ECM WORLD WATCH: GLOBAL AND NATIONAL NEWS
November 8, 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.
- Obama makes history, again (CNN)
- After election, overtures from Republicans on debt (Washington Post)
- House Speaker says he’ll consider tax increase (SF Gate)
- Big gains for women in 2012 (CNN)
- Obama to weigh energy boom, climate change in second term (Reuters)
- After Romney losses, GOP soul searching begins (CBS)
- Hope and change part II (NY Times opinion)
- Marijuana legalization victories could be short-lived
- New York City crime down by a third in wake of superstorm (Reuters)
- Study: Stem cells from strangers can repair hearts (Sacramento Bee)
WORLD
- Russia set to redefine treason, sparking fears (NPR)
- Insight: Putin's Russia - more fragile than it looks (Reuters)
- Day of the Dead takes on new meaning for families of Mexico's disappeared (Christian Science Monitor)
- Islamists protest in Cairo, call for Sharia law (Jerusalem Post)