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- India demands strong action from Pakistan
(AP)
AP - India demanded Monday that Pakistan take “strong action” against those behind the deadly Mumbai attacks, and Washington pressured Islamabad to cooperate with the investigation.
- Highest tide in 20 years floods historic Venice
(AP)
AP - Venice could use a bailout. The city built on water has too much of it.
- Iraq: Bombs kill more than 30 in Baghdad, Mosul
(AP)
AP - A suicide bombing tore through a line of recruits waiting to enter a police academy as multiple blasts struck Iraqi security forces Monday, killing at least 33 people and wounding dozens including four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi general.
- US deaths in Afghanistan in November drop sharply
(AP)
AP - One American serviceman died in Afghanistan in November, a dramatic drop from earlier months that the U.S. military attributed to their campaign against insurgent leaders, operations by Afghan and Pakistani forces and the onset of winter.
- Orphan of slain rabbi in Mumbai heads to Israel
(AP)
AP - The cries of little Moshe Holtzberg wounded hearts Monday at a tearful memorial for his parents in India. “Mommy, mommy, mommy!” he wailed, clutching a toy basketball while squirming in the arms of mourners at the Mumbai synagogue.
- UNAIDS program appoints new executive director
(AP)
AP - The United Nations’ AIDS program says Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed a new executive director for the group. - Iraq: Key figures since the war began
(AP)
AP - _October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.
- Attorney: most charges against PR governor tossed
(AP)
AP - The attorney for Puerto Rico’s governor says a federal judge has thrown out most of the federal corruption charges against his client. - Nigerian town emerges from days of clashes
(Reuters)
Reuters - A few market stalls opened and motorcycle taxis returned tentatively to the streets of Jos on Monday after the Nigerian army quelled clashes between Muslim and Christian gangs which killed hundreds of people.
- Mumbai attacks: India demands Pakistan take ’strong action’
(AFP)
AFP - India on Monday formally accused “elements” in Pakistan of being behind the devastating Islamic militant attacks in Mumbai and demanded that Islamabad take “strong action”.
