HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Feb 12

AAP General News (Australia)
02-12-2007
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Feb 12

CANBERRA - Prime Minister John Howard is refusing to back away from his attack on US
presidential hopeful Barack Obama, whose Iraq policy he says will create chaos in the
Middle East and be a victory for terrorists. (Obama Howard parly)

LOS ANGELES - US presidential candidate Barack Obama has told Prime Minister John Howard
to put up or shut up. (Obama Howard US. See also Obama Howard Plan, Obama Media)

Obama Howard Nightlead to come

AUCKLAND - The wife of missing trans-Tasman adventurer Andrew McAuley is beginning
to give up hope of seeing her husband again alive. (NZ Kayak Wife)

AUCKLAND - As the search continued today for missing trans-Tasman kayaker Andrew McAuley,
there was speculation he may have been tossed from his craft after a freak wave tore off
a protective canopy. (NZ Kayak Wave. See also NZ Kayak Pressure)

NZ Kayak Nightlead to come

LOS ANGELES - Australian rockers Wolfmother have won a prestigious Grammy award for
their song, Woman. (US Grammys)

Grammys Aust Nightlead to come

MELBOURNE - The widow of Private Jake Kovco, the first Australian soldier to die on
duty in Iraq, has met with one of the men who were with her husband when he was shot and
killed. (Kovco)

CANBERRA - Prime Minister John Howard has strongly defended Australia's black coal
export industry, saying he will not sacrifice it in the name of knee-jerk reactions to
climate change. (Climate Parly. More to come)

CANBERRA - Prime Minister John Howard has brushed off a strong poll result for Labor
leader Kevin Rudd, saying he has never kidded himself about the difficulty of winning
a fifth term. (Poll Daylead)

Poll Nightlead to come

CANBERRA - Fears a jumbo jet could slam into a massive retail development planned for
Sydney Airport have prompted the federal government to reject the proposal. (Airport Lead)

SYDNEY - Sydney Airport will consider submitting a new application to build a retail
centre following the rejection of its first plan by the federal government. (Airport Response)

Airport Nightlead to come

SYDNEY - Getting old will always dull the eyes and ears but new research suggests that
the sense of smell is protected, as long as you're healthy. (Smell, to come)

MELBOURNE - The board of trans-Tasman media group APN News & Media Ltd has accepted
an increased $6.10 takeover offer from a consortium led by Irish media heavyweight Tony
O'Reilly's Independent News & Media Plc (INM). (APN Lead)

APN Nightlead to come

SYDNEY - John Buchanan press conference at Gabba plus other news and reaction following
defeat in the tri series finals last night (Cricket Aust Nightlead, to come. See also
Cricket Aust Analysis, Tri England Reaction)

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