Main stories in ABC's 0800 AM Program

AAP General News (Australia)
02-15-2006
Main stories in ABC's 0800 AM Program

SYDNEY, Feb 15 AAP - Main stories in ABC's 0800 AM Program:

* The final three accused of the Bali nine drug syndicate to face their verdicts in
Denpasar, with four life sentences and two death sentences already handed to Bali nine
members.

* The Australian government now using diplomatic channels to save the lives of Andrew
Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, who were yesterday condemned to death in the Denpasar court.

* Supporters of abortion pill RU486 accuse opponents of the drug of trying to scuttle
the passage of the bill by introducing amendments to the bill in the lower house.

* The condition of the 78-year-old Texas lawyer accidentally shot by US President Dick
Cheney during a quail hunt takes a turn for the worse.

* The prospect of Australia's wheat exporter AWB being stripped of its monopoly export
powers raised at a forum in the US.

* With Prime Minister John Howard expected to ask AWB executives to temporarily give
up the company's trading monopoly, Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile denies this is a step
towards ending AWB's single desk arrangement.

* Civil liberties groups attack plans to give intelligence agencies and police the
power to tap the phones of innocent parties during terrorist and major crime investigations.

* Three to four thousand phone taps are approved in Britain each year without any oversight
from a judge.

* The Film Finance Corporation defends its money management skills after using up its
$35 million allocation for the financial year.

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