Fed: The main stories in The Canberra Times today

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12-28-2006
Fed: The main stories in The Canberra Times today

CANBERRA, Dec 28 AAP - The main stories in The Canberra Times today.



Pg 1: Former chief of ASIO calls for return of David Hicks; Sailors were yesterday
winched from the seas as the Sydney to Hobart turned ugly; Saddam Hussein will hang within
days.

Pg 2: Ships withdraw from Sydney to Hobart; Junior cricketers say stopping cricket
because of drought ravaged ovals is a short-term fix.

Pg 3: The Solomons Islands government says it does not want Australian police chief
Shane Castle in their country; Canberrans can face 15 years in jail for arson, police
say; Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are back in Australia; Canberra's migrant intake is
up.

World: At least 260 were killed in a oil pipeline explosion in Nigeria; Bali nine drug
mule Scott Rush was given the death sentence because narcotics are bad for society, Indonesian
Supreme Court says; Thailand's gibbons communicate threats from predators by singing,
researchers say.

Sport: Australia took control of the fourth Ashes cricket Test yesterday; England (cricket)
was last night weathering an embarrassing security breach after its game plan was leaked.

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