AAP General News (Australia)
12-04-2011
AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, Dec 4
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LABOR (SYDNEY)
Labor's national conference is set to endorse the sale of uranium to India, before
wrapping up today.
Prime Minister JULIA GILLARD is pushing for the party to overturn its long-held ban
on Australian uranium exports to India, arguing there's now sufficient checks in place
to ensure it's not used for nuclear weapons.
But some of the 400 delegates, including frontbencher PETER GARRETT, will argue against
the party platform change, saying no sales should go ahead until India signs the nuclear
non-proliferation treaty.
The conference will also debate aged care and health reform, national security and
defence issues.
Yesterday, delegates endorsed a move to give Labor parliamentarians a conscience vote
on same-sex marriage.
The Labor Party has also backed a boost to the nation's refugee intake while maintaining
a controversial plan to process asylum seekers offshore under a deal with Malaysia.
But refugee groups have rejected the ALP's stance on processing asylum seekers offshore,
with IAN RINTOUL from the Refugee Action Coalition saying it's a shabby piece of domestic
politicking.
LEGAL: BOY (DENPASAR)
A 14-year-old Australian boy caught in Bali with a small amount of marijuana may well
be on his way home in a matter of hours, with predictions he could be flying back to Australia
this evening.
The chief prosecutor handling the case, I GUSTI PUTU ATMAJA, says the teenager will
be removed from an immigration detention centre in Jimbaran this morning and taken to
the prison to be registered, photographed and have his fingerprints taken before being
released to immigration officials for deportation.
He was sentenced last week to two months in prison, which meant that with the time
he has already served in custody he could be released today.
GERMANY BOMB (BERLIN)
Officials in Germany's western city of Koblenz say some 45,000 residents have to be
evacuated as officials try to defuse a World War Two era bomb discovered in the Rhine
river.
City officials say the massive British 1.8 tonne bomb will be defused later today,
requiring all residents within a radius of about two kilometres from the bomb site to
leave their homes for the day.
Officials say seven nursing homes, two hospitals and a prison are also being evacuated.
Train and road traffic in the area, some 130 kilometres northwest of Frankfurt, will
come to a halt.
IRAN UK CLERIC (TEHRAN)
A senior Iranian ayatollah has criticised the attack by students on the British embassy
which led to a diplomatic crisis between Iran, Britain and the European Union.
Grand Ayatollah NASSER MAKAREM-SHIRAZI says while Britain is one of Iran's oldest enemies,
it's important to realise that sometimes some emotional actions outside of the law give
Iran's enemies a pretexts for political adventures that cost Iran a high price.
Meanwhile, Iran's diplomats expelled from London over the storming of the British embassy
in Tehran have arrived home.
INDIA BHOPAL (BHOPAL)
Thousands of survivors of the world's worst industrial accident have blocked have trains
through the central Indian city of Bhopal to demand more compensation.
The protests were on the 27th anniversary of the 1984 disaster in Bhopal, where a Union
Carbide pesticide plant leaked lethal gas that killed an estimated 15-thousand people
and maimed tens of thousands more.
The protesters, most of them women sitting on the tracks, say they'll block trains
indefinitely, demanding from Dow Chemicals, which bought Union Carbide in 2001, eight
billion dollars in compensation for more than 500-thousand people exposed to the leak.
HOLIDAYS (SYDNEY)
Workaholic Australians are being urged to take a holiday this summer, with figures
showing workers have built up 129 million days of annual leave over one year.
Official figures show annual stockpiled leave for fulltime employees is just under
130 million days in a year, which is worth 40 billion dollars in wages.
Tourism Australia Managing Director ANDREW McEVOY says workers are stockpiling their
leave entitlements, hurting their health and Australia's domestic tourism industry.
HACKING MCCARTNEY (LONDON)
Beatles star PAUL McCARTNEY has reportedly been shown evidence by police that his phone
was hacked.
MCcARTNEY has told The Times he knew his phone had been hacked because stories would
emerge about personal details he had not told anyone.
He says it's had a last effect and he no longer says much on the phone now.
AFGHAN UK (LONDON)
A British soldier has been jailed for 18 months for bayoneting a 10-year-old boy in
Afghanistan, whose father says his son is still suffering and has not yet returned to
school.
The Defence Ministry in London says Grenadier Guardsman DANIEL CROOK stabbed GHULAM
NABI in March last year while on a patrol in the restive southern Helmand province, when
the boy asked him for chocolate.
His court-martial heard the soldier drank so much vodka the night before the incident
that he had to be treated by medics, and he has been dismissed from the British Army.
NURSES VIC (MELBOURNE)
Angry nurses in Victoria will start today a number of protest rallies, accusing the
state government of spitting in their face during workplace talks.
They've decided against more bed closures and elective surgery cancellations.
But they will rally at hospitals across metropolitan and regional areas until at least
December 17, with the first rally with be outside the Royal Women's Hospital today.
BUSHFIRE (ADELAIDE)
A bushfire that was burning out of control in Adelaide's north has been contained.
South Australia's Country Fire Service says the fire in the suburb of One Tree Hill
has been contained and no longer poses a threat to lives and homes and fire fighting activities
have been completed.
BRIEFLY IN OTHER NEWS ..
ACID (SYDNEY)
A man's been charged with throwing chemicals in a colleague's eyes at a Sydney building site.
QUAKE NZ (WELLINGTON)
Wellington and the top of the South Island in
New Zealand have been rocked by a 5.7
magnitude earthquake.
DRUG (MELBOURNE)
Police have arrested 89 people for alleged drug offences at the Stereosonic event at
the Melbourne Showgrounds.
US VOTE CAIN (ATLANTA)
US Republican presidential candidate HERMAN CAIN is keeping supporters in suspense
ahead of his expected announcement any moment now on whether he will quit the race after
sexual and adultery claims.
IN SPORT ..
RU AUST CARDIFF)
The Wallabies finished their year on a high with a 24-18 victory over Wales as try-scoring
great SHANE WILLIAMS' ended his international career with a try in the final minute.
Australia scored their three tries - to WILL GENIA, LACHIE TURNER and BERRICK BARNES
- during an 11-minute second half scoring blitz.
CRI AUST (BRISBANE)
New Zealand trailed Australia by 122 runs with just nine second innings wickets in
hand after three days of the trans-Tasman Test at the Gabba today.
Australian captain MICHAEL CLARKE's century and BRAD HADDIN's 80 all but batted the
Black Caps out of the match.
MOT V8 (SYDNEY)
The V8 Supercars title will go down to the last race after Holden's CRAIG LOWNDES won
the penultimate 250km race at Sydney Olympic Park.
Teammate and championship leader JAMIE WHINCUP crashed and finished 20th after lengthy repairs.
SOC AL JETS (NEWCASTLE)
Newcastle Jets have entertained their biggest A-League crowd in four seasons with a
3-1 win over Melbourne Victory.
The Jets sit third on the ladder, one place above Melbourne who ended an unbeaten run
of six games.
Meanwhile, overseas, Manchester City have extended their lead at the top of the Premier
League to seven points with a 5-1 win over Norwich.
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