VIC: Main Stories in today's Melbourne newspapers = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-22-2003
VIC: Main Stories in today's Melbourne newspapers = 2

THE AGE

Page 1 - The Royal Children's Hospital has "shortfalls" in quality of care, but not
enough to trigger a widespread examination of hospital practices, a government-commissioned
inquiry has found; Drug company Wyeth is funding a campaign by independent health group
to introduce universal immunisation against pneumococcal disease; London's Traveller's
Club the venue for final talks over Libyan settlement.

Page 2 - About 500 protesters took over Australia's busiest interstate highway at Violet
Town yesterday to voice opposition to a nearby site being shortlisted as a toxic waste
dump; A service station attendant obeyed the demands of armed robbers only to be stabbed
repeatedly in the back and left to die.

Page 3 - State and federal regulators are poised to move against financiers who prop
up the promoters of get-rich-quick schemes; Study finds silver cars are half as likely
as white cars to be involved in a crash causing serious injury; Monash Medical Centre
makes legal application to withdraw kidney treatment from 78-year-old woman, which would
lead to her death in a few weeks.

World - Libya's promise to surrender its weapons forced by Britain's and the United
States' discovery of illegal weapons program; Claims US troops captured Saddam Hussein
challenged by reports Kurdish forces had taken him prisoner; Israeli troops raided the
West Bank city of Nablus yesterday, arresting a Hamas leader.

Finance - Italian dairy group Parmalat Finanziaria, which owns one of Australia's biggest
milk producers, is on the brink of collapse; Australia's $8 billion coking coal export
industry wins 20 per cent price increases from Japanese; News Corp has been given regulatory
approval to take a controlling interest in the DirecTV satellite service in the United
States.

Sport - Danny Green's devastating right hand yesterday carried him to the World Boxing
Council interim super-middleweight title and prompted trainer Jeff Fenech to challenge
Anthony Mundine and the rest of the division; Peter Lonard wins Australian Open with a
superb back nine of 33; Michael Clarke's century against India ensures he is at the forefront
of the Australian selectors' minds for Steve Waugh's soon-to-be-vacated Test spot.

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