澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-08-22

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Syria’s regime has been accused of massacring hundreds of people in a chemical weapons attack on the outskirts¹ of Damascus. Opposition² activists³ say children are among more than 1,300 victims. Western governments are demanding UN weapons inspectors⁴ who are already in the country be allowed access to verify the claims.

The second leader’s debate was much more lively affair last night. The prime minister and opposition leader crashed over a range of issues, including the economy and paid parental⁵ leave. At one stage, Tony Abbott asked whether Kevin Rudd would ever shut up.

Essendon coach James Hird is suing the AFL. His lawyers say they are going to lodge⁶ a claim at the Victorian Supreme⁷ Court today. Hird is claiming he’s been denied natural justice in the doping investigation⁸. He’s demanding the case be heard by an independent tribunal, instead of the league’s commission.

The US soldier convicted of leaking thousands of secret documents to Wikileaks has been sentenced to 35 years in jail. Last month, Bradley Manning was convicted of 20 charges, including espionage⁹, but was aquitted of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy. Prosecutors¹⁰ had asked for a 60-year sentence.

And police have shot dead a man after a brutal¹¹ double murder on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. They were called to a house at Coolum around 10 o’clock last night. The man confronted them and refused to surrender. Police shot him and he died later in hospital. The bodies of a man and a woman were found inside the house. The area has been cordoned¹² off and investigations¹³ there are continuing.

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澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-08-22

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