March 4, 2015 (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. headlines include:
U.S.
- United Airlines warns pilots after four safety incidents (Reuters)
- Among CEOs, women are outnumbered by men named John (APM Marketplace)
- Engineer pleads guilty in U.S. to trying to take jet materials to Iran (Reuters)
- U.S. charges three with conspiring to support Islamic State (Reuters)
- Ohio man accused of providing support for Middle East terror (Reuters)
- Ex-CIA chief David Petraeus pleads guilty to mishandling classified materials (CS Monitor)
- Education Department Terminates Contracts With Debt Collectors Accused Of Wrongdoing (Huffington Post)
- Dare to Dream: IRS Subject of Criminal Probe Over Missing Emails (Reason)
WORLD
- Nemtsov killing follows slaying of other Kremlin critics (AP)
- Police capture Mexico's most-wanted drug lord 'La Tuta' Gomez (CS Monitor)
- Islamist militants shell two Libyan oilfields, port pipeline damaged (Reuters)
- Brickbat: The Swedish Way of Life (Reason)
- Sanctioned North Korea shipping firm still active, renamed ships - U.N. panel (Reuters)
- UNICEF: Hundreds of South Sudanese boys believed abducted (AP)
- Why are mysterious drones flying around Paris landmarks? (CS Monitor)
- With wary eye on Russia, Lithuania to reintroduce the draft (CS Monitor)
- Exclusive: Iran smuggles in $1 billion of bank notes to skirt sanctions (Reuters)
- What is intellectual privacy, and how yours is being violated (CS Monitor)
- FBI Hangs Whistleblowers Out to Dry, Says Government Watchdog (Reason)
- Opposition Grows To Nicaragua Canal Connecting Atlantic And Pacific (NPR)
- Unidentified attackers hack US blogger to death in Dhaka (AP)
- Pew Study On Religion Finds Increased Harassment Of Jews (NPR)
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