Main stories in today's AM program

AAP General News (Australia)
04-13-2007
Main stories in today's AM program

SYDNEY, April 13 AAP - Main stories in today's AM program

* Bombing in Baghdad's parliamentary building is thought to have killed at least two
parliamentary staff. US President George W. Bush has condemned the attacks, and says it
is more reason to continue in Iraq.

* Defence Minister Brendan Nelson says there are extraordinary lengths that organisations
will got to to jeopardise peace in Iraq, and that it is only early days for the Baghdad
security plan.

* The US has brought the suspected mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings, Riduan Isamuddin
(also known as Hambali), to a courtroom in Guantanamo Bay. The Pentagon has called him
the main Asian contact for terrorist group Jemaah Islamiah.

* The state leaders will meet with the prime minister today to discuss a carbon trading
scheme to reduce emissions.

* Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd is this morning trying to hose down criticism over his
involvement in a pre-dawn service on Anzac Day to coincide with the high television ratings
period.

* The $11 billion takeover of Qantas looks like it will proceed after the prospective
buyers beat a retreat on some key conditions on the sale. Airline Partners had originally
wanted to buy 90 per cent of the airline, but now they say 70 per cent will be acceptable,
meaning the Macquarie Bank led consortium will not get full ownership of the airline.

* A former AFL investigator Rick Lewis has described the AFL chief executive Andrew
Demetriou as `poorly advised' when it comes to illicit drug use among players. Executives
from the 16 clubs admit they need help dealing with players' off field behaviour.

* Researchers from the University of Sydney have released photographs of MWC-922 a
red star, dubbed The Red Square, that is surrounded by a striking cloud of gas and dust.

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