Main stories in Monday's 0745 ABC news

AAP General News (Australia)
08-29-2011
Main stories in Monday's 0745 ABC news

SYDNEY, Aug 29 AAP - Main stories in Monday's 0745 ABC news:

- Rebel forces in Libya and human rights activists fear pro-Gaddafi supporters have
gone on a killing spree by executing prisoners days before the opposition was going to
free them.

- Britain's foreign secretary has dismissed reports that the Libyan National Transitional
Council won't be extraditing the killer of a UK police officer outside the Libyan embassy
in 1984.

- Libyan rebels also say they have no intention of extraditing the man responsible
for the Lockerbie airline bombing.

- In the US, 15 deaths have been blamed on Hurricane Irene, with President Barack Obama
warning of further danger.

- Police are yet to release the name of an elderly man who died after being bashed
on a Newcastle train last week.

- NSW Treasurer Mike Baird is forecasting an unpopular state budget next week, with
an expected fall in revenue.

- Shadow Treasurer Michael Daley says Mr Baird has been talking down the state's finances
for months to justify job cuts.

- The Fire Brigade Employees' Union is threatening industrial action for the state's
plan to introduce random drug and alcohol testing for firefighters.

- Unions are meeting the prime minister in Canberra today to discuss the future of
Australia's manufacturing industry.

- Trade Minister Craig Emerson says Australia must concentrate on manufacturing high
value products.

- Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake has won the 100 metre event at the world championships
after Usain Bolt was disqualified for a false start.

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