Briefs Australia

AAP General News (Australia)
12-20-2006
Briefs Australia
Briefly in other news this hour:



The father of DAVID HICKS believes his son is at breaking point .. after the Guantanamo
Bay inmate refused to speak to him in a pre-arranged telephone call today.



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A tax office investigation has cleared Australia's wheat marketer of wrongly claiming
tax deductions .. for the 290 million dollars in bribes it paid to SADDAM HUSSEIN's regime.



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And we're bing urged to give the gift of life this Christmas .. with the Red Cross
Blood Bank looking for donors .. before the busy holiday season.





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