Main stories in today's AM program

AAP General News (Australia)
04-17-2008
Main stories in today's AM program

SYDNEY, April 17 AAP - Main stories in today's AM program:

* The prime minister has trumped other participants of the 2020 Summit by planning
a universal childcare system.

* There is to be a parliamentary inquiry into ex-RAAF technicians who worked on F1-11 aircraft.

* The United States has set a target for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions by 2025.

* The Olympic flame has landed in the Indian capital New Dehli under a cloud of confusion.

* In East Timor, thousands of people are expected to turn out to welcome President
Jose Ramos Horta home.

* According to an academic, who has just completed studies into the life expectancy
gap between black and white Australians, bridging the difference could be difficult.

* New statistics suggest that more than 1.5 million computers are thrown out every
year, and there are limited avenues to recycle.

* The advertising regulation body has placed bans on the sexualisation of children.

* The British Imperial War Museum has set up a new exhibition dedicated to Ian Fleming,
the creator of James Bond.

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