澳洲新闻 ABC新闻快递 2012-12-31(在线收听

 US politicians are still struggling to forge a last-minute deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. They need to find agreements on government spending before the new year or a series of tax hikes and budget cuts will come into effect. There are concerns failure to compromise could spell disaster for the US economy. 

 
 
 
A funeral's been held for the 23-year-old victim of a brutal gang rape. The woman was attacked on a bus two weeks ago. Six men are now facing the death penalty for her murder. 
 
 
 
Opposition activists in Syria say the Assad regime has massacred more than 200 people in the city of Homs. The claims have not been independently verified, but women and children are reportedly among the dead. Syrian government forces have retaken the city after several days of fierce fighting.
 
 
 
Convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson has been found dead in his Sydney home. Police were called to the 64-year-old's flat in Surry Hills after a call from New South Wales ambulance service yesterday afternoon. A spokesman says initial reports suggest there are no suspicious circumstances. Ferguson was given 14 years' jail for sexually assaulting three children in Brisbane motel in the 1980s.
 
 
 
The police have found the body of a woman who went missing from a boat moored on Sydney Habour. The 49-year-old was on the boat with her family for cruise in the city's east. Her husband woke up at two o'clock this morning and discovered she was missing. The boat has been towed to Balmain for examination.
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