SA: The main stories in the 1200 ABC SA news

AAP General News (Australia)
08-08-2008
SA: The main stories in the 1200 ABC SA news

ADELAIDE, Aug 8 AAP - The main stories in the 1200 ABC SA news:

- The Murray-Darling Basin Commission rejects a Conservation Foundation plan to save
the lower lakes of the River Murray in South Australia, saying most of the water it wants
released wouldn't make it to the lakes.

- Federal police arrest 17 people over the largest ever seizure of ecstasy.

- Police say a shooting in suburban Adelaide last night is not related to a similar
incident in the same suburb at the weekend.

- Australian shares down in morning trade after another sell-off on Wall Street.

- Sydney researchers says they've made an important discovery in the treatment of breast cancer.

- Actor Morgan Freeman checks out of a hospital in Memphis after surgery for injuries
suffered in a car crash.

- Festive atmosphere in Beijing ahead of the Olympic Games opening ceremony.

- World leaders continue to arrive in Beijing ahead of the Olympics.

- Australia still facing a tough task of advancing to the knock-out stage of the Olympic
Games soccer tournament after a 1-1 draw with Serbia.

- Gary Ablett to return from injury for the Geelong Cats this weekend.

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