澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-10-06(在线收听

On her first international trip as Prime Minister, Julia Gillard has admitted the foreign relation is not her passion. The Prime Minister is at the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels, meeting with foreign dignitaries there.

A state of emergency has been declared in Hungary where a toxic mud spill has swamped three villages. At least four people died and more than 120 people were injured when the red sludge burst from a dam at an aluminum plant. Emergency services are trying to stop the mud from flowing into major waterways.

The man convicted of an attempted car bomb attack in New York’s Times Square has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Earlier this year, Faisal Shahzad pleaded guilty to weapons and terrorism charges. At his sentencing, he told the judge that war with the Muslims has just begun and the US was facing imminent defeat.

A French financial trader has been sentenced to jail for masterminding one of the biggest trading frauds in history.  Jerome Kerviel was found guilty of betting nearly 70 billion dollars of Societe  Generale's money without the bank's knowledge. The bank says his covert stock trades lost more than seven billion dollars.

And it's been another golden day for Australia’s athletes in Delhi. Australia won another five gold medals at the Commonwealth Games overnight. Anne Meares led Australia’s winning site in the cycling, breaking her own record to take gold in the women's 500m time trial. Medals in cycling, swimming and gymnastics helped take Australia’s gold medal tally to nine.

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