Fed: Top stories in today's Canberra Times
CANBERRA, Aug 1 AAP - Top stories in today's Canberra Times:
Page 1: The federal government has revealed it is close to finalising deals to putsky marshals on international flights; Australians could pay more for their food, whilecities would cut their use of water by a quarter under plans revealed to save the nation'srivers.
Page 2: Former high-flyer Jim Foo was in Sydney's Villawood detention centre like anyother illegal immigrant but the fugitive businessman appears set to escape prosecutionsin Australia or abroad; John Howard was greeted by 40 vocal protesters as he arrived tospeak at the Safeguarding Australia homeland security conference in Canberra.
Page 3: ACT teachers are set on a path to industrial action with their new pay offerdelayed until only three days before next week's deadline; Health Minister Kay Pattersonpredicted the states would back down in the dispute over the next round of funding forAustralia's public hospitals.
World: Iraq's governing council named its first president as a group of Iraqi refugeeswho languished 12 years in a Saudi camp returned home; Family and friends of comedianBob Hope bade him a final farewell at an intimate dawn burial that came less than threedays after his death at the age of 100.
Finance: Boy wizard Harry Potter and early mid-year sales at department stores helpedretail sales conjure up their strongest result in more than six months.
Sport: The Canberra Raiders continue to be regarded as battlers on top of the NationalRugby League ladder.
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