Main stories in today's 0900 ABC News

AAP General News (Australia)
12-22-2006
Main stories in today's 0900 ABC News

PERTH, Dec 22 AAP - The main stories in the 0900 ABC news:

- The Australian Federal Police commissioner, Mick Keelty, says the overturning of
the conviction against Jemaah Islamiah's former spiritual leader is not an indication
of failure of the police investigation.

- Police have released the names of two women charged over the murder of a teenager
whose body was found in a wheelie bin in Lathlain.

- British police have charged a 48-year-old man with murdering five prostitutes near
Ipswich in southeast England.

- The Greens Senator Rachel Siewert says she's extremely disappointed that the Environment
Minister has rejected an application for emergency heritage listing of the Burrup Peninsula.

- Planning is underway to quickly relocate 350 staff from the ABC's Brisbane headquarters
after yesterday's decision to effectively shut down the cite over health concerns.

- The midwest iron ore miner Mount Gibson Iron has been successful in its takeover
bid for Pilbara-based miner Aztec Resources.

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