ACT: Main Stories in today s Canberra Times

AAP General News (Australia)
12-18-2000
ACT: Main Stories in today s Canberra Times

CANBERRA, Dec 18 AAP - The main stories in today's Canberra Times:



Page 1 - Bush nominates Gulf War hero Colin Powell as first black secretary of state
in history (Crawford, Texas); Two boatloads of suspected illegal immigrants could be those
feared lost in a cyclone last week; Right-wing Austrian leader Joerg Haider meets the
Pope amid protests (Vatican City).

Page 2 - NSW heading for its highest annual road toll in three years.

Page 3 - ACT's building industry defies national downturn; Beazley plays down public
interest in bitter Robertson pre-selection row on eve of national executive meeting.

World - Wahid faces scepticism and pessimism on visit to strife-torn Aceh province
(Banda Aceh); Israeli and Palestinian negotiators hold late-night talks aimed at resuming
formal peace negotiations (Jerusalem).

Finance - US warns of potential trade spat over new Airbus super jumbo jet - the type
Qantas has ordered (Washington); EU's environment policy chief likely to propose stricter
safety rules for metals mines (Brussels).

Sport - MacGill fires up feeling in Third Test with players' gate confrontation with
Windies' 12th man Ramnaresh Sarwan.

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KEYWORD: FRONTERS ACT

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