WA: Main stories in Perth's daily newspaper

AAP General News (Australia)
02-11-2009
WA: Main stories in Perth's daily newspaper

PERTH, Feb 11 AAP - Main stories in today's The West Australian newspaper:

Page 1: Victoria burns: he was a boy of about 10 with the bluest of blue eyes. They
are eyes that Mark, a firefighter, will never forget.

Page 3: WA's most controversial police officer, David Caporn, has ended his 32-year
career to begin a $130,000 a year job as a senior executive with the State Government's
Fire and Emergency Services Authority.

Page 5: Victoria burns: Sherrill Carta's story is a good news story amid the tragedy.

World: Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerillas allegedly shot dead 17 civilians and wounded
69 others fleeing rebel territory yesterday as the Red Cross worked to pull off a daring
beach evacuation of 400 sick and wounded civilians stranded for nearly a week in a community
centres in the war zone.

Business: One of WA's biggest new mining developments, the Mt Weld rare earths project,
has been thrown into doubt by a dispute with bondholders which has forced Lynas Corporation
to halve construction work after spending more than $200 million.

Sport: Brothers David and Michael Hussey batted nervelessly together at Adelaide Oval
last night to take Australia to a six-wicket victory over New Zealand, levelling the Chappell-Hadlee
series at 2-2 with one match to play.

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