澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-10-12

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Hello. The Immigration Minister Chris Bowen will meet the East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta today. Mr Bowen arrived in East Timor last night. It'll be the first round of direct talks with the East Timorese government about a proposed regional refugee processing centre. Dr Ramos-Horta has said any processing centre in East Timor would be temporary. And he wants guarantees that asylum¹ seekers would leave after three years.

Regional communities are gearing up for a fight as public consultations² on the Murray-Darling Basin plan begin today. Shepparton in Central Northern Victoria has been chosen for the first round of talks. Irrigators say plans to slash³ their water allocations could destroy their livelihoods⁴. The Government hopes the plan will help revive the ailing⁵ river system.

Australian sprinter⁶ Sally Pearson has bounced back to claim gold in the 100m hurdles⁷ final with a resounding⁸ win overnight. Steve Hooker, meanwhile, won his second consecutive⁹ Commonwealth¹⁰ gold in the pole vault¹¹. Australia still leads the medal tally¹² with 64 gold medals, 40 silver and 39 bronze. 

A Greek policeman has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a schoolboy in 2008. The incident sparked mass unrest in Athens and neighbouring cities. The 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos was shot dead in December, 2008.

Israel has offered to renew a partial freeze on settlement building if the Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state. But a Palestinian spokesman has rejected the condition