Monday, December 1, 2008

Daily Update

- Today is the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day

- Preeminent Iraqi Shiite Cleric raises doubts about new security pact with U.S., which would call for Iraqi oversight of American forces and American withdrawal by 2011

- North Korea cuts South Korean access to a joint industrial complex in response to Seoul's reduction of unconditional aid to the North and denouncement of its human rights abuses

- U.S. warned India of potential terror attacks in Mumbai, including mention of the Taj Mahal Hotel, as early as October

- Severe flooding in Venice worst in decades, partially attributed to global warming

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