Main stories in today's 1300 2UE news

AAP General News (Australia)
04-17-2009
Main stories in today's 1300 2UE news

SYDNEY, April 17 AAP - Main stories in today's 1300 2UE news:

- Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says it is too early to say what caused the explosion on
a boat carrying asylum seekers.

- Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione has welcomed a decision that will see Phuong
Ngo remain in prison.

- Sydney police say a concrete block that was thrown at a car was picked up from a
pile of rubble nearby.

- The state opposition has labelled the protocols for processing triple zero calls as ridiculous.

- A brain damaged man accused of murdering his mother in the Hunter Valley has pleaded
guilty to her manslaughter.

- Aussie surfer Joel Parkinson has won his second Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach.

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