澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-02-16
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Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will have to stand trial on charges of paying sex for an underage prostitute. Now under Italian law, sex workers must be aged1 18. The prime minister is also accused of abusing the power of his office by intervening when she was arrested on a theft charge. Mr Berlusconi is denying the charges.
The Northern Territory’s on
cyclone2 watch with wild weather already
lashing3 the Top End. Authorities are monitoring a tropical low that’s sitting around 50 kilometres south-west of Darwin. The system’s tipped to turn into a cyclone this afternoon. Schools from Darwin to the Tiwi Islands will be closed today.
In New South Wales, a new poll shows the Keneally government is heading for a historic defeat at next month’s election. The Nielsen poll shows
Labor4 could hold as few as 13 seats in the new Parliament. The
Coalition5 has 66 per cent of the two-party preferred vote.
The Federal Government’s flood
levy6 will come under the microscope at a public hearing in Canberra today. The House Economics Committee will examine legislation set to raise $1.8 billion dollars through that one-year levy. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister Julia Gillard will make history today as the first foreign politician to address New Zealand’s parliament.
And Egypt’s ruling military council says the country’s constitutions will be reformed within 10 days. The current constitution has been suspended because of changes made by the
ousted7 President Hosni Mubarak’s regime.
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