Main stories in today's 1300 2UE News

AAP General News (Australia)
12-27-2006
Main stories in today's 1300 2UE News

SYDNEY, Dec 27 AAP - Main stories in today's 1300 2UE News:

- Brother of a teenager who allegedly shot at officers and a bus in Sydney says the
accused needs help to deal with a mental illness.

- The Koomooloo has been left to sink after encountering wild weather during the Sydney
to Hobart yacht race.

- A plane carrying British prime minister Tony Blair suffers a minor scare, overshooting
the runway at a Miami airport, but no-one is injured.

- A 10 per cent drop in gun crime across NSW over the last five years is attributed
to the latest in forensic technology.

- There are fears Iraq will slide into a full-scale civil war when deposed dictator
Saddam Hussein is put to death.

- Australia has been pressured by England's bowlers on day two of the fourth Test in
Melbourne, with the locals at 5-111 at lunch.

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