Main stories in today's 0900 ABC News

AAP General News (Australia)
12-11-2006
Main stories in today's 0900 ABC News

PERTH, Dec 8 AAP - The main stories in the 0900 ABC news:

- Opponents of Chile's former dictator Augusto Pinochet have clashed with police in
front of the presidential palace in Santiago.

- Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd says his new frontbench team will be a unified force.

- People in the Indonesian province of Aceh are going to the polls today to directly
elect their own leaders for the first time.

- Financial counsellors say people have toned down their expectations for Christmas
celebrations this year.

- More than 230 Australians who have served with the defence force in Iraq and Afghanistan
have been given disability pensions.

- In cricket, the Australian squad will begin its preparations today for the third
Ashes test against England starting in Perth on Thursday.

AAP ag/

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