October 15, 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.
- Blackwater Founder Wants Mercenaries to Fight ISIS War (Reason)
- Supreme Court blocks Texas abortion law (Washington Post)
- U.S. Army says it faces huge equipment, training risks with budget cuts (Reuters)
- Lay-offs begin at CNN (Media Bistro)
- Feds Clear 7 On No-Fly List To Travel, Will Tell 6 More Why They Can't (NPR)
WORLD
- Meet The Kurdish Female Fighters Who Are Determined to Kick ISIS' Arse (JWR)
- Mexican activist slain during radio broadcast (AP)
- Global hero, local lightning rod? Why Malala's Nobel rankles many Pakistanis (+video) (CS Monitor)
- UN agency: Ebola cuts food in Sierra Leone (AP)
- Nations pledge $5.4 billion for Gaza at Cairo reconstruction conference (Reuters)
- UK lawmakers pass symbolic motion to recognize Palestine as a state (Reuters)
- Soldiers who fought in Gaza worry about traveling overseas (Jerusalem Post)
- ISIS threatens to conquer the Vatican, 'break the crosses of the infidels' (JPost)
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