"><span>New Orleans</span></a>, forced authorities to announce they would purposely puncture an 18-mile levee there to relieve the strain as soon as weather allowed and equipment could be moved in. Airlines servicing <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Louis+Armstrong+New+Orleans+International+Airport" title="More news, photos about Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport"><span>Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport</span></a> canceled all commercial flights for Thursday.</span></div> <div><span><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/story/2012-08-29/hurricane-isaac-wednesday/57401670/1" target="_blank"><span>http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/story/2012-08-29/hurricane-isaac-wednesday/57401670/1</span></a></span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span>Do wind turbines cause forest fires? (Bangor Daily News)</span></b></div> <div><b> </b></div> <div><span>July 20, 2012 -- Our three Penobscot County Commissioners made an astute decision today when they decided to defer action on whether to grant an advance tax increment financing deal to the wind corporation that wants to build the Passadumkeag wind park in the Grand Falls area.</span></div> <div><span>If the TIF had been granted, that news would have been used by the developer to claim in the application process before the Maine Department of Environmental Protection that it has substantial local support when, in fact, several landowners in the affected region raised questions and objections.<br /> </span><span><a href="http://bangordailynews.com/2012/07/30/opinion/forest-and-turbine-fire-questions/" target="_blank"><span>http://bangordailynews.com/2012/07/30/opinion/forest-and-turbine-fire-questions/</span></a></span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span>Army issues multi-billion dollar solicitation for large scale renewable and alternative energy production for federal installations (Foley)</span></b></div> <div><b> </b></div> <div>August 22, 2012 -- The U.S. Army has released a solicitation to acquire locally generated renewable and alternative energy (RAE) at federal installations, with the energy to be acquired from contractors under Power Purchase Agreements or similar contractual agreements. The solicitation is designed to help the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) meet its statutory mandate to acquire at least 25 percent of its total facility energy needs from renewable resources by 2025. The solicitation represents an opportunity for RAE producers to compete to provide up to $7 billion worth of energy to DOD installations over the next 30 years. Contractors receiving an award under the solicitation will then compete for task orders to provide energy to DOD installations, with the contractor responsible for constructing, operating, and maintaining a renewable/alternative energy facility to be built on (or near) the DOD installation.</div> <div><span><a href="http://www.foley.com/army-issues-multi-billion-dollar-solicitation-for-large-scale-renewable-and-alternative-energy-production-for-federal-installations-08-20-2012/" target="_blank"><span>http://www.foley.com/army-issues-multi-billion-dollar-solicitation-for-large-scale-renewable-and-alternative-energy-production-for-federal-installations-08-20-2012/</span></a></span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span>        POLITICS:</span></b></div> <div><b> </b></div> <div><b><span>Republicans highlight Romney nomination, but poll shows low popularity (ABC News)</span></b></div> <div><b> </b></div> <div><span>August 28, 2012 -- Republicans celebrated the nomination of Mitt Romney as their presidential candidate tonight with funny hats and a determination to defeat President Obama, but their Tampa party was marred by a new poll that found Romney to be the least popular major-party nominee since 1984.</span></div> <div><span>Tonight's nomination brought Romney into the home stretch of the long race to the White House and was a moment to be savored by the candidate and his party. Delegates danced in the aisles at the Tampa Bay Forum between speeches and cheered predictions that Romney was the next president of the United States.</span></div> <div><span>But a new <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/low-favorability-trails-romney-up-to-the-convention-dais/">ABC News/Washington Post</a> poll released this evening found that Romney has the lowest personal popularity of any major-party nominee in nearly 30 years.</span></div> <div><span><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/republicans-celebrate-mitt-romney-nomination-poll-highlights-low/story?id=17097297#.UD7HiZZinQg" target="_blank"><span>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/republicans-celebrate-mitt-romney-nomination-poll-highlights-low/story?id=17097297#.UD7HiZZinQg</span></a></span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span>Romney: I’d cut PBS, Obamacare, arts subsidies (CBS News) <p></p></span></b></div> <div><span>August 29, 2012 --  </span><span>Amid ongoing questions about his specific plans to reduce the federal deficit, Mitt Romney told CBS News' Scott Pelley that in addition to repealing President Obama's health care law, he would make cuts to a number of federal subsidies, and send some Medicaid funds back to the states.</span></div> <div><span>"The right way to balance a budget really has two prongs," Romney said during a wide-raning interview with Pelley last week. "One is to do those things that encourage the growth of the economy. So, you do things to get small businesses growing and adding-- adding jobs. But you also go through and say which of those things that you should take out of the budget that are no longer essential. The easiest for me to knock out is Obamacare. It's about $100 billion a year. We simply can't afford it. But there are other subsidies that I think you're going to find that we take out."<br /> </span><span><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57502927/romney-id-cut-pbs-obamacare-arts-subsidies/?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.0" target="_blank"><span>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57502927/romney-id-cut-pbs-obamacare-arts-subsidies/?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.0</span></a></span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span>McCain: America “can’t afford” another Obama WH (CBS News)</span></b></div> <div><b> </b></div> <div><span>August 29, 2012 --  </span><span>In remarks at the Republican National Convention four years after he accepted the presidential nomination himself, John McCain railed against President Obama for his foreign policy record, lamenting what he cast as a "demand for leadership" in America, and calling on voters to elect Romney "the next leader of the free world."</span></div> <div><span>The Arizona Senator, speaking on the second night of the convention festivities -- and his 76th birthday -- accused Mr. Obama of leading the nation "away from our proudest traditions of global leadership" during his tenure as president.</span></div> <div><span>Targeting Mr. Obama over his decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, for his position on Syria, and for the impending "sequester" cuts that threaten to impose major cuts to the Defense Department, he argued that "we've let the challenges we face, both at home and abroad, become harder to solve."<br /> </span><span><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57503063-503544/mccain-america-cant-afford-another-obama-wh/?tag=thisMorningLatest" target="_blank"><span>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57503063-503544/mccain-america-cant-afford-another-obama-wh/?tag=thisMorningLatest</span></a></span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span>President Obama answers questions on Reddit-AMA; read his full answers (CBS News)</span></b></div> <div><b> </b></div> <div><span>August 29, 2012 --  </span><span>Members of the link-sharing website Reddit had a chance to directly ask President Barack Obama questions on Wednesday. The President participated in a forum commonly referred to as an AMA - or "ask me anything."  </span></div> <div><span>"Hey, everyone: I'll be taking your questions online today. Ask yours here," the <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/240903767350968320"><span>President tweeted</span></a>, to confirm his identity on the website. The President went on to include a photo of himself typing at his computer on the Reddit AMA thread.</span></div> <div><span><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-57502874-501465/president-obama-answers-questions-on-reddit-ama-read-his-full-answers/?tag=stack" target="_blank"><span>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-57502874-501465/president-obama-answers-questions-on-reddit-ama-read-his-full-answers/?tag=stack</span></a></span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span>Republicans hate Obama’s defense cuts. The trouble is, they voted for them (Washington Post wonk blog)</span></b></div> <div><b> </b></div> <div><span>August 29, 2012 -- In his speech tonight, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/mccain-lays-blame-for-looming-defense-cuts-at-obamas-feet.php"><span>decried</span></a> Obama for cutting defense, saying, “We can’t afford another $500 billion in cuts to our defense budget — on top of the nearly $500 billion in cuts that the president is already making…And yet, the president is playing no leadership role in preventing this crippling blow to our military.”</span></div> <div><span>There’s just one problem: John McCain, and most other Republicans in the <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll690.xml"><span>House</span></a> and Senate, voted for the cuts in question.</span></div> <div><span><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/08/29/republicans-hate-obamas-defense-cuts-the-trouble-is-they-voted-for-them/" target="_blank"><span>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/08/29/republicans-hate-obamas-defense-cuts-the-trouble-is-they-voted-for-them/</span></a> </span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span>Vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan on abortion: Rape is just another “method of conception”(RawStory)</span></b></div> <div><b> </b></div> <div><span>August 24, 2012 -- Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan says that he personally believes that rape is just another “method of conception” and not an excuse to allow abortions.</span></div> <div><span>During an <a href="http://www2.wjhl.com/news/2012/aug/23/3/exclusive-interview-paul-ryan-ar-2151697/"><b><span>interview with WJHL</span></b></a> this week, Ryan was asked his view about Rep. Todd Akin, who recently asserted that women could not get pregnant from “legitimate rape.”</span></div> <div><span>“Specifically where you stand when it comes to rape, and when it comes to the issue of should it be legal for a woman to be able to get an abortion if she’s raped?” WJHL reporter Josh Smith wondered.<br /> </span><span><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/24/ryan-on-abortion-exceptions-rape-is-just-another-method-of-conception/" target="_blank"><span>http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/24/ryan-on-abortion-exceptions-rape-is-just-another-method-of-conception/</span></a>  </span></div> <div><b><span>Paul Ryan’s speech in 3 words (FoxNews.com) <p></p></span></b><span>August 30, 2012 -- At least a quarter of Americans still don’t know who Paul Ryan is, and <a href="http://bit.ly/QVfpt2" target="_blank"><span>only about half who know and have an opinion of him view him favorably</span></a>. <p></p></span></div> <div>So, Ryan’s primary job tonight was to introduce himself and make himself seem likeable, and he did that well. The personal parts of the speech were very personally delivered, especially the touching parts where Ryan talked about his father and mother and their roles in his life. And at the end of the speech, when Ryan cheered the crowd to its feet, he showed an energy and enthusiasm that’s what voters want in leaders and what Republicans have been desperately lacking in this campaign.<b><span><br /> </span></b><span><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/30/paul-ryans-speech-in-three-words/" target="_blank"><span>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/30/paul-ryans-speech-in-three-words/</span></a>  </span></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><b><span>WORLD </span></b></div> <div><b> </b></div> <div><b><span>Al Qaeda followers call for death of Seal who wrote Osama bin Ladin capture book (Washington Post)</span></b></div> <div><b> </b></div> <div><span>August 24, 2012 -- An official al-Qaeda Web site on Friday identified the former U.S. Navy SEAL who wrote a book about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, and readers called for the author’s death.</span></div> <div><span>The site posted a photograph and the name of the commando, who had written under a pseudonym but whose name was revealed Thursday on Fox News. The site called him “the dog who murdered the martyr Sheikh Osama bin Laden.”<br /> </span><span><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/al-qaeda-followers-call-for-death-of-seal-who-wrote-osama-bin-laden-book/2012/08/24/99c982cc-ee62-11e1-afd8-097e90f99d05_story.html?hpid=z3" target="_blank"><span>http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/al-qaeda-followers-call-for-death-of-seal-who-wrote-osama-bin-laden-book/2012/08/24/99c982cc-ee62-11e1-afd8-097e90f99d05_story.html?hpid=z3</span></a></span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span>Venezuela investigates alleged massacre in Amazon village (Reuters)</span></b></div> <div><b> </b></div> <div><span>August 29, 2012 -- Venezuela's public prosecutor on Wednesday said it is investigating an alleged massacre of indigenous people in the Amazon rainforest, after a tribal group told the government that a village of 80 natives was attacked in July from a helicopter.</span></div> <div><span>In a statement, the government said it had received word of the alleged attack by a group representing the Yanomami tribe, an indigenous people native to southern <a href="http://www.reuters.com/places/venezuela" title="Full coverage of Venezuela"><span>Venezuela</span></a>.<br /> </span><span><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/29/us-venezuela-amazon-tribe-idUSBRE87S1H720120829" target="_blank"><span>http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/29/us-venezuela-amazon-tribe-idUSBRE87S1H720120829</span></a></span></div> <div> </div> <div><b><span>Romney: Nuclear Iran “unacceptable” (CBS)</span></b></div> <div><b> </b></div> <div><span>August 24, 2012 -- There's not much optimism in Syria, where there is growing concern that the dictatorship's stockpiles of chemical weapons could get loose in the chaos of the civil war there. CBS News asked presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney what he would do as commander-in-chief in Syria and Iran.</span></div> <p><span>CBS News interviewed Romney in Birmingham, Mich. on Friday while he was visiting the state with his wife Ann.<br /> </span></p> <p><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57500225/romney-nuclear-iran-unacceptable/?tag=stack" target="_blank"><span>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57500225/romney-nuclear-iran-unacceptable/?tag=stack</span></a> </p> </div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="addtoany first last"><span><span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_target addtoany_list" id="da2a_7"> <a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastcountymagazine.org%2Fecm-world-watch-global-and-national-news-66&amp;title=ECM%20WORLD%20WATCH%3A%20GLOBAL%20AND%20NATIONAL%20NEWS"><img src="/sites/all/modules/addtoany/images/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share this"/></a> </span> </span></li></ul> Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:47:22 +0000 miriamg 10853 at https://www.eastcountymagazine.org https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/ecm-world-watch-global-and-national-news-66#comments
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https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/ecm-world-watch-global-and-national-news-62 <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_target addtoany_list" id="da2a_10"> <a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastcountymagazine.org%2Fecm-world-watch-global-and-national-news-62&amp;title=ECM%20WORLD%20WATCH%3A%20GLOBAL%20AND%20NATIONAL%20NEWS"><img src="/sites/all/modules/addtoany/images/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share this"/></a> </span> <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/16856"> August 2012 Articles</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/5971">Congress</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/7640">nuclear</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/9090">Cuba</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/10186">blackout</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12262">Chinese</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12537">Romney</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/16139">tax dollars</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/16746">Al Qaeda</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/17452">Olympics</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/17765">Scalia</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/17766">ethnic violence</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><b><i><span style=" background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><img width="170" vspace="6" hspace="6" height="169" border="1" align="left" alt="" src="/sites/eastcountymagazine.org/files/2012/August/world%20watch.jpg" /></span></i></b></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><b><i><span style=" background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">August 2, 2012 --  (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:</span></i></b><b> </b>  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> </div> <p><b>U.S.</b></p> <ul> <li>Romney would let wind energy tax credits expire, campaign says (Denver Post)</li> <li>Leaders have agreement to avoid pre-election government shut-down (The Hill)</li> <li>Scathing report on for-profit colleges and their $32 billion in tax dollars (Atlanta Journal Constitution)</li> <li>Congress warned that Al Qaeda in Iraq is coming to America (Jewish World Review)</li> <li>Scalia: Guns may be regulated (National Journal)</li> <li>More worries for the wealthy? Inheritance taxes to jump unless Congress acts (Christian Science Monitor)</li> <li>U.S. raises taxes on Chinese wind turbine makers (NY Times)</li> <li>14 reasons why this is the worst Congress ever (Wonkblog)</li> </ul> <div><strong>WORLD</strong></div> <ul> <li>India blackout affects millions, grid failure among world’s worst power outage (Reuters)</li> <li>Japan utility gets $12.8B nuclear crisis bailout (UT San Diego)</li> <li>Cuba broadens economic reforms, plans new measures (Reuters)</li> <li>In pictures: Olympics opening ceremonies (BBC)</li> <li>Thousands flee amid growing ethnic violence in India (NPR)</li> </ul> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.2pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><b><i><span style=" background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Read more for excerpts and links to full stories.</span></i></b></div> <!--break--><div style="margin-bottom: 1.2pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><b><i> </i></b></div> <div><b>U.S.</b></div> <div><b> </b></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b>Romney would let wind energy tax credits expire, campaign says (Denver Post)</b></div> <div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.2in;margin-left:0in;&lt;br /&gt;&#10;line-height:16.8pt;background:white"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">July 30, 2012 -- <a href="http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/topic/mitt-romney/" title="Posts tagged with Mitt Romney"><span style="color:#5A5A5A">Mitt Romney</span></a>’s campaign said today the Republican presidential candidate would let the <a href="http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/topic/wind/" title="Posts tagged with wind"><span style="color:#5A5A5A">wind</span></a> production <a href="http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/topic/tax-credit/" title="Posts tagged with tax credit"><span style="color:#5A5A5A">tax credit</span></a> expire, drawing a clear distinction between Romney and President <a href="http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/topic/barack-obama/" title="Posts tagged with Barack Obama"><span style="color:#5A5A5A">Barack Obama</span></a> on an issue that could affect up to 5,000 jobs in Colorado.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 16.8pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Obama supports the tax credit – which is set to expire at the end of this year – and has urged Congress to extend it. The Romney campaign <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/237283-romney-surrogate-says-wind-energy-credit-stance-not-set" target="_blank"><span style="color:#5A5A5A">has indicated in the past that he didn’t think “technology-specific incentives” are a good idea</span></a>, but until today the campaign has not said if Romney would phase out the credit or allow it to expire this year.<br /> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2012/07/30/romney/77572/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2012/07/30/romney/77572/</span></a>  </span></div> <div><b> </b></div> <div><b>Leaders have agreement to avoid pre-election government shut-down (The Hill)</b></div> <div style="margin: 11.25pt 0.75pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">July 31, 2012 -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced on Tuesday an agreement to avoid a government shutdown shortly before the November election.</div> <div style="margin: 0in 0.75pt 12pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Reid said President Obama has also agreed to the deal.</div> <div><span style=" background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">“This agreement reached between the Senate, the House and the White House provides stability for the coming months, when we will have to resolve critical issues that directly affect middle class families," Reid said in a statement. "I hope that we can face the challenges ahead in the same spirit of compromise.”<br /> </span><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/appropriations/241277-leaders-expected-to-announce-spending-bill-agreement">http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/appropriations/241277-leaders-expected-to-announce-spending-bill-agreement</a></div> <div> </div> <div><b>Scathing report on for-profit colleges and their $32 billion in tax dollars (Atlanta Journal Constitution)</b></div> <div> </div> <div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:&lt;br /&gt;&#10;0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">July 30, 2012 -- <a href="http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2010/12/23/college-graduation-rates-for-profit-for-shame/"><span style="color:#5F7387">The for-profit colleges are taking billions in tax dollars with little to show for it,</span></a> according to a report that will be issued today from a U.S. Senate committee.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">Despite $32 billion in federal student aid to the colleges, most of the students never earn a degree, indicating that taxpayers are being saddled with a losing investment. However, the for-profits colleges don’t fail everyone, least of all their executives  — the CEOs of the colleges were paid an average of $7.3 million, according to the report.<br /> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2012/07/30/scathing-report-on-for-profit-colleges-and-their-32-billion-in-tax-dollars/">http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2012/07/30/scathing-report-on-for-profit-colleges-and-their-32-billion-in-tax-dollars/</a>  </span></div> <div><b>Congress warned that Al Qaeda in Iraq is coming to America (Jewish World Review)</b></div> <div style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;&lt;br /&gt;&#10;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">August 2, 2012 -- </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">The terrorist organization that was once the scourge of the U.S. occupation in Iraq and likely is responsible for more than 100 deaths in the country over the past few days has set its sights on launching attacks inside the United States, intelligence officials said.</span></div> <div style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Al-Qaida in Iraq released a message earlier this week that threatened to strike at the "heart" of the United States, and several associates of al-Qaida in Iraq have been arrested in the United States and Canada over the past two years, said U.S. officials, a sign that the terrorist affiliate has tried to establish a network inside North America.</span></div> <div><a href="http://jewishworldreview.com/0712/al_qeda_america.php3">http://jewishworldreview.com/0712/al_qeda_america.php3</a></div> <div> </div> <div><b>Scalia: Guns may be regulated (National Journal)</b></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">July 29, 2012 -- Justice Antonin Scalia, one of the Supreme Court's most vocal and conservative justices, said on Sunday that the Second Amendment leaves room for U.S. legislatures to regulate guns, including menacing hand-held weapons.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">"It will have to be decided in future cases," Scalia said on <em style="outline: 0px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; ">Fox News Sunday</span></em>. But there were legal precedents from the days of the Founding Fathers that banned frightening weapons which a constitutional originalist like himself must recognize. There were also "locational limitations" on where weapons could be carried, the justice noted.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/scalia-guns-may-be-regulated-20120729">http://www.nationaljournal.com/scalia-guns-may-be-regulated-20120729</a></div> <div> </div> <div><b>More worries for the wealthy? Inheritance taxes to jump unless Congress acts (Christian Science Monitor) </b></div> <div> </div> <div>July 26, 2012 -- The way <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/U.S.+Republican+Party" target="_self"><span style="color:#205D87">Congressional Republicans</span></a> see it, farmers will have to sell their land and small businesses will have to put their firms on the auction block if nothing is done to prevent the inheritance tax from rising next year.</div> <div><span style="Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;&lt;br /&gt;&#10;color:#333333">Their solution: completely end what they call “the death tax.”<br /> But, on the other side of the aisle, <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/U.S.+Democratic+Party" target="_self"><span style="color:#205D87">Congressional Democrats</span></a> view eliminating the tax as yet another gift to the ultra-wealthy. Under <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Barack+Obama" target="_self"><span style="color:#205D87">President Obama</span></a>’s plan, the rate would actually rise from current levels.</span><b><br /> </b><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2012/0726/More-worries-for-the-wealthy-Inheritance-tax-to-jump-unless-Congress-acts?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fusa+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+|+USA%29">http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2012/0726/More-worries-for-the-wealthy-Inheritance-tax-to-jump-unless-Congress-acts?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fusa+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+|+USA%29</a></div> <div> </div> <div><b>U.S. raises taxes on Chinese wind turbine makers (NY Times)</b></div> <div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Chinese manufacturers have been illegally selling steel towers for<a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/w/wind_power/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="More articles about wind power."><span style="color:#666699">wind turbines</span></a> below the cost of production and will have to pay duties of 20.85 to 72.69 percent on imports, the United States Commerce Department said Friday in <a href="http://ia.ita.doc.gov/download/factsheets/factsheet-china-vietnam-uswt-ad-prelim-20120727.pdf" title="The ruling."><span style="color:#666699">a preliminary ruling</span></a> in an antidumping case brought by four American tower manufacturers.</div> <div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">The department said it found similar dumping on the part of Vietnamese manufacturers and set duties at 52.67 percent for CS Wind, a major supplier to the American market, and 59.91 percent for all other Vietnamese companies.<br /> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/28/business/energy-environment/us-raises-tariffs-on-chinese-wind-turbine-makers.html?_r=3&amp;emc=tnt&amp;tntemail1=y">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/28/business/energy-environment/us-raises-tariffs-on-chinese-wind-turbine-makers.html?_r=3&amp;emc=tnt&amp;tntemail1=y</a></div> <div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> </div> <div><b>14 reasons why this is the worst Congress ever (Wonkblog)</b></div> <div> </div> <div style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:&lt;br /&gt;&#10;baseline"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">July 13, 2012 -- This week, the House of Representatives voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. On its own, such a vote would be unremarkable. Republicans control the House, they oppose President Obama’s health reform law, and so they voted to get rid of it.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">But here’s the punchline: This was the 33<sup style="font-style: inherit; outline: 0px; bottom: 1ex; "><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;&lt;br /&gt;&#10;padding:0in">rd</span></sup> time they voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Holding that vote once makes sense. Republicans had promised that much during the 2010 campaign. But 33 times? If doing the same thing twice and expecting a different result makes you insane, what does doing the same thing 33 times and expecting a different result make you?</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/07/13/13-reasons-why-this-is-the-worst-congress-ever/">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/07/13/13-reasons-why-this-is-the-worst-congress-ever/</a> </div> <div> </div> <div><b>WORLD</b></div> <div> </div> <div><b>India blackout affects millions, grid failure among world’s worst power outage (Reuters)</b></div> <div> </div> <div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">July 31, 2012 -- Hundreds of millions of people across India were left without power on Tuesday in one of the world's worst blackouts, trapping miners, stranding train travellers and plunging hospitals into darkness when grids collapsed for the second time in two days.</span></div> <p><span id="midArticle_1"> </span></p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Stretching from Assam, near <a href="http://www.reuters.com/places/china" title="Full coverage of China" style="cursor:pointer;outline: none"><span style="color:#006E97">China</span></a>, to the Himalayas and the northwestern deserts of Rajasthan, the outage covered states where half of India's 1.2 billion people live and embarrassed the government, which has failed to build up enough power capacity to meet soaring demand.<br /> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/31/uk-india-blackout-idUSLNE86U01G20120731">http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/31/uk-india-blackout-idUSLNE86U01G20120731</a> </span></div> <div><b>Japan utility gets $12.8B nuclear crisis bailout (UT San Diego)</b></div> <div> </div> <div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:&lt;br /&gt;&#10;9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;&lt;br /&gt;&#10;color:#444444">July 30, 2012 -- </span><span style="font-size:&lt;br /&gt;&#10;11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#444444">The Japanese operator of the nuclear power plant devastated in last year's disasters received a 1 trillion yen ($12.8 billion) bailout Tuesday, putting it under government ownership, while international experts visited another plant that survived the tsunami's impact.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 9pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " id="h0-p2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;&lt;br /&gt;&#10;color:#444444">Tokyo Electric Power Co. apologized for the "inconvenience and anxiety" caused by the accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant in northeastern Japan, and for raising electricity charges to cover the costs of dealing with the crisis.<br /> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jul/30/japan-utility-gets-128b-nuclear-crisis-bailout/">http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jul/30/japan-utility-gets-128b-nuclear-crisis-bailout/</a> </span></div> <div><b>Cuba broadens economic reforms, plans new measures (Reuters)</b></div> <div> </div> <div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">July 26, 2012 -- <a href="http://www.reuters.com/places/cuba" title="Full coverage of Cuba"><span style="color:#006E97">Cuba</span></a> adopted a new tax code this week and said it would loosen regulations on some state companies while turning others into cooperatives, as one of the world's last Soviet-style economies moves in a more market-friendly direction.</span></div> <p><span id="midArticle_1"> </span></p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">The plans were announced at a session of the National Assembly, which passed the country's first comprehensive tax code since the 1959 revolution on the communist-ruled island.<br /> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/27/us-cuba-reform-idUSBRE86Q00B20120727?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=worldNews&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29">http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/27/us-cuba-reform-idUSBRE86Q00B20120727?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=worldNews&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29</a></div> <div><b>In pictures: Olympics opening ceremonies (BBC)</b></div> <div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-19020830">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-19020830</a></div> <div> </div> <div><b>Thousands flee amid growing ethnic violence in India (NPR)</b></div> <div> </div> <div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:&lt;br /&gt;&#10;0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">July 26, 2012 -- Around 200,000 people have fled their homes in northeast India after nearly a week of inter-communal violence. At least 40 people are confirmed dead in the violence between local tribes and Muslim immigrants. Many of the bodies found by police have been hacked to death with machetes. Elliot Hannon talks to Robert Siegel.</span></div> <p>The conflict is remote, but the numbers are eye-popping. A week of ethnic violence in Northeastern India has left more than 40 people dead and around 200,000 people have fled their homes. Indian security forces sent to the area in the state of Assam near India's border with Bangladesh have had little success in ending the fighting. The conflict between the indigenous Bodo community and Muslim settlers is only the latest outbreak of violence in a long troubled region.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/07/26/157444010/thousands-flee-amid-ethnic-violence-in-india?ft=1&amp;f=2&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NprProgramsATC+%28NPR+Programs%3A+All+Things+Considered%29" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; ">http://www.npr.org/2012/07/26/157444010/thousands-flee-amid-ethnic-violence-in-india?ft=1&amp;f=2&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NprProgramsATC+%28NPR+Programs%3A+All+Things+Considered%29</a> </p> </div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="addtoany first last"><span><span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_target addtoany_list" id="da2a_9"> <a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastcountymagazine.org%2Fecm-world-watch-global-and-national-news-62&amp;title=ECM%20WORLD%20WATCH%3A%20GLOBAL%20AND%20NATIONAL%20NEWS"><img src="/sites/all/modules/addtoany/images/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share this"/></a> </span> </span></li></ul> Thu, 02 Aug 2012 08:42:01 +0000 miriamg 10610 at https://www.eastcountymagazine.org https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/ecm-world-watch-global-and-national-news-62#comments
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https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/ecm-world-watch-global-and-national-news-53 <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_target addtoany_list" id="da2a_12"> <a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastcountymagazine.org%2Fecm-world-watch-global-and-national-news-53&amp;title=ECM%20WORLD%20WATCH%3A%20GLOBAL%20AND%20NATIONAL%20NEWS"><img src="/sites/all/modules/addtoany/images/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share this"/></a> </span> <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12009"> June 2012 Articles</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/8221">Autism</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/10025">unions</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12537">Romney</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12950">Nigeria</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/16300">voter</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/16746">Al Qaeda</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/16747">fiscal union</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/16748">Queen Elizabeth</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/16749">tribal leaders</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><b><i><span style=" background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><img src="/sites/eastcountymagazine.org/files/2012/June/world%20watch.jpg" width="166" height="165" vspace="6" hspace="6" border="1" align="left" alt="" /></span></i></b></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><b><i><span style=" background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">June 7, 2012 --  (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:</span></i></b><b> </b>  </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> </div> <div><b>WORLD</b></div> <ul> <li>Al Qaeda commander killed (BBC)</li> <li>Europe mulls major step toward “fiscal union” (Reuters)</li> <li>Plane crash in Nigeria kills all 147 on board (Reuters)</li> <li>Romney aversion to wind power is alienating some Republicans (Bloomberg)</li> <li>Diamond Jubilee Thames pageant for Queen Elizabeth cheered by crowd (BBC)</li> </ul> <div><b>U.S.</b></div> <ul> <li>Fever during pregnancy doubles autism risk, study finds (California Watch)</li> <li>Unions suffer blow in Wisconsin recall defeat (The Hill)</li> <li>In Wisconsin, reports of voter suppression (CBS)</li> <li>An Open Letter to President Obama from tribal leaders (Indigenous Reflections)</li> </ul> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.2pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><b><i><span style=" background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Read more for excerpts and links to full stories.</span></i></b></div> <!--break--><div style="margin-bottom: 1.2pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><b><i> </i></b></div> <div><b>WORLD</b></div> <div> </div> <div><b>Al Qaeda commander killed (BBC)</b></div> <div> </div> <div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:&lt;br /&gt;&#10;13.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">June 5, 2012 -- Senior al-Qaeda leader Abu Yahya al-Libi was killed in a drone strike in Pakistan on Monday, US officials say.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 13.5pt; background-color: white; text-rendering: auto; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">US officials said Libi was the target of an attack which hit a volatile tribal area of Pakistan's north-west, killing 15 suspected militants.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 13.5pt; background-color: white; text-rendering: auto; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">There has been no confirmation of his death from sources in Pakistan.<br /> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18334377">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18334377</a> </span></div> <div><b>Europe mulls major step toward “fiscal union” (Reuters)</b></div> <div> </div> <div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">June 3, 2012 -- When Jean-Claude Trichet called last June for the creation of a European <a href="http://www.reuters.com/finance" title="Full coverage of finance" style="cursor:pointer;outline: none"><span style="color:#006E97">finance</span></a> ministry with power over national budgets, the idea seemed fanciful, a distant dream that would take years or even decades to realize, if it ever came to be.</span></div> <p><span id="midArticle_1"> </span></p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">One year later, with the euro zone's debt crisis threatening to tear the bloc apart, <a href="http://www.reuters.com/places/germany" title="Full coverage of Germany" style="cursor:pointer;outline: none"><span style="color:#006E97">Germany</span></a> is pushing its partners for precisely the kind of giant leap forward in fiscal integration that the now-departed European Central Bank president had in mind.<br /> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/03/us-eurozone-union-idUSBRE85207J20120603">http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/03/us-eurozone-union-idUSBRE85207J20120603</a> </span></div> <div><b>Plane crash in Nigeria kills all 147 on board (Reuters)</b></div> <div> </div> <div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">June 3, 2012 -- A passenger plane crashed into a densely populated part of Lagos, Nigeria's commercial hub, on Sunday, killing all 147 people on board, the airline said.</span></div> <p><span id="midArticle_1"></span></p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">President Goodluck Jonathan declared three days of national mourning and ordered an investigation into the cause of the crash which jolted residents of Lagos' Agege suburb where most live in tin-roofed buildings along unpaved streets.<br /> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/03/us-nigeria-crash-idUSBRE85208R20120603">http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/03/us-nigeria-crash-idUSBRE85208R20120603</a> </span></div> <div><b>Romney aversion to wind power is alienating some Republicans (Bloomberg)</b></div> <div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.25in; vertical-align: baseline; ">June 4, 2012 -- Mitt Romney’s opposition to tax breaks for wind farms puts him at odds with conservative support for renewable energy in states such as Iowa and Texas that have built the largest wind industries with taxpayer help.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.25in; vertical-align: baseline; ">The presumptive Republican presidential nominee favors more oil drilling and fewer clean-air regulations and has voiced opposition to government backing for wind and solar projects.<br /> <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-06-04/romney-aversion-to-wind-power-aid-alienating-republicans">http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-06-04/romney-aversion-to-wind-power-aid-alienating-republicans</a></div> <div><b>Diamond Jubilee Thames pageant for Queen Elizabeth cheered by crowd (BBC)</b></div> <div> </div> <div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:&lt;br /&gt;&#10;13.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333;">June 3, 2012 -- More than one million rain-soaked people have watched the Queen's 1,000-boat Diamond Jubilee pageant weave its way along the Thames, organisers say.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 13.5pt; background-color: white; text-rendering: auto; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">The Queen's barge travelled among the flotilla of tugs, steamers, pleasure cruisers, dragon boats and kayaks.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 13.5pt; background-color: white; text-rendering: auto; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#333333">The London event was the highlight of the Jubilee weekend, but a fly-past was cancelled because of the weather.<br /> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18312403">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18312403</a> </span></div> <div><b>U.S.</b></div> <div> </div> <div><b>Fever during pregnancy doubles autism risk, study finds (California Watch)</b></div> <div style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#3A3A3A">June 1, 2012 -- A new study from UC Davis researchers found that women who ran a fever during pregnancy had twice the risk of having a baby with autism. The study offered an easy fix, too: Women who controlled the fever with Tylenol or a similar fever-reducing medication eliminated the risk.</span></div> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#3A3A3A"><a href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/x7602q07w228t313/?MUD=MP" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#308CAA">The findings</span></b></a> mesh with other research linking diabetes and obesity during pregnancy to a higher risk of having a child with a developmental delay or autism. The two conditions – fever and diabetes – are associated with an inflammatory response in the body that researchers say may injure the developing brain.<br /> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/fever-during-pregnancy-doubles-autism-risk-study-finds-16411">http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/fever-during-pregnancy-doubles-autism-risk-study-finds-16411</a> </span></div> <div><b>Unions suffer blow in Wisconsin recall defeat (The Hill)</b></div> <div> </div> <div style="margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:.75pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;&lt;br /&gt;&#10;margin-left:.75pt;background:white"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">June 6, 2012 -- Organized labor suffered a crushing blow with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) victory in Tuesday’s recall election, a possible sign of their fading power and a worrying result for union supporters ahead of November’s presidential election.</span></div> <div style="margin: 11.25pt 0.75pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">“They picked a fight they weren't able to win,” said Gary Chaison, a labor expert at Clark University. “This shows them at their weakest. They'll try to put a happy face on this but this is nothing less than a calamity for them.”<br /> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/231133-unions-suffer-blow-in-walkers-recall-victory">http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/231133-unions-suffer-blow-in-walkers-recall-victory</a></span></div> <div><b>In Wisconsin, reports of voter suppression (CBS)</b></div> <div> </div> <div style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:&lt;br /&gt;&#10;baseline"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">June 5, 2012 -- As voters head to the polls Tuesday to<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57446997-503544/wisconsin-recall-election-will-scott-walker-survive/?tag=cbsContent;cbsCarousel" style="font-style: inherit; cursor: pointer; "><span style="color:#024382;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;&lt;br /&gt;&#10;padding:0in">decide the fate of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker</span></a>, reports out of the state suggest that robocalls are being placed informing voters, falsely, they don't have to vote if they signed the recall petition.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); vertical-align: baseline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">There have also been reports of mailings going out to voters telling them they can't vote unless they did so in 2010, and of people going door-to-door telling voters they don't have to go to the polls if they signed the recall petition, both of which are also untrue.<br /> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57447512-503544/in-wisconsin-reports-of-voter-suppression-efforts/">http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57447512-503544/in-wisconsin-reports-of-voter-suppression-efforts/</a> </span></div> <div><b>An Open Letter to President Obama from tribal leaders (Indigenous Reflections)</b></div> <div> </div> <div>June 2012<br /> Dear President Obama,</div> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><span style="line-height: 115%;">I hope this message finds you and your family well.  Unfortunately, I write to you with heavy heart about an important issue that I seek your assistance on.  As I type this letter, an important part of the spiritual ancestry of some of the Tribal Governments in Southern California is being desecrated with heavy machinery, all in the name of renewable energy.  These same Tribal Governments have sought counsel with your administration.  Unfortunately, these efforts did not produce any meetings or dialogues between your staff in Washington and the elected representatives of these Indian Nations.  I write to see if you would come to the table and meet with these Native officials.</span><br /> </span><a href="http://indigenousreflections.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/open-letter-to-obama-when-will-you-meet-with-the-tribal-governments-along-the-colorado-river/" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; ">http://indigenousreflections.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/open-letter-to-obama-when-will-you-meet-with-the-tribal-governments-along-the-colorado-river/</a> </p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="addtoany first last"><span><span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_target addtoany_list" id="da2a_11"> <a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastcountymagazine.org%2Fecm-world-watch-global-and-national-news-53&amp;title=ECM%20WORLD%20WATCH%3A%20GLOBAL%20AND%20NATIONAL%20NEWS"><img src="/sites/all/modules/addtoany/images/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share this"/></a> </span> </span></li></ul> Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:28:09 +0000 miriamg 9950 at https://www.eastcountymagazine.org https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/ecm-world-watch-global-and-national-news-53#comments