澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-10-27（在线收听）

Nine Australians missing after a tsunami off Indonesia's west coast have been found alive. At least 108 people have been killed and more than 500 are still missing after that earthquake triggered a tsunami, which hit Sumatra's remote Mentawai Islands. The Australians were on a surfing charter boat and headed to deeper waters where they felt the earthquake.

Peter Costello has launched the second blistering attack on John Howard. In a piece written for Fairfax newspapers, Mr Costello accuses the former prime minister of failing the country and the Liberal Party by refusing to step down. The two men have traded blows about the publication of Mr Howard's new book Lazarus Rising.

Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano has erupted in central Java, killing 13 people. Rescuers say 12 people died from burns associated with that eruption. Earlier a three-month-old baby died after inhaling ash. Up to 20,000 residents living near the volcano have been ordered to evacuate the area.

One of Saddam Hussein's most senior officials Tariq Aziz has been sentenced to death. Iraqi supreme criminal court found the former deputy prime minister guilty of the persecution of Islamic parties. The charges relate to a crackdown on Iraq’s Shia majority after a 1991 uprising against Saddam Hussein.

And Paul the octopus, who shot to fame by correctly predicting the outcome of this year's World Cup, has died. Officials at a German aquarium discovered the octopus dead in his tank, and they believe he died of natural causes.