HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Aug 5=2

AAP General News (Australia)
08-05-2007
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Aug 5=2

LOS ANGELES - A self-proclaimed paedophile who admitted to attending a Wiggles concert
and other public events in the US to watch and photograph young girls has been booted
out of California. (US McClellan)

KUALA LUMPUR - Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto and a Malaysian firm are to
undertake a joint study to build what could be one of the world's biggest aluminium smelters,
a source said today. (Malaysia Australia)

SYDNEY - Doctors have called for the controversial abortion drug RU486 to be made nationally
available so that Australian women are not disadvantaged. (Abortion)

CANBERRA - Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has been targeted during a trip to New
Zealand by Maori protesters critical of the federal government's intervention in Aboriginal
communities. (Downer NZ, to come)

CANBERRA - Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews says he has no regrets about the way
he handled the Mohamed Haneef case. (Haneef Andrews)

CANBERRA - No special immigration arrangements will be made for Iraqis who work with
Australians in Iraq, despite fears they could be targeted after foreign forces withdraw,
the federal government says. (Iraq Aust Andrews)

CANBERRA - Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews says it's "fine" that a radical US pro-life
group of which he is a patron advocates economic boycotts against companies it believes
support abortion. (Boycott)

CANBERRA - Minister for Human Services Chris Ellison has rejected claims that he inappropriately
used taxpayers' money to fund family holidays in Western Australia. (Ellison Daylead)

CANBERRA - The federal government is finalising the costing for its radical intervention
into Northern Territory Aboriginal communities and is likely to reveal the price tag in
the coming weeks, Finance Minister Nick Minchin says. (Indigenous Minchin. See also Indigenous
Mansell)

SYDNEY - The NSW government is considering new measures to stop the abuse of the privileged
relationship between lawyers and their clients in prisons. (Prison. N/L to come)

SYDNEY - Another street race just a kilometre from the site of a crash in which a couple
were killed has prompted a call by NSW's top cop for tougher action against hoons. (Street
Nightlead. 2nd N/L to come)

SYDNEY - An additional 45 aircrew have been trained to help boost security for next
month's APEC conference of world leaders. (APEC Air. N/L to come)

SYDNEY - The federal government's plan to seize control of the Murray-Darling Basin
is "revolutionary" and would right a wrong in Australia's constitution, Environment Minister
Malcolm Turnbull says. (Water Turnbull)

SYDNEY - A man has severed his thumb with a sword while practising martial arts with
another man in Sydney's inner west. (Thumb)

SYDNEY - Australia's growing international belligerence means the anti-war message
of Hiroshima Day continues to ring true, event organisers say. (Hiroshima)

MELBOURNE - A gunman and his accomplice are at large after a teenager was shot in Melbourne's
north overnight. (Gunman 2nd Daylead. N/L to come)

MELBOURNE - If the federal government extrapolated its $45 million bailout of a Tasmanian
hospital into a national plan, Australia would be left with a Third World health system,
Victorian Premier John Brumby says. (States Hospital Brumby. See also States Hospital
Minchin exCanberra)

MELBOURNE - It pains Sally Hearn to think her husband will not be around to see his
baby granddaughter grow up. (Missing (pix available))

MELBOURNE - Firefighters in a small Victorian town north-west of Melbourne have found
the body of an unidentified man after extinguishing a fire early today. (Burned Lead)

MELBOURNE - Car owners will suffer delays getting their vehicles serviced if skill
shortages in the auto industry do not improve, says Victoria's peak industry body. (Auto)

MELBOURNE - Former Maribyrnong mayor Janet Rice is the Greens candidate in the Williamstown
by-election, formerly held by ex-premier Steve Bracks. (Byelections)

BRISBANE - Australian heart specialists have developed a revolutionary treatment they
hope could save the lives of millions of cardio-vascular disease sufferers worldwide.

(Heart)

BRISBANE - Four men aged 17 and 18 have been charged over an incident in which a 50-year-old
Bundaberg man died. (Footpath)

BRISBANE - Police are hunting three men who allegedly attacked and robbed a 16-year-old
boy in Brisbane's inner-west. (Boy)

BRISBANE - Police are investigating a suspected arson after fire destroyed part of
a Cairns business early today. (Furniture)

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