Main stories in today's AM program

AAP General News (Australia)
08-15-2006
Main stories in today's AM program

SYDNEY, Aug 15 AAP - Main stories in today's AM program:

* Ceasefire between Israel and Hizbollah appears to be holding, despite isolated clashes
that have left six Hizbollah guerrillas dead.

* Israeli and Hizbollah forces remain armed and suspicious despite the ceasefire, but
residents have celebrated with fireworks and gunfire on the streets.

* Prime Minister John Howard cops flak from Indonesian politicians unhappy about the
scrapping of the controversial migration law changes.

* Federal government is sending eight asylum seekers to Nauru, the first group to be
sent to the island in four years.

* Military analysts say a push to increase the army by 20 per cent is needed with so
many troops now serving overseas, but it needs government support.

* Commander of Australian forces in Iraq says morale is high in Baghdad, despite a
rocket attack in which four troops were injured.

* Days after British police foiled a terrorism plot to kill airline passengers, it's
still bedlam in the country's airports.

* Election speculation in Queensland is reaching fever pitch, with premier Peter Beattie
expected to announce an early election today.

* Telstra and its shareholders suffer another blow, with the competition regulator
telling the telco to cut its leasing fees to small competitors.

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