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Current events of
December 6, 2008
(
2008-12-06
)
(Saturday)
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Filipino
boxer
Manny Pacquiao
defeats
Mexican American
Oscar De La Hoya
during a
welterweight
bout
at the
MGM Grand Garden Arena
in
Las Vegas
,
Nevada
.
(Inquirer)
United States
President
-
elect
Barack Obama
nominates
General
Eric Shinseki
to be the next
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
.
(Reuters via ABC News Australia)
India
arrests two men accused of providing
mobile phone
cards
to the gunmen in the
November 2008 Mumbai attacks
.
(Reuters via News Limited)
The
Republic of Ireland
recalls
all Irish
pork
products after the discovery of contaminated
fodder
.
(RTÉ)
Joseph Cao
defeats
William J. Jefferson
in
Louisiana
's
2nd congressional election
, a major upset victory for the
Republican Party
. He is the first
Vietnamese American
ever to be elected to the
U.S. House of Representatives
.
(The Hill)
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