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1. EU governments begin economic stimulus debate (AP)
   AP - European Union finance ministers on Monday took a first look at a proposed euro200 billion ($252 billion) economic stimulus package to counteract a deepening economic slowdown — a plan the 27 EU leaders are asked to formally endorse later this month.
2. 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".

   
   
3. NATO trucks attacked in Pakistan; bomber kills 8 (AP)
   

   AP - Militants destroyed trucks ferrying Humvees to Western forces in Afghanistan on Monday in an attack that killed two people and underscored the vulnerability of the crucial supply line.

   
   
4. Zimbabwe brushes off African court ruling on land reforms (AFP)
   

   AFP - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's government on Monday shrugged off a regional court's ruling against controversial land reforms, again rejecting international interference in Zimbabwe's affairs.

   
   
5. Orphan of slain rabbi in Mumbai leaves for Israel (AP)
   

   AP - The 2-year-old orphan found drenched in the blood of his parents at the besieged Jewish center in Mumbai left India on Monday on an Israeli Air Force jet, accompanied by the Indian woman who rescued him.

   
   
6. India clears bodies from last Mumbai siege site (AP)
   

   AP - Soldiers removed the last bodies from the shattered Taj Mahal hotel Monday as India formally demanded Pakistan take "strong action" against those behind the 60-hour seige that left at least 172 people dead.

   
   
7. Iraq: Bombs kill more than 30 in Baghdad, Mosul (AP)
   

   AP - A series of bombs struck U.S. and Iraqi security forces in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul on Monday, killing at least 32 people and wounding dozens, Iraqi officials said.

   
   
8. US deaths in Afghanistan drop dramatically (AP)
   

   AP - Only one American serviceman died in Afghanistan in November, a dramatic drop from earlier months that the U.S. military attributed to a campaign targeting insurgent leaders, an improvement in Afghan security forces and the onset of winter.

   
   
9. Brazil leader asks God to halt rains, proposes aid (AP)
   

   AP - Brazil's president asked God to halt the devastating rains that have killed at least 114 people in a southern state and offered new plans on Monday to help tens of thousands of people rebuild ruined homes and businesses.

   
   
10. Thai protesters reinforce besieged airports (AP)
    

    AP - Protesters trying to force the prime minister's resignation brought in thousands of reinforcements to occupy Bangkok's two besieged airports Monday, extending the political paralysis that has stranded 300,000 travelers.

    
    
11. 150 whales die in stranding off Australian coast (Reuters)
    

    Reuters - At least 150 whales have died in a mass stranding off Tasmania's west coast, Australian authorities said on Sunday, despite the efforts of rescuers who managed to shepherd a small number back to the ocean.