Main stories in Thursday's AM program

AAP General News (Australia)
08-11-2011
Main stories in Thursday's AM program

SYDNEY, Aug 11 AAP - Main stories in Thursday's AM program:

- The senseless violence on streets of cities in the UK continued overnight, with the
unrest spreading to Manchester and Liverpool and Prime Minister David Cameron pledging
more police resources.

- London's courts and probation services are being overrun as they work around the
clock to clear the backlog of cases relating to those charged during the riot.

- Global sharemarkets have plunged again amid concerns of a deepening European debt
crisis and fears of a potential downgrade of France's credit rating.

- News Corporation's quarterly income has come in lower at US$683 million as it continues
to deal with the fallout of the UK phone hacking scandal.

- Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten has accused West Australian Premier Colin Barnett
of petty political point-scoring, appealing to him to show goodwill and support a new
disability scheme.

- People living on PNG's Manus Island are delighted to hear their detention centre
is a step closer to reopening, with the country's new government giving in-principle support
to reopen the facility.

- Climate scientists are now stressing the importance of examining methane and the
role it plays in climate change.

- As the last 17 Australian soldiers withdraw from Iraq, federal Independent MP Andrew
Wilkie says now is the perfect time to hold a new inquiry into the country's involvement
in the conflict.

- A team of scientists has found that listening to music can reduce pain, lower blood
pressure and heart rates in cancer patients.

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