Qld: The main stories in today's Courier-Mail

AAP General News (Australia)
04-20-2005
Qld: The main stories in today's Courier-Mail

BRISBANE, April 20 AAP - The main stories in today's Courier-Mail:

Page one: Three Brisbane men accused of smuggling heroin out of Indonesia may have
thrown away their lives for return tickets to Bali and $10,000 each; Despair, anger and
disbelief grip families after drug charges laid against children; Queensland Premier Peter
Beattie under mounting pressure to hold a wide-ranging inquiry into Queensland's health
system.

Page two: Australian combat troops prepare in Kuwait for deployment in Iraq; Sea King
crash victim Squadron Leader Paul McCarthy laid to rest on the Sunshine Coast.

Page three: Queensland's liquor watchdog has failed to check possibly false statements
provided by nightclub figure John Hannay.

World news: Pilgrims gather as cardinals meet to elect new pope (Rome); China offers
to repair Japan's embassy, damaged in violent protests (Beijing).

Business: Supermarket heavyweight Woolworths on track for full year profit growth in
low double digits; Prime Infrastructure preparing to call $100 million worth of tenders
for the next stage of Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal's expansion.

Sport: Western force coach John Mitchell on a raiding mission in Brisbane to woo the
Reds' Hugh McMeniman; Lions rectify on-field discipline.

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KEYWORD: FRONTERS QLD

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