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CAPE FEAR MEMORIAL BRIDGE: Updates, resources, and context

WYSO-FM: Renee Montagne

  • In the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, hundreds of women lined up at one polling center Monday. For many of the women at the segregated polling station, this is the first election in which they feel their choice will count.
  • President Obama was in Hawaii over the weekend for a summit of Asian-Pacific leaders. Before he left, he made phone calls to the Democratic and Republican chairs of the supercommittee, which is dealing with debt-reduction in Congress.
  • After a week of intense political drama played out on the world stage, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou is expected to step down Monday. He will make way for a coalition government that's supposed to steer the country through austerity measures and save a bailout deal that is widely seen as Greece's last chance to preserve its economy.
  • The death of former Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi prompted celebrations in neighboring Tunisia. Hundreds of thousands of refugees streamed into Tunisia during Libya's civil war. Tunisians are proud that the Arab Spring started with them earlier this year.