Qld: Main Stories in today's Courier-Mail

AAP General News (Australia)
04-21-2003
Qld: Main Stories in today's Courier-Mail

BRISBANE, April 21 AAP - The main stories in today's Courier Mail:



Page 1: State Government wants to permanently remove children from families who have
failed their duty of care. Police are on track to issue 60 per cent more speeding tickets
this Easter. Personal pictures of Saddam Hussein found in Baghdad have revealed more of
the amazing private lives of the tyrant, his family and friends.

Page 2: Brooke Brennan was a pretty Little girl whose short life ended at three after
a beating left her black, blue and gasping for breath. Queenslanders are concerned about
hospital waiting lists and generally indifferent about the smart state strategy.

Page 3: Special Air Service troops stormed a suspected drug-running freighter yesterday
ending a dramatic four-day ocean chase. Eighteen-year-old Hawaiian surfer Makua Rothman
defeated competitors twice his age when he won $US66,000 for riding the largest wave in
the past year. Australia is falling behind its international rival in investing in tertiary
education and research, the nation's university heads have warned.

World: The US has given no sign it will join North Korea and China next week in talks
that were thrown into doubt by Pyongyang's contradictory statements on its nuclear program.

Clashes between Palestine and Israeli forces left seven Palestinians dead and more than
40 wounded yesterday as violence that had eased during the Iraq war was reignited during
the Jewish Passover festival.

Finance: Economic growth in Australia and New Zealand is now under threat due to deteriorating
external environment and the regional impact from the SARS virus, a United Nations report
warns. Companies with poor corporate governance will have to contend with powerful superannuation
funds after the decision by one major fund to become much more active. The revered Sherrin
football brand has been handballed from one American sporting goods giant to another as
part of a $106 million deal.

Sport: Cronulla Sharks turn the corner on what has been a dreadful season. A steadfast
Brian Lara refused to admit he and the West Indian selectors had made a big blunder in
picking only three specialists bowlers after his side was pummelled by a rampant Australia
on a flat Queen's Park Oval pitch in the second Test yesterday.

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