July 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.
- Snowden Seen as Whistle-Blower by Majority in New Poll (Bloomberg)
- Privacy Group to Ask Supreme Court to Stop N.S.A.’s Phone Spying Program (NY Times)
- Judge rejects state secrets defense in wiretapping lawsuit (Reuters)
- New Study Finds That Drones Kill 10 Times More Civilians Than Manned Aircraft (The Guardian)
- The gay marriage trap: same-sex divorce is in legal purgatory (Washington Post)
- Just How Reliable and Widespread is FBI Facial Recognition Technology? EFF Sues To Find Out (Reason)
- Don’t let DOMA fool you: The Supreme Court is restricting your rights (Washington Post opinions)
- Forced to work sick? (Mother Jones)
- Whitehouse.gov petition to pardon Snowden passes 100,000 signatures (Whitehouse.gov)
- Judge bars Obamacare contraceptive requirement for a Christian-owned business (Christian Science Monitor)
- FBI seeks $1.2 million for NY Fed that vanished from SWISS jet
- How Concerned Should Ballot Initiative Lovers Be About the Prop. 8 Punt? (Reason)
- Exclusive: U.S. system for flagging hazardous chemicals is widely flawed (Reuters)
- Spitzer to run against madam (CNN)
- Issa sets sights on VA chief (UT San Diego)
- New Rules Put Brakes On Truck Drivers' Schedules (NPR)
WORLD
- Central African Republic in chaos, abandoned: MSF (Reuters)
- Vatican approves second miracle, clears Pope John Paul II for sainthood (Christian Science Monitor)
- Blood, anger, bewilderment among wounded after Cairo attack (Reuters)
- Reeling Muslim Brotherhood vows 'intifada' after Morsi ouster (Jerusalem Post)
- Brotherhood sees Egypt coup fueling hatred of U.S. (Reuters)
- U.S. bugged EU offices, computer networks: German magazine (Reuters)
- Memories of Stasi color Germans’ view of U.S. surveillance programs
- Rare bird flies into turbine (BBC)
- U.N. urged to consider drones, gunships for South Sudan mission (Reuters)
- Schools in Nigerian state close to avoid attacks (UT San Diego)
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