The main stories on today's 1900 ABC TV news

AAP General News (Australia)
08-23-2008
The main stories on today's 1900 ABC TV news

The main stories on ABC television's 1900 news:





1. More gold for Australia at the Beijing Olympics .. thanks to STEVE HOOKER and KEN
WALLACE .. with HOOKER's gold the first field gold medal for 60 years for Australia ..

and WALLACE winning the first gold for Australia in K1 500 .. tonight the Opals play for
gold in the basketball.





2. The US and France have accused Russia of backing down on its promise to withdraw
troops from Georgia .. and called on the Russians to fulfil their obligations.





3. BARACK OBAMA chooses Senator JOSEPH BIDEN as his running mate for the US presidential
election.





4. The federal Attorney-General is investigating claims children kidnapped in India
have been adopted in Australia.





5. Police in Sydney are searching for the parents of a three day old baby who have
refused to have their child vaccinated against hepatitis B .. because the mother has Hep-B
and that increases the risk to the child.





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KEYWORD: MONITOR 1900 ABC NEWS

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