澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-10-14（在线收听）

The Federal government has boosted the capacity of the immigration detention center on Christmas Island to cope with an increase in asylum-seekers. Two hundred bunk beds have been placed in rooms that had been set aside for recreation. Portaloos are also now on standby if more people arrive.

The corporate watchdog,the ACCC, is backing on the government's proposal to split Telstra's retail and wholesale businesses. Its chairman Graeme Samuel says the reforms are long overdue. Telstra says the split would impede the national broadband network and reduce competition.

Barack Obama's health-care plan has cleared a major hurdle. The US Senate Finance Committee has voted to approve legislation that would overhaul the America's health-care system.

A suicide bombing in Iraq has killed at least 8 people and wounded several others in a town northeast of Baghdad. The bomber detonated an explosive vest at a tea shop near market. Among the dead, was the leader of the local pro-government, Sunni militia.

And Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has admitted the country's August election was probably tainted by some fraud. But he says overall the poll was good and fair.

And there'll be more news later.

detention [di'ten??n] centre  

a place where people who have entered a country without the necessary documents can be kept for short periods of time                       

asylum-seeker [?'sail?m] 

someone who leaves their own country for their safety, often for political reasons or because of war, and who travels to another country hoping that the government will protect them and allow them to live there