The main stories on today's 2200 702 ABC News

AAP General News (Australia)
04-05-2010
The main stories on today's 2200 702 ABC News

SYDNEY, April 5 AAP - Main stories in today's 2200 702 ABC news:



- The Taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack on the US Consulate in the north-west
Pakistani city of Peshawar.

- More than 100 Chinese miners, trapped for a week, have been pulled to the surface.

- A 68-year-old man is dead after hitting his hit head on rocks and drowning near Portland
in Victoria.

- Maritime Safety Queensland is looking at extending its areas after the Barrier Reef
tanker disaster.

- Scientists are using new technology to find victims, still missing after September 11.



- SPORT: Geelong has come from behind to beat Hawthorn in the AFL; Souths beat the
Bulldogs, and Penrith defeats Newcastle in the NRL.



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