HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 13:30, Dec 20

AAP General News (Australia)
12-20-2003
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 13:30, Dec 20

CANBERRA - A hunger strike at an Australian immigration detention camp on Nauru was
becoming a human tragedy, the United Nations refugee agency said today. (Detention)



SYDNEY - A Czech tourist missing since Tuesday in rugged bushland in southern NSW has
been found alive. (Czech). Nightlead to come.



SYDNEY - South Australia and Victoria have recorded their first road deaths in the
Christmas holiday period. (Toll National). See also Toll Vic, Toll SA.



SYDNEY - Police have urged drivers to obey speed limits after a motorcyclist was clocked
doing 187kph in a 110kph zone on Sydney's M5 motorway. (Speed)



MELBOURNE - A man and his wife are lucky to be alive after a concrete block was thrown
off a highway overpass smashing through their windscreen last night. (Concrete Lead)



SYDNEY - A 29-year-old man is due to face court today charged with the stabbing murder
of a man in Sydney's inner west. (Stab). Nightlead to come.



PERTH - Police are stepping up the hunt for a woman missing from her Perth home after
her husband died in a car crash. (CoxKiddie)



SYDNEY - Surfers feuding over waves beware. (Surf)



SYDNEY - Three men armed with a handgun robbed a bank at Auburn in Sydney's west this
morning. (Robbery)



DARWIN - The destructive core of severe tropical cyclone Debbie is expected cross an
island off the Northern Territory coast this afternoon. (Debbie Nightlead)



BRISBANE - A man armed with a knife robbed a petrol station in Brisbane's southern
suburbs overnight. (Knife)



BRISBANE - Police are hunting for a man involved in a violent brawl at a Brisbane nightclub
this morning. (Showgirls)



MELBOURNE - More than 20 people have been caught drink driving during a Booze Bus blitz
on the Monash Freeway, north-east of Melbourne, overnight. (Booze)


IN SPORT:



RYE, Vic - Local star Robert Allenby has jumped to within three shots of the lead after
a great start in the third round of the Australian Open at Rye's Moonah Links. (Golf Aust).

Nightlead to come



HOBART - Sachin Tendulkar has failed to get the big score he wanted to relaunch his
cricket tour of Australia, falling for 36 against Australia A at Hobart's Bellerive Oval
today. (Cricket India). Nightlead to come



SYDNEY - New South Wales made a poor start to its first innings on day two of the Pura
Cup match against Tasmania at the Sydney Cricket Ground. (Shield NSW). Nightlead to come.



BRISBANE - Queensland is moving towards first-innings points in its Pura Cup cricket
match against South Australia at the Gabba. (Shield Qld). Nightlead to come.



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