UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                     ______

                                    FORM 10-K

                        FOR ANNUAL AND TRANSITION REPORTS
                     PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


     (Mark One)

        /X/ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
            EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

     For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006

                                       or

        / / TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURI-
            TIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

     For the transition period from ________ to ________

                     Commission File Number:    001-31348


                             Lehman ABS Corporation,
                                  on behalf of:
                      Corporate Backed Trust Certificates,
                News America Debenture-Backed Series 2002-9 Trust
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                   Delaware                                 13-3447441
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       (State or other jurisdiction of                  (I.R.S. Employer
        incorporation or organization)                  Identification No.)

     745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York                   10019
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    (Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)

     Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 526-7000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Class                                    Name of Registered Exchange
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Corporate Backed Trust Certificates,            New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE")
  News America Debenture-Backed Series 2002-9


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:   None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as
defined in Rule 405 of the Securities

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Act.
Yes  / /       No /X/

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
Yes  / /       No /X/

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes  /X/       No / /

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K (ss. 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and
will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive
proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this
Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  /X/

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of "accelerated
filer and large accelerated filer" in Rule 12b-2 of the Act.
Large Accelerated Filer / /  Accelerated Filer / /  Non-Accelerated Filer /X/

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in
Rule 12b-2 of the Act).
Yes  / /       No /X/

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held
by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity
was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of
the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal
quarter:

     The registrant has no voting stock or class of common stock that is held by
non-affiliates.


                       DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The distribution reports to security holders filed on Form 8-K during the fiscal
year in lieu of reports on Form 10-Q which includes the reports filed on Form
8-K listed in Item 15(b) hereto.


                                Introductory Note

Lehman ABS Corporation (the "Depositor") is the Depositor in respect of the
Corporate Backed Trust Certificates, News America Debenture-Backed Series 2002-9
Trust (the "Trust"), a common law trust formed pursuant to the Standard Terms
for Trust Agreements, dated as of January 16, 2001, between the Depositor and
U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), as
supplemented by a Series Supplement (the "Series Supplement") dated as of June
3, 2002 in respect of the Trust. The Trust's assets consist solely of senior
debentures issued by News America Incorporated. The Certificates do not
represent obligations of or interests in the Depositor or the Trustee.

News Corporation, the underlying securities guarantor, is subject to the
information reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"). For information on the underlying securities
guarantor, please see its periodic and current reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under News Corporation's Exchange Act
file number, 001-32352. The Commission maintains a site on the World Wide Web at
"http://www.sec.gov" at which users can view and download copies of reports,
proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers filed
electronically through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval
system, or "EDGAR." Periodic and current reports and other information required
to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act by the underlying securities guarantor
may be accessed on this site. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee has
participated in the preparation of such reporting documents, or made



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any due diligence investigation with respect to the information provided
therein. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee has verified the accuracy or
completeness of such documents or reports. There can be no assurance that events
affecting the underlying securities issuer, the underlying securities guarantor
or the underlying securities have not occurred or have not yet been publicly
disclosed which would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly
available documents described above.

                                     PART I


Item 1. Business.
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         Not Applicable

Item 1A. Risk Factors.
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         Not Applicable

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
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         Not Applicable

Item 2.  Properties.
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         Not Applicable

Item 3.  Legal Proceedings.
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         None

Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
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         None

                                     PART II

Item 5.  Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and
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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
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     The publicly offered Certificates representing investors' interest in the
Trust are represented by one or more physical Certificates registered in the
name of "Cede & Co.", the nominee of The Depository Trust Company. Those
publicly offered Certificates are listed on the NYSE.

Item 6.  Selected Financial Data.
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         Not Applicable

Item 7.   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
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Results of Operation.
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         Not Applicable

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
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         Not Applicable

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
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         Not Applicable

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and
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Financial Disclosure.
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         None

Item 9A.  Controls and Procedures.
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         Not Applicable

Item 9B.  Other Information.
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         None

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                                    PART III

Item 10.  Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
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          Not Applicable

Item 11.  Executive Compensation.
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          Not Applicable

Item 12.  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and
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Related Stock Matters.
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         Not Applicable

Item 13.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director
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Independence.
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         None

Item 14.  Principal Accounting Fees and Services.
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         Not Applicable

                                     PART IV

Item 15.  Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
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          (a)  The following documents have been filed as part of this report.

               1.   Trustee's Distribution Statements documented on Form 8-K
                    regarding the distributions from the Trust to the
                    certificateholders for the period from January 1, 2006
                    through and including December 31, 2006 have been filed with
                    the Securities and Exchange Commission and are hereby
                    incorporated by reference. Filing dates are listed below:

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                Trust Description                  Distribution Date  Filed on
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Corporate Backed Trust Certificates,                   06/01/2006     06/12/2006
News America Debenture-Backed Series 2002-9 Trust      12/01/2006     12/13/2006
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               2.   None.

               3.   Exhibits:

                    31.1 - Certification by Senior Vice President of the
                    Registrant pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 7241, as adopted
                    pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

                    31.2 - Annual Compliance Report by Trustee pursuant to 15
                    U.S.C. Section 7241, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of
                    the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

     (b)  See Item 15(a) above.

     (c)  Not Applicable.

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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                        Lehman ABS Corporation, as Depositor
                                        for the Trust (the "Registrant")


Dated:  March 21, 2007                  By:      /s/ CHARLES M. WEAVER
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                                        Name:   Charles M. Weaver
                                        Title:  Senior Vice President

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

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  Reference                                                            Exhibit
 Number per                     Description of Exhibits                 Number
 Item 601 of                                                           in this
Regulation SK                                                         Form 10-K
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              Certification by Senior Vice President of the
    (31.1)    Registrant pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 7241, as          31.1
              adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-
              Oxley Act of 2002.
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              Annual Compliance Report by Trustee pursuant to 15
    (31.2)    U.S.C. Section 7241, as adopted pursuant to Section        31.2
              302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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