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January 3, 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.
- Bill to avert fiscal cliff heads to House after Senate approves it 89-8 (U-T San Diego)
- Storms on U.S. Plains stir memories of the "Dust Bowl" (Reuters)
- Agricultural Committees Agree To Farm Bill Extension (NPR)
- The real lessons of Columbine: Psychiatric drugs induce violence (Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Colorado)
- Details of Toyota sudden acceleration settlement (Sacramento Bee)
- U.S. soldier suicides outnumber combat deaths in 2012 (CBS)
- Award-winning PVC cell pushes efficiency higher – to 44% (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
- Airlines Fear Pilot Shortage Amid New Federal Safety Rules ( NPR)
- US snow storm claims more lives (BBC)
- Congress extends foreign surveillance law (U-T San Diego)
WORLD
- State Department made "grievous mistake" over Benghazi: Senate report (Reuters)
- Yemen: Al-Qaida offers bounty for US ambassador (U-T San Diego)
- Protests in India after Delhi rape victim dies (CNN)
- India files murder charges against suspects in brutal gang rape (CNN)
- Egypt's Morsi signs Islamist constitution into law (Jerusalem Post)
- Cabinet resignations deal setback for Egypt's Mursi (Reuters)
- Egypt to pursue relationship with Hezbollah Jerusalem Post)
- Targeting of Israel civilians violates war laws: HRW (JWR)
- Muslim scholars and clerics: suicide bombings are un-Islamic.(Christian Science Monitor)
HEALTH
- How A Drug Shortage Hiked Relapse Risks For Lymphoma Patients (NPR)
- Brain scan can sort dementia by type (BBC)
- Like Girls, Boys Are Entering Puberty Earlier ( NPR)
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