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  1. amazing statistic: 8,000 Americans held in foreign jails. Some on criminal/drug charges, some political.
  2. Passing into history.:Yegor T. Gaidar, first finance minister of post-Soviet Russia, died Wednesday at 53. He made his mark.
  3. US special envoy Stephen Bosworth won't confirm letter to Kim Jong Il from Obama - repeats "I am the message...I WAS the message."
  4. Obama sends letter to Kim Jong Il through special envoy Stephen Bosworth. Bosworth is briefing at State Dept. Wednesday.
  5. Hillary Clinton hits hard at Iran, calls it "THE major supporter, promoter and exporter of terrorism in the world today."
  6. Clinton says US needs to work with Afghanistan and Pakistan to root out infrastructure of terrorism that recruits and trains people
  7. Disturbing report: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/12/08/uganda.anti.gay.bill/index.html
  8. Listening to Duetos de Violões by Egeberto Gismonti. Have been a fan since Dança Das Cabeças. I have such respect for him.
  9. Start I agreement expires Saturday. Russia and US couldn't get new one in time so will abide by "spirit" of it until they can.
  10. Clinton arrives at NATO HQ Brussels. Briefing NATO and ISAF ministers on Afghan strategy. Commitments for at least 7,000 new troops/trainers
  11. US and Russian negotiators racing to meet deadline for expiration of Start I arms control treaty but likely to need interim agreement
  12. Flying with Sec. Clinton to Brussels as she briefs NATO on Obama's Afghan policy and asks for more support, troops
  13. Clinton has been on phone with foreign ministers outlining Obama Afghan strategy. Spokesman say she “got a positive response"
  14. U.S. calls Honduran election “important step forward” but says leaders must take further steps on reconciliation
  15. Clinton: 2012 International AIDS Conference to be held in Washington now that HIV entry ban no longer in effect.
  16. IAEA's Mohamed ElBaradei says efforts with Iran at "dead end". Could move UNSC toward tougher sanctions.
  17. Indian PM: India and US "bound together by the values of democracy, rule of law, and respect for fundamental human freedoms."
  18. Prime Minister Monmohan Singh and wife are about to arrive at White House. Ceremony will be indoors because of rain.
  19. Clinton is in Kabul for inauguration of Hamid Karzai.
  20. just finished a piece on "Hajj meets H1N1": http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/16/hajj.H1N1/index.html