SA: Main stories in today's Adelaide Advertiser

AAP General News (Australia)
12-22-2003
SA: Main stories in today's Adelaide Advertiser

ADELAIDE, Dec 22 AAP - Main stories in today's Adelaide Advertiser:

Page 1 - Only two out of 100 Australians can correctly recall the name of the nation's
official head of state, Governor-General Michael Jeffery, according to a Newspoll survey;
Princess Diana was pregnant at the time of her death in a Paris motor tunnel six years
ago, senior police sources in Paris have revealed (London).

Page 2 - Adelaide City Council sponsorships could be cut next financial year in a plan
to help recoup $15 million in lost income when the Wingfield dump closes in 12 months;
an audio tape purported to be by Osama bin Laden has been dismissed as an old message
- but a new tape by bin Laden's deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri released the day before is most
likely authentic.

Page 3 - More than half the average December rainfall fell across Adelaide in just
half an hour yesterday; the latest pay rise for Supreme Court judges is the third in just
over 12 months.

World - Friends and relatives of Michael Jackson descended on his Neverland Ranch to
show their support for the entertainer, who is fighting child molestation charges (California);
the parents of British schoolgirl Holly Wells have thanked the Prince of Wales and David
Beckham for comforting them and the parents of Jessica Chapman, following their daughters'
murders last year (London).

Finance - A boom year for small players in Australia's resources industry has helped
their share prices to grow more than 10-times faster than the overall market; News Corporation
chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch expects the company to complete its $9.2 billion
DirecTV purchase within days, after US regulatory approval was granted at the weekend.

Sport - Peter Lonard has won his first Australian Open.

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