AAP General News (Australia)
04-25-2011
VIC:Main stories on Nine's 1800 news
MELBOURNE, April 25 AAP - The main stories on Nine's 1800 news:
- 35,000 people have turned out for the Anzac Day dawn service in Melbourne's CBD.
- New RSL rules this year meant WWII veterans had to take part in the parade in vehicles.
- 6000 people have endured a frosty night at the dawn service in Gallipoli.
- In an unprecedented move, Prime Minister Julia Gillard spent Anzac Day in South Korea
recognising the sacrifices made by our diggers in a war she says has been forgotten.
- Australians have remembered the sacrifices made by Australian diggers at the battle
of Long Tan in 1966.
- In Thailand, Governor-General Quentin Bryce has led a service at Hellfire Pass, where
thousands of diggers built the Thai Burma Railway.
- Just under 90,000 people turned out at the MCG to see Collingwood take on Essendon.
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KEYWORD: MONITOR 1800 NEWS
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