Tiger Woods will be fined US$164 ($177) for an accident in which he drove his car into a tree after a rumoured spat with his wife.

The golfing superstar will also have four points taken off his licence, but will face no criminal charges, Florida Highway Patrol troop commander, Major Cindy Williams, said today.

The information was released by Dulcelina Serrano, director of the National Institute to Fight against Hiv/Aids on the sidelines of a provincial meeting on the December 1, World Aids Day.

According to the doctor, there are in the country 233 advisory and voluntary testing centres (CATV), 70 mobile clinics, 174 prevention units and more than 40 hospitals to treat the disease.

Today is World AIDS Day, an annual commemoration of the impact of HIV/AIDS around the globe. This is the 21st anniversary of WAD, so the day has come into its own, as full-grown. However, HIV/AIDS was discovered in 1981. Since then, it's claimed the lives of over 25 million people globally.

Full Comment’s Araminta Wordsworth brings you a regular dose of international punditry at its finest. The Senate committee report got relatively little attention when it was leaked on the weekend — most Americans were recovering from the turkey and all the trimmings blowout of Thanksgiving.