HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, April 25ANZAC DAY:
SYDNEY - The Anzac baton passed from the Gallipoli generation today to a nation stillat war, as it has been for a quarter of the past century. (ANZAC NIGHTLEAD, see also Anzacsidebars)
SYDNEY - The 104-year-old Digger who headed Sydney's Anzac Day parade is a world championat keeping secrets. (Anzac Caux)
GALLIPOLI, Turkey - The Anzac spirit of dogged determination lived on in the travellerswho came to Gallipoli for the annual dawn service today. (ANZAC GALLIPOLI to come)
CANBERRA - With light about to break, the young men half a world away from home weregripped by nerves and fear and exhilaration as their boats beached at Gallipoli. (AnzacCostello Nightlead)
PERTH - A terrorist attack on the Anzac service in Gallipoli was always going to beimpossible, the Mayor of Gallipoli said today. (Anzac WA Bingol)
PORT MORESBY - As the tropical dawn broke over the graves of 3,779 allied servicemenat Bomana War Cemetery, hundreds of Australians and Papua New Guineans today joined inpaying tribute to the fallen of World War II. (Anzac PNG)
SYDNEY - Hundreds of sailors would assemble on the flight deck of HMAS Kanimbla inthe Persian Gulf for a poignant Anzac Day memorial service, Australia's defence chiefsaid today. (Anzac Cosgrove)
CANBERRA - The task of ridding Australia from the threat of terrorism was far fromover, Defence Minister Robert Hill said in his Anzac Day address to troops serving inthe Gulf. (Anzac Hill)
SYDNEY - Standing in the pre-dawn darkness in Sydney, James Hargreaves remembered achildhood spent in the once tranquil capital of Iraq as the son of a British general.
(Anzac NSW Baghdad)
ANZAC GULF NIGHTLEAD to come
CANBERRA - Prime Minister John Howard said today the Australian men and women who servedin the war on Iraq were part of a long tradition of Australian military service whichwas reflected in the spirit of Anzac Day. (Anzac ACT Second Lead, NIGHTLEAD to come)
SYDNEY - Thousands of people have lined the streets of Sydney's CBD to cheer on warveterans and their families as they take part in the annual Anzac Day march. (Anzac NSWMarch, ANZAC NSW NIGHTLEAD to come)
MELBOURNE - Victorian RSL President Major-General David McLachlan said today's Anzacdawn service had drawn bigger crowds than anyone could remember. (Anzac Vic Third Daylead,NIGHTLEAD to come)
BRISBANE - Rain failed to dampen the spirits of the thousands who turned out for Brisbane'sAnzac Day parade today. (Anzac Qld March, see also Anzac Qld Flag, ANZAC QLD NIGHTLEADto come)
ADELAIDE - Thousands clapped and cheered South Australia's war veterans in the annualAnzac Day march through Adelaide today. (Anzac SA Lead, NIGHTLEAD to come)
PERTH - Huge crowds have turned out to Anzac dawn services in Western Australia, withthe service at Albany in the state's south hosting the Mayor of Gallipoli, Cihat Bingol.
(Anzac WA, NIGHTLEAD to come)
DARWIN - A group of patrolmen who kept watch for invading forces in Australia's remotenorth during World War II marched in Darwin's annual Anzac Day parade today. (Anzac NT)
Also to come: ANZAC TWO-UP, ANZAC NSW REGIONALS, ANZAC NSW WRENS, ANZAC NSW MEMORIAL
TOWNSVILLE - There was a touch of Hollywood at Thursday Island's Anzac celebrationstoday when newlyweds Russell Crowe and Danielle Spencer attended the dawn service. (AnzacCrowe)
BRISBANE - The contribution of the Australian bush to the Anzac legend should neverbe forgotten, former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer said today. (Anzac Fischer)
SYDNEY - After trading Christmas cards for 55 years, two World War II veterans reunitedat Sydney's Anzac Day dawn service today, intent on sharing stories over a few beers.
(Anzac NSW Cards)
MELBOURNE - Victorian Premier Steve Bracks today said he would consider marching infuture Anzac Day parades in memory of his father, who served in World War II. (Anzac Bracks)
ALSO SEE THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUNDERS AND ANALYSES MOVED TODAY:
CANBERRA - The explosive leadership tensions within the ALP have left Labor MPs withtwo difficult questions to answer. (Newscope Federal)
BRISBANE - What's in a name? (Newscope Qld)
LONDON - With his designer suits, glamorous second wife and outspoken support for SaddamHussein, British Labour backbencher George Galloway has never shied away from the spotlight.
(Iraq Galloway Newsfeature)
SYDNEY - On the surface, Monique and her housemates are like many others, dealing withthe usual squabbles over chores and the weekly shopping budget. (Jails NSW Newsfeature)
SYDNEY - Armed with a handful of underworld contacts, a fondness for a joint or two,and a quest to find the country's best hamburger, John Birmingham threw himself at hispublisher's challenge. (Books Birmingham Feature)
PORT OF SPAIN - Australia's victory in the second Test in Trinidad may be a good omenbefore the 2007 World Cup. (Cricket Aust Diary)
MELBOURNE - It's all to do with the cycles of the moon and the timing of a monumentalBritish military blunder. (Holiday)
MELBOURNE - They are integral parts of the world's finest system of justice, a gleamingexample of political and legal transparency. (Commissions Newsfeature)
SYDNEY - Tooth decay, goitre, rickets - are modern "risk-phobias" breathing new lifeinto what have been considered past health problems? (Risk phobias Analysis)
ADELAIDE - Few believe Adelaide and Port Adelaide players when they insist there isno bad blood between them. (AFL Showdown Backgrounder)
See also Quotes, Milestones and Oddities of the week, Check-Up Column
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