Main stories in 0200 2GB news

AAP General News (Australia)
08-07-2011
Main stories in 0200 2GB news

SYDNEY, Aug 7 AAP - The main stories in 0200 2GB news:

- A 19-year-old man has severe head injuries after being hit by a train in Sydney's south.

- Detectives working on the Mosman bomb hoax say nothing is being discounted after
revelations that a book mentioned in the extortion note was on a recommended reading list
for students at a Sydney private school.

- Thirty-one US soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan
with the Taliban claiming responsibility.

- The US credit rating has been downgraded for first time in history in a move that
could send shockwaves through the markets.

- Police are urging anyone with information on a shooting in Rockdale to come forward.

- The immigration department denies a group of asylum seekers on Christmas Island have
begun a hunger strike after being told they will be sent to Malaysia.

- Sport.

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