ACT:Main stories in Monday's newspaper

AAP General News (Australia)
12-13-2010
ACT:Main stories in Monday's newspaper

CANBERRA, Dec 13 AAP - The main stories in Monday's Canberra Times:

Page 1: Australian intelligence agencies fear that Israel may launch military strikes
against Iran and that Iran's pursuit of nuclear capabilities could draw the United States
and Australia into a potential nuclear war in the Middle East.

Page 2: Retailers face a "turkey of a Christmas", but the sector will improve next
year, a new report predicts.

Page 3: The search for Canberra's new diplomatic precinct has begun, with established
consular suburbs bursting at the seams amd emerging nations clamouring to establish embassies
in Australia.

World: Richard Holbrooke, the US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, is in a
critical condition after undergoing surgery to repair a tear in his aorta.

Finance: The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open modestly higher today on the
back of a positive US lead.

Sport: It may help the Australian veteran win, but Peter Senior still felt young American
Bibby Gates was dudded by a ruling just before officials halted play midway through a
waterlogged final round of the $1.5 million PGA Championship at Coolum.

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