AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, Feb 13Breakfast Round-Up: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AAP RTV FILE AT 0430
US Oscars Aust (LOS ANGELES)
Australia will be a force at this year's Oscars after NICOLE KIDMAN, RUSSELL CROWEand Moulin Rouge all picked up nominations this morning.
Although Moulin Rouge's BAZ LUHRMANN was snubbed in the director category, he stillhas a chance to pick up a gold statuette after Moulin Rouge was nominated for an Oscarin the Best Picture category.
Moulin Rouge ended up with eight nominations which was equal second with CROWE'S ABeautiful Mind.
The dominant movie was The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings, which pickedup 13 nominations -- one less than the all-time record held by Titanic.
While LUHRMANN admitted being disappointed about failing to be recognised in the directorcategory, he was over the moon that his wife, CATHERINE MARTIN, was nominated in two categoriesfor her work on Moulin Rouge.
MARTIN and ANGUS STRATHIE were nominated for costume design and Martin and BrigitteBroch were recognised for art direction.
Moulin Rouge's other nominations were for cinematography, make-up, editing and sound.
Apart from LUHRMANN'S snub in the director section, other notable Aussie omissionswere actress NAOMI WATTS for Mulholland Drive and GUY PEARCE for Memento.
Australian film Lantana also missed out on nominations despite a strong push by USdistributor Lion's Gate Films and rave reviews by the US critics.
KIDMAN'S Oscar nomination is her first.
CROWE'S best actor nomination is his third consecutive after last year's Gladiatorand 2000's The Insider.
The best-picture nominees are A Beautiful Mind, Gosford Park, In the Bedroom, and MoulinRouge and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
For Best Actor, CROWE is up against SEAN PENN in I Am Sam, WILL SMITH for Ali, DENZELWASHINGTON for Training Day and TOM WILKINSON for In the Bedroom.
In the Best Actress category, KIDMAN will compete with HALLE BERRY for Monster's Ball,JUDI DENCH in Iris, SISSY SPACEK in In the Bedroom and RENEE ZELLWEGER for Bridget Jones'sDiary.
The best director nominees are ROBERT ALTMAN for Gosford Park; RON HOWARD A BeautifulMind; PETER JACKSON Lord of the Rings; DAVID LYNCH, Mulholland Drive; and RIDLEY SCOTTfor Black Hawk Down.
ABC will broadcast the 74th Annual Academy Awards on March 24 live from the show'snew Hollywood home at the Kodak Theatre.
And WHOOPI GOLDBERG returns as host, her first time as master of ceremonies since 1998.
Spy (CANBERRA)
The government faces a Senate inquiry into claims the nation's defence electronic eavesdroppersspied on phone conversations during the Tampa crisis.
The Greens and Australian Democrats are set to demand an inquiry into government claimsthat refugees threw children into the ocean be expanded to include the new allegations.
Already Australia's intelligence agency watchdog is to investigate claims made in NewsLimited newspapers that information gathered by the Defence Signals Directorate was providedto the government.
The report says the information was used to prepare a political response to the Tampa crisis.
The conversations allegedly gathered by the DSD included those between the Tampa'scaptain, the International Transportation Federation and the Maritime Union of Australia.
Parly (CANBERRA)
The government faces its first question time in the new parliament today with asylumseekers set to dominate the agenda.
After the pomp and ceremony of the official opening of parliament, Prime Minister JOHNHOWARD faces off against new opposition leader SIMON CREAN for the first time.
Mr CREAN has already signalled he'll target questions over the government's handlingof the asylum seeker issue, including claims made during the election that some threwtheir children into the ocean.
New claims that Australia's electronic eavesdropper collected phonecalls between theTampa and local trade unions for use by the government are also set to be tested.
Woomera Robinson (GENEVA)
UN Human Rights Commissioner MARY ROBINSON has welcomed Australia's decision to letan envoy inspect the Woomera detention centre -- but says the visit should occur earlierthan Canberra suggested.
Australia has agreed to allow ROBINSON'S special envoy, Justice PN BHAGWATI, to seethe detention centre for asylum-seekers during a planned trip by a UN working group forarbitrary detention, between May and August.
But ROBINSON says that given international concerns over the camp, which houses mainlyAfghan asylum seekers, the visit should take place before the working group arrives.
US Journalist Alive (KARACHI)
Karachi police say kidnapped US journalist DANIEL PEARL is alive -- and in Karachi.
Chief TARIQ JAMIL made the announcement after investigators interrogated chief suspectSHEIKH OMAR.
He says British-born OMAR told police that PEARL was alive during initial interrogationafter his arrest earlier today in the eastern city of Lahore.
Police in Lahore earlier said they had arrested OMAR, a 29-year-old Pakistan-basedIslamic extremist from East London, and were handing him over to police in Karachi.
Wall Street Journal reporter PEARL, aged 38, went missing in Karachi on January 23while researching a story on Islamic militancy in Pakistan.
Iran Crash (TEHRAN)
All 117 people have been killed aboard an Iranian Tupolev 154 airliner that crashedtoday in mountains near Khorramabad in south-west Iran.
Tehran airport sources say they comprised 104 passengers and 13 crew.
Rescue teams are at the scene, but the mountain is covered in snow and officials sayrecovery efforts will be very difficult.
An official says the Iran Air Tours plane, on a 420 kilometre internal flight fromTehran, came down near Sarab-Doreh, south-west of Khorramabad, its destination.
He says the plane exploded on impact.
US Iraq Powell (WASHINGTON)
US Secretary of State COLIN POWELL says the United States has no plans to go to warwith any nation.
POWELL told a Senate budget committee hearing President GEORGE W BUSH has no planson his desk right now to begin a war with any nation.
With respect to Bush's controversial comments about an axis of evil, involving Iraq,Iran, and North Korea -- POWELL says the administration favoured diplomacy over mightin pursuing its goals with the regimes in these countries.
He say that with respect to Iran and North Korea, there are no plans to start a war with them.
But he made a distinction between these two members of the triumvirate and Iraq, whichhe described as causing a higher level of concern.
He told US lawmakers the America is examining options with respect to regime changein that country.
AND IN BRIEF:
Gas (ADELAIDE)
Gas company Santos says gas supplies to major South Australian industries should returnto normal by midday today.
The company imposed restrictions on major industries yesterday following a shutdownat its Moomba gas plant in the state's north after corrosion was found on a section ofpipeline.
Capsize (MELBOURNE)
The search for two missing men resumes today in seas off south-eastern Victoria, followinga boating accident that killed a woman in her 60s.
Four holidaymakers were tossed into rough seas near the flooded mouth of Tamboon Inleton Monday night when their boat overturned and was sucked out to sea.
One of the men made it to shore and raised the alarm.
Paedophile (PERTH)
The West Australian Chief Justice has directed the state's Supreme Court to list acontentious appeal over the sentence of a paedophile as a matter of urgency.
The mother of a victim of the convicted paedophile has been camping outside governmentoffices in Perth to expedite an appeal against the two-year suspended sentence and 18-monthintensive supervision order.
AND IN SPORT:
CUP WA (PERTH)
It's a crucial one-day cricket match today between New South Wales and Western Australiain Perth.
A win for the Blues will put them into the final on February 24 while the Warriorscan get there with a bonus point providing Queensland defeats South Australia on Sunday.
SHIELD SA (ADELAIDE)
Zimbabwean-born SCOTT BRANT has been called out of a university class to to play forQueensland in the first-class cricket match beginning against South Australia in Adelaidetoday.
BRANT, an Australia Under-19 squad member, replaces injured allrounder JAMES HOPES.
OLY AUST (SALT LAKE CITY)
Opening ceremony flag bearer ADRIAN COSTA and former Canadian TRENNON PAYNTER willrepresent Australia in the men's moguls at the Winter Olympics today.
JENNY OWENS and ALICE JONES will race in the women's downhill -- weather permitting-- and figure skater ANTHONY LIU will contest the short program.
AFL CATS (GEELONG, Vic)
Geelong's BEN GRAHAM has been named Cats captain for 2002, his third AFL season at the helm.
AFL BULLDOGS (MELBOURNE)
DOUG HAWKINS has buried the hatchet with the Western Bulldogs, agreeing to become askills coach and membership promoter for the AFL club.
HAWKINS, the Bulldogs games record holder with 329 between 1978 and 1994, was upsetwith the club after being cut, forcing him to play out his career at Fitzroy.
RUGBY NSW (SYDNEY)
New South Wales hooker BRENDAN CANNON will serve as captain MATTHEW BURKE'S deputyin the final trial before the Waratahs kick-off their Super 12 rugby campaign next week.
CANNON will lead the most experienced pack the Waratahs have fielded during this year'spre-season when they take on Canterbury in Blenheim on Thursday evening.
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