Main stories in today's AM program

AAP General News (Australia)
02-18-2008
Main stories in today's AM program

SYDNEY, Feb 18 AAP - Main stories in today's AM program

* The release of a two-year-old email exchange between Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and
disgraced lobbyist WA Brian Burke has raised fresh questions about their relationship.

* Key ministers will talk frankly about the dying days of the Howard government on
ABC Four Corners tonight.

* Kosovo has unilaterally declared itself independent of Serbia. The move has enraged
Russia, which has called it a dangerous precedent and the European Union is split over
the announcement.

* Millions of Pakistanis are about to go to the polls in national elections, but there
are fears of violence and chaos.

* Doctors and nurses at the new Bathurst hospital say they are appalled by the hygiene
standards and the size of the emergency ward.

* The British government has decided to temporarily nationalise struggling lender Northern Rock.

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