February 21, 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:
NATIONAL
- States join battle over drone fights (The Hill)
- The Voting Rights Act: Under fire (Ebony)
- Sequestration could mean across the board pain (CBS)
- FTC advises consumers to keep eye out for unauthorized charges on credit card bills (ABC)
- Kerry comes out swinging on climate change (The Hill)
- Pentagon informs Congress of plans to furlough 800K civilian workers (The Hill)
- In US, big strides in reducing domestic violence (CS Monitor)
- Farmer's Fight With Monsanto Reaches The Supreme Court (NPR)
- Who will clean up after the nuclear plants? (Christian Science Monitor)
- Alaska brewery plans to use beer as source of green energy (Fox)
WORLD
- Meteor blast injures 1,000 in Russia (CNN)
- Ozone hole shrinks to new low (Christian Science Monitor)
- Journalist rips ‘pro-life’ Republicans for seeking to cut infant nutrition program (Raw Story)
- GOP lawmakers propose $30 million a year to fund cops in schools program (The Hill)
- India farmers’ rice revolution (UK Guardian)
- U.K. Slaughterhouses Raided As Europe's Horse Meat Scandal Widens (NPR)
- A glimpse of Mexico's new crime fighting strategy (Christian Science Monitor)
- Chernobyl hit by roof collapse (BBC)
- The Afghan Battle Over A Law To Protect Women (NPR)
- Foreigners arrested for trying to spread Christianity in Libya (Reuters)
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