AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, Aug 29Breakfast Round-Up: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AAP RTV FILE AT 0430
Iraq (BASRA)
A British soldier has been killed in southern Iraq as anti-coalition violence continues unabated.
The attack late yesterday follows the earlier killings of two US soldiers around Baghdad.
The British soldier was killed and another wounded in the southeastern province ofMaysan, near the border with Iran, when a convoy of troops were confronted by a mob.
A British military spokesman says the troops were returning from a raid on the townof Ali al-Gharbi, where they had arrested two men for anti-coalition activities.
They were twice confronted by roadblocks before continuing on foot, when they weresurrounded by a crowd who fired rocket-propelled grenades and small arms, killing thesoldier and injuring the other.
Meanwhile, eight US soldiers have been wounded, four in an attack in the flashpointtown of Fallujah, 60km west of Baghdad, and the others on a road north of the capital.
A military spokesman says four soldiers were wounded in Fallujah when an improvisedexplosive device blew up beneath the bridge and all were evacuated to a medical facility.
The spokesman says a military convoy also came under fire on the road between Kirkukand Balad, north of Baghdad, leaving four people wounded.
Travel (CANBERRA)
Australia has issued its first travel warnings for Germany and Greece, warning Australiansto be alert to their personal safety.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade issued the warning last night advisingAustralians to monitor developments that might affect their safety and security.
But a DFAT spokesman says the warnings aren't related to specific security issues orthreats in either country and are similar to recent advisories issued for France, Italyand Spain.
He says it's the first time advisories have been issued for Germany or Greece.
COAG (CANBERRA)
State premiers will demand health be pushed to the top of the agenda when they meetPrime Minister JOHN HOWARD today.
The state and territory leaders have hinted at a possible walk out if Mr HOWARD refusesto prioritise the issue of health at the Council of Australian Governments meeting.
Queensland Premier PETER BEATTIE says if hospital funding isn't the first item on today'sagenda, COAG will become the laughing stock of the Australian public.
All states and the Northern Territory have refused to sign the Commonwealth's fiveyear offer of $42 billion in federal funding for public hospitals.
But the ACT broke ranks on Wednesday when it signed up to a deal.
Meanwhile, city dwellers will be forced to crack down on water wastage as part of anhistoric deal to rejuvenate the nation's rivers.
The deal is set to be signed by federal state and territory leaders a today's gatheringof leaders at the Council of Australian Governments meeting.
Water rights and ways to fix up the nation's rivers are one of the key issues on the agenda.
Australian Conservation Foundation executive director DON HENRY has welcomed the announcementbut says it falls way short of what's needed.
He says the Council of Australian Governments meeting today must agree to $150 milliona year for the next ten years in order to save Australia's longest river.
Korea Nuclear (WASHINGTON Aug 28)
A US official says North Korea has announced it intends to formally declare its possessionof nuclear weapons and to carry out a nuclear test.
The announcement came at a six-nation conference in China on East Asian security.
North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister KIM YONG IL has also told the gathering his countryhas the means to deliver nuclear weapons, an apparent reference to the North's highlydeveloped missile program.
India Bridge (AHMEDABAD)
Twenty-one children and two adults have died on the western Indian coast after a bridgecrumbled, plunging a school bus and four other vehicles into a river.
Police say the two ends of the 325-metre bridge collapsed inward under the weight ofa school bus, a mini-bus and three motorcycles in Daman.
Pan (SYDNEY)
A secret audit report says Pan Pharmaceuticals was distributing drugs containing metaland cross-contaminating drugs for humans with antibiotics for animals.
The Australian newspaper says the report exposes compelling and systematic evidenceof lies and deception about the quality and content of products ranging from children'scough mixture to iron tablets.
Register (HOBART)
Same-sex couples will be able to legally register their relationship and have greateraccess to adoption under new laws passed in Tasmania.
Tasmania will be the first Australian state to institute a same-sex couple registerafter the government's Relationships Bill passed through the upper house yesterday.
Tasmania's Attorney-General JUDY JACKSON hailed the new laws as world-class.
They also open the way for same-sex couples to access known-child adoption where oneof the partners is a parent of the child.
Newspoll Carr (SYDNEY)
New South Wales Premier BOB CARR'S popularity has waned since the state election, accordingto the latest Newspoll.
The latest survey conducted for The Australian newspaper shows Mr CARR'S electoralstanding has dropped to its lowest level in a year.
Fifty-six per cent of people surveyed were satisfied with Mr CARR'S performance, down10 points compared to just before the March 22nd election.
Primary support for NSW Labor also has dropped slightly, from 42.7 per cent to 40 percent, while Coalition support has risen from 34.4 per cent to 38 per cent.
Dissatisfaction with the Premier is also up three points to 19 per cent, although hecontinues to hold a strong lead over opposition leader JOHN BROGDEN.
Website (MELBOURNE)
New South Wales One Nation MP DAVID OLDFIELD has lost his bid to have a claim of religiousvilification against him dismissed.
But after five and a half hours of mediation, Mr OLDFIELD's agreed to publish an apologyon an offending website, modify two controversial statements, and change a page heading.
Alcohol (SYDNEY)
Radical proposals to consider establishing supervised venues for youth drinking havebeen approved by the NSW Summit on Alcohol Abuse.
The summit will also consider establishing wet areas, where alcoholics can drink ina safe environment.
In an extremely close 54-52 vote that crossed party lines, delegates recommended thegovernment look into providing an effective safe house for youth drinkers.
The proposal was agreed despite the strong objection of Australian Hotels Associationand several ministers.
Children (MELBOURNE)
The grandparents of four infants who died within five years of each other reportedlytwice wrote to the Victorian Coroner's office seeking details on the cause of death.
After the death of a seven-month-old boy in 1998, the grandmother, apparently concernedabout the young parents' state, wrote to the coroner asking to see the autopsy results.
The Herald Sun newspaper says the grandfather also wrote to ask for the autopsy resultsthree days later.
The paper says he made the same request again after the death of a second child, anine-week-old girl, in November, 2000.
The coroner's office concluded both children died from sudden infant death syndrome.
Mideast Gaza (GAZA CITY)
Two Israeli jeeps and an army bulldozer have driven into a Palestinian-controlled areaof the Gaza Strip and begun levelling land.
Residents and security officials say the incident came several hours after Palestinianmilitants fired four home-made Qassam rockets from northern Gaza toward Israel.
It's not been determined whether the land-clearing is the start of a larger Israelioperation in northern Gaza.
BRIEFLY:
The Waterfall train crash inquiry continues today after the New South Wales TransportMinistry criticised State Rail Authority management during its closing submissions.
Old-growth logging in Tasmania will be examined today at an extraordinary general meetingheld by Australia's largest hardwood producer in Launceston.
A national clean-up group is launched today, with the aim of clearing about 80,000Australian sites of toxic waste such as radioactive or toxic substances.
AND IN SPORT:
ATHS WORLD DOPING (PARIS)
The IOC has five weeks to deal with the growing doping controversy surrounding newly-crownedworld 400 metres champion JEROME YOUNG.
The Los Angeles Times has revealed YOUNG was the previously un-named American who faileda doping test yet was allowed run at the 2000 Olympics.
He was a member of the gold-medal winning 4x400m relay in Sydney and World Doping Agencyboss DICK POUND is demanding they now be disqualified.
ATHS IAAF (SAINT-DENIS)
The International Association of Athletics Federations has taken action to avoid thechaos which followed the disqualification of JON DRUMMOND from the 100 metres heats atthe world championships at Paris.
Now, the IAAF will make sure that the starting blocks of disqualified runners are immediatelyremoved and the scoreboards and stadium screens will make it clear the runner has effectivelybeen disqualified.
CRICKET COUNTY MARTYN (LEEDS)
English county cricket side Yorkshire has signed Australian batsman DAMIEN MARTYN asa replacement overseas player for the rest of the season.
ENDS BULLETIN
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