Main stories in today's AM program

AAP General News (Australia)
12-31-2007
Main stories in today's AM program

SYDNEY, Dec 31 AAP - Main stories in today's AM program:

* Benazir Bhutto's eldest son Bilawal announces he will assume his mother's role as
head of the Pakistan People's Party .

* Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is blaming al-Qaeda for the assassination of
Benazir Bhutto.

* Three people have died in bushfires in Western Australia's gold fields.

* Former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks is obeying the terms of a control order
set down by the Australian Federal Police.

* The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre has found an alarming number of young
people drive under the influence of drugs.

* A US lobby group - Choose Responsibility - say authorities should be focusing more
on alcohol education rather than drinking-age restrictions.

* Australian Volunteers International has released a detailed history of its work around
the world.

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