July 16, 2014 (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.
- Parts of Yellowstone National Park closed as supervolcano beneath it melts roads (RawStory)
- Buyers line up as pot shops open in Washington state (Washington Post)
- In NSA-intercepted data, those not targeted far outnumber the foreigners who are (Washington Post)
- Virus plagues the health industry (NY Times)
- NSA 'targets' Tor dark web servers (BBC)
- New Numbers Show Significant Drop In Deportations Of Minors (NPR)
- The Life And Death Of 'The Internet's Own Boy' (NPR)
WORLD
- Iraq forces executed 255 prisoners in revenge for Islamic State killings: HRW (Reuters)
- ISIS is about to destroy Biblical history in Iraq (Daily Beast
- Thieves in Mexico steal truck with dangerous radioactive load (Reuters)
- Exclusive: Iraq tells U.N. that 'terrorist groups' seized nuclear materials (Reuters)
- Two 'abandoned' cylinders seized in Syria contained sarin - U.N. (Reuters)
- Iran connection: Why are Gaza rockets reaching so deep into Israel? (CS Monitor)
- United Nations: Most Gaza Casualties Were Warned by IDF to Leave Targeted Buildings in Advance (Algemeiner)
- What if terrorist rockets could reach your country? (IDF)
- Bedouin attack in Negev town shocks residents (JPost)
- Six Jewish suspects arrested over death of Palestinian teenager (Reuters)
- Mother of dead Jewish teen condemns Abu Khdeir killing (Jerusalem Post)
- Islamic State seizes oil field and towns in Syria's east (Reuters)
- In Iraq's Sacred City Of Najaf, Clerics Call On Shiites To Fight (NPR)
- Iraqi Kurdish president asks parliament to prepare for independence vote (Reuters)
- Saudi Arabia deploys 30,000 soldiers to border with Iraq: al-Arabiya TV (Reuters)
- Nicaragua approves route for $40 billion canal linking oceans
- Central African Republic fighters attack church sheltering civilians
- Switzerland: From Banking Paradise To Data Safe Zone (NPR)
- Strong earthquake hits Japan, triggers tsunami near Fukushima (CS Monitor)
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