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Good evening. Australia has demanded compensation from Iraq over the killing
of an Australian trawler skipper in the Persian Gulf.
Robert Wilcox of Adelaide died when his Australian registered boat was hit by an
Iraqi missile.
Iran has already retaliated for the attack by opening fire with grenades and
machine guns on an Indian tanker in the Gulf.
A 48-hour shutdown of Melbourne's rail system will go ahead from midnight on
Sunday after marathon talks today failed to resolve a deadlock over a 4%
wage rise for rail workers. The arbitration commission has condemned the
strike as futile and no more talks are scheduled for the weekend. Seven people
are dead and at least 250 are homeless in the wake of an earthquake that rocked
southern California. More after tremors are expected in the region over the
weekend and there's more tension in Fiji with the expulsion of three Australian
journalists by the government of coup leader Colonel Rambuka. We'll have more
news in an hour.