ACT: Main stories in today's Canberra newspapers

AAP General News (Australia)
02-15-2007
ACT: Main stories in today's Canberra newspapers

CANBERRA, Feb 15 AAP - The main stories in The Canberra Times today:

Page 1: US Ambassador Robert McCallum defends the detention of Australian David Hicks
in Guantanamo Bay; The CSIRO confirms it can withhold research on clean-coal technology;
Police Commissioner Mick Keelty calling for a national campaign to warn parents about
amphetamines.

Page 2: 39 alleged drug dealers caught during three-month operation in Canberra.

Page 3: ACT Liberal leader Bill Stefaniak to push for the resignation of Chief Minister
Jon Stanhope by launching a no confidence motion next Tuesday.

World: The US says there's a long way to go before the energy-for-arms agreement with
North Korea is implemented; Three people killed in two car bombs in Lebanon; South African
government seizes its first farm, bowing to pressure to redistribute land to the majority
black population.

Finance: Commonwealth Bank posts a 10 per cent rise in profit for first half of financial
year; Retailer David Jones delivers $1 billion half-year sales for first time in the company's
history.

Sport: Sydney Uni's Trish Fallon after a fairytale finish to her basketball career
in the grand final against the Canberra Capitals this weekend; The Western Force says
it would welcome Brumbies' hooker Jeremy Paul if he decides to stay in Australia next
year.

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