October 1, 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.
- First case of confirmed Ebola in United States (CNBC)
- Judge accepts guilty plea in U.S. embassy bombing case (Reuters)
- Mexico Pays To Help Its Citizens Avoid Deportation From The U.S. (NPR)
- US: Immigrant families fail to report to agents (AP)
- Why Civilians Must Acknowledge the Individual Cost of War: War Letters Collector Andrew Carroll (Reason)
- New documents show legal basis for NSA surveillance programs (Reuters)
WORLD
- 31 people feared dead in Mt. Ontake volcano eruption (+video) (CS Monitor)
- US-led planes strike Islamic State on Syria-Turkey border (CS Monitor)
- Mexico seeks 57 missing after weekend violence (AP)
- Mexico manhunt after politician slain in Acapulco (UT San Diego)
- Catalonia defies Spain by calling secession vote (UT San Diego)
- Liberia: Top doctor goes under Ebola quarantine (UT San Diego)
- Police clamp down as Hong Kong students protest for democracy (CNN)
- Europe's stand against Islamic State is all about the home front (CS Monitor)
- Aral Sea's Eastern Basin Has Dried Out, NASA Photos Show (NPR)
- Mexico says 14 of 57 missing students found (UT San Diego)
- Thousands of Ebola orphans 'shunned' (BBC)
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