VIC: Main Stories in today's Melbourne newspapers

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VIC: Main Stories in today's Melbourne newspapers

THE AGE

Page 1: Mayne Group was stripped of more than a quarter of its sharemarket price yesterdayafter it emerged that doctor's angry with its focus on profit were referring patientselsewhere. Australia's last surviving Anzac provides a tenuous link with the past andconflict that has defined the national character. The owner of the former family homeof renowned architect Robin Boyd has been ordered to replace part of the Camberwell house,demolished three years ago.

Page 2: An injured Rwandan mother will be evacuated to Australia in the next few daysafter her two sons were brutally slain while they waited in Kenya to be resettled hereas refugees. Anger as developer snaps up best grave plots at the Melbourne Cemetery'sfirst sale since 1978. The federal government brought Telstra to heel yesterday stampingout the carrier's competitive advantages in a move that prepares it for full privatisation.

The pain's a "bitch" and he'd rather be fishing, but art critic Robert Hughes will facetrial.

Page 3: Petrol companies yesterday denied they had engaged in price fixing in theaftermath of Australia's biggest ACCC corporate raid. Hype and controversy lure film buffsto the opening of the new French film Baise-Moi.

World: A high level Israeli delegation is due to arrive in New York today to push forthe United Nations to investigate Palestinian terrorism as well as the conduct of theIsraeli army. Irish nationalist leader Gerry Adams criticised for not appearing beforea US hearing on the IRA's alleged links with Marxist guerrillas in Columbia

Finance: Angry investors amputated $1.17 billion of market value of Mayne Group yesterdayafter it shocked the market with a profit downgrade. Newly listed Nova Health privatehealth hospital group is quite open to alter its patient mix in a bid to raise its revenues

Sport: The bosses of Melbourne's two leading football stadiums yesterday linked theAFL's massive local exposure under the new TV deal to Victoria's relatively disappointingattendances this season. Anna Kournikova's sponsors finally discover that beauty is andwill only ever be skin deep.

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