澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-08-13

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The closing ceremony for the London Olympics is underway. Huge crowds have packed the London Hyde Park to watch the farewell concert. The closing ceremony will celebrate 50 years of popular music with a big lineup of British and international performance.

 

Iran has called off the search for more survivors⁴ from two powerful earthquakes that hit the country's northwest at the weekend. At least 250 people have died and more than 2,000 others injured. Officials will now concentrate on providing food and shelter for the thousands of people left homeless.

 

A strike threatening to shut down production at Ford⁵ and Holden has ended. Workers at the Dair Car parts factory in Melbourne have voted to end the five-day strike. More than 100 workers walked off their job on Wednesday in a dispute over redundancy payments.

 

A 20-year-old Australian man will be back in an American court tomorrow, charged over the death of a girl in a jet ski crash. Tyson Dagley was riding a jet ski in Honolulu when it crashed into another jet ski, killing⁶ the 16-year-old girl. He faces up to a year in jail if he's convicted.

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