AAP Backgrounders and Analyses for the weekend of April 12/13

AAP General News (Australia)
04-10-2008
AAP Backgrounders and Analyses for the weekend of April 12/13
AAP BACKGROUNDERS AND ANALYSES FOR THE WEEKEND OF APRIL 12/13

For further information please contact Newseds Joanne Williamson on (02) 93228611 or Nalita
Ferraz on (02) 93228610.

BEIJING - Analysis of Rudd's visit to China. (Rudd, AAP News Analysis, by Sandra O'Malley,
about 800 words, to come Friday)

CANBERRA - Wrap-up of week in federal politics. (Newscope Federal, AAP News Analysis,
by Maria Hawthorne, about 700 words, to come Friday)

CANBERRA - The long march of the Olympic torch has been anything but a journey of harmony,
but it's not the first time the games have transcended the divide between sports and politics,
including in Melbourne in 1956. (Oly08 Protests, AAP Backgrounder, by Karlis Salna, about
700 words, to come Friday)

CANBERRA - The chance of an interest rate cut is just a speck of light at the end of a
long gloomy tunnel at this stage. (Economy, AAP Backgrounder, by Colin Brinsden, about
700 words, to come Friday)

ADELAIDE - Weekend read on incest father and daughter. (Deaves, AAP Newsfeature, to come)

CANBERRA - Some of the nation's best and brightest young people will meet in Canberra
to take part in the prime minister's 2020 youth summit this weekend but will it be more
than just a talkfest? (Summit Youth, AAP Backgrounder, by Susanna Dunkerley, about 600
words, to come Friday)

SYDNEY - Sydney will soon host the world again, just as it did for the 2000 Olympics,
but instead of a torch relay there's a cross relay and in place of Juan Antonio Samaranch
comes the Pope. (Youth, AAP Newsfeature, By Doug Conway, 680 words, with factbox. On file)

SYDNEY - At the start of the week, John Della Bosca was denying he wanted to oust Premier
Morris Iemma. By the end of the week, he was denying any shady actions over grant allocations
and union donations. (Newscope NSW, By Nick Ralston, approx 800 words, to come Friday.)

SYDNEY - Whether a criminal teenager turns into a violent adult or grows out of crime,
may be related to how low his ears are set or the types of food he was given as a child.

(Teens, AAP Newsfeature, By Katelyn John, 680 words. On file)

BRISBANE - Could the cane toad's days be numbered? (Toads, AAP Newsfeature, By Roberta
Mancuso, approx 800 words, to come by Friday morning)

SYDNEY - Google's plans to organise the world's information and make online searching
easier, is proving to be a boom for advertisers. (Google, By Darren Osborne, 900 words,
to come today)

AUCKLAND - It was the deal that won high praise among New Zealand exporters, and barely
concealed envy from their Australian counterparts. (NZ China Trade, AAP Newsfeature, By
Xavier La Canna, New Zealand Correspondent, 740 words. On file)

ENTERTAINMENT:
SYDNEY - Take one look at this year's Logies nominations list, and it doesn't take a genius
to realise that viewer's preferences are changing (Viewer, AAP TV Feature, about 700 words,
to come Friday)

SYDNEY - Henry Rollins was once regarded a 'person of interest' in this country after
being dobbed in for reading a book on militant Islam. (Rollins Feature by Alyssa Braithwaite,
about 850 words, to come Friday)

SYDNEY - Global Haywire uses cartoons and satire to help explain why the world is in crisis,
but this film by Bruce Petty is no laughing matter. (Haywire Film Feature by Alyssa Braithwaite,
about 850 words, to come today)

SYDNEY - Australian virtuoso pianist Roger Woodward remembers the day his life was touched
by Arna the sad circus elephant. (MUSIC: Woodward, AAP Feature, By Judy Skatssoon, with
pix, 830 words. On file)

SPORT:
EDS NOTE - For further information on sport reads please contact Mike Osborne on (02) 93228750

AFL
ADELAIDE - As coaching apprenticeships go, Ben Hart's first three weeks minding the Adelaide
defence have been quite eventful. (AFL Crows Hart Sportsfeature by Daniel Brettig, about
800 words, to come Friday)

BRISBANE - The match video of Barry Hall's devastating last round display for Sydney has
been put on file by Brisbane fullback Daniel Merrett. (AFL Lions Sportsfeature by Laine
Clark, 720 words, on file)

CRICKET
MELBOURNE - The Indian Premier League, which has merged cricket and Bollywood glamour,
has been hailed as a landmark event for the sport akin to World Series Cricket a generation
on. (Cricket IPL Sportsfeature by Adam Cooper, about 800 words, to come Friday with factbox)

GOLF
Form guide to Australians at the Masters golf. (Golf Masters Aust Factbox by John Coomber,
892 words, on file)

SEE ALSO ROUTINERS TO COME:
* Quotes
* Milestones
* Oddities
* Checkup medical column

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