October 8, 2014 (San Diego's East County)--East County Magazine's 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.
- Justice Dept. will review practice of creating fake Facebook profiles (Washington Post)
- Dems ask for hearing on Ebola response funding (The Hill)
- Contact lost with planes one by one as FAA fire spread (Bloomberg News)
- Sen. Warren: We Need Regulators Who 'Work For The American People' (NPR)
- Walmart cuts healthcare for 30,000 workers (The Hill)
- Oklahoma reconsiders energy plans (Spokesman)
WORLD
- North Korea, already under U.N. sanctions, prepares launch site for longer-range rockets (Reuters)
- Kobane: IS and Syria Kurds in fierce gun battle (BBC)
- Hong Kong's 'Umbrella Revolution': the politest protests ever? (CS Monitor)
- Special Report: In 'Umbrella Revolution,' China confronts limits of its power (Reuters)
- UN: At least 1,119 Iraqis killed in September (UT San Diego)
- At least 10 people killed in shelling on and near school in Ukraine's Donetsk: city authorities (Reuters)
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