1700 ABC 702 Headlines

AAP General News (Australia)
04-29-2008
1700 ABC 702 Headlines

One of the men charged over the distribution of bogus pamphlets during last year's
federal election campaign, has had the charges dismissed.



The NSW government has been accused of failing to provide enough beds for psychiatric patients.



A Sydney woman whose son died of a brain tumour has told an inquiry his cause of death
was incorrectly recorded, meaning he was bound in bubble wrap when she visited his body
at a funeral home.



East Timor's president has shaken hands with 12 members of the group which tried to
assassinate him in February.



The former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay says David Hicks should never have been charged.



Chinese authorities have jailed 17 people over last month's Tibetan unrest.



Indigenous Affairs minister has reaffirmed the need for a national indigenous body.



The NSW government has welcomed the federal government's plans to buy back water from
irrigators in the Murray-Darling Basin.



WA opposition leader Troy Buswell has held back tears as he admitted he sniffed the
seat of a female colleague.



Virgin Blue says it's upping fares because of rising fuel costs.



Sport



South Sydney coach Jason Taylor says penalising players for poor discipline is for
the long term good of the club.



Wests Benji Marshall won't play this weekend to protect his long term fitness.



Barcelona and Manchester United will meet overnight in the UEFA Champions League semi
final second leg in Manchester.



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