The ABC programme said Mossad discovered that Mr Zygier had had contact with the Asio agents during one of his stays in Australia.

BBC: Australian newspaper reporting case of Ben Zygier

As part of its ABC programme, for example, ABB, a Swiss-Swedish power company, divided its purchasing activity into things like negotiating with suppliers, updating the database, issuing purchase orders and handling com-plaints.

ECONOMIST: Idea

The African Book Collective (ABC) proposes to UNESCO twenty african works from the lists of publishers participating in the ABC programme, as books suitable for translation and potential new titles for inclusion in its Collection of Representative Works.

UNESCO: Languages and Multilingualism

On the popular ABC debate programme QandA, a panellist observed that Julia Gillard wore unflattering jackets and had a "fat arse".

BBC: Australia: Year of the women

According to ABC's Foreign Correspondent programme, Ben Zygier was found hanged in a cell in late 2010, months after he was imprisoned, and his body flown to Melbourne for burial the following week.

BBC: Israel's mystery Prisoner X 'was Australian Ben Zygier'

The report on ABC's Foreign Correspondent programme, which named Mr Zygier, has been the subject of intense media debate in Israel, after Israel issued a gagging order preventing publication of details of the story.

BBC: Australian newspaper reporting case of Ben Zygier