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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