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ECM WORLD WATCH: GLOBAL AND NATIONAL NEWS

October 25, 2012 --  (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 reflecting 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.

  • Mystery in Gulf of Mexico: Why is oil leaking from Deepwater disaster site? (Christian Science Monitor)
  • Obama predicts deals on debt, immigration in his second term (The Hill)
  • Obama, Romney begin swing state tour in home stretch (LA Times)
  • K Street ready for sequestration battle (The Hill)
  • CDC: Meningitis mold in tainted drug can incubate for months (NPR)
  • Equal pay for equal work: Not even college helps women (NPR)
  • Nearly 30% of vets treated by V.A. have PTSD (Newsweek/Daily Beast)
  • Drought areas shrink, wheat states see improvement (Reuters)
  • Campaigns spar over ‘Romnesia’ charge (The Hill)
  • George McGovern, Nixon’s challenger, dies (BBC)

WORLD

  • Fatah claims Palestinian election victory (Telegraph UK)
  • Putin flexes muscle in big test of Russia’s nuclear arsenal (Reuters)
  • At least 28,000 Syrians forcibly disappeared (Jerusalem Post)
  • Gazans blast Israel with rockets, draw air strikes (UT San Diego)

Read more for excerpts and links to full stories.


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