Vic: Main Stories in today's Melbourne newspapers = 2 Melb
THE AGE
Page 1: Federal government urged by its own advisory group to allow family groups tolive outside the Woomera Detention Centre on a trial basis; The Victorian government appearsset to locate the Commonwealth Games village at the controversial Parkville site; Federalgovernment concerned about the implications of spam email on children.
Page 2: Passenger levels on Melbourne's private transport system not lifting despitecompanies investing $1.6 billion; The Logies and their gold statues are homeless; Today'sstrike by up to 6,000 Qantas workers will disrupt the plans of domestic travellers; Peopleas little as two kilograms overweight are at greater risk of heart failure, US researchshows.
Page 3: More towns and city suburbs will be left without obstetricians thanks to themedical indemnity crisis; Most Australian university students plagiarise, study shows;Education Minister Brendan Nelson ruled out move to teaching-only universities but placedincreased government funding back on agenda; Fourth man charged over death of James Huynh,who was hacked to death with a machete last month; Passive smoking increases a cat's riskof getting feline lymphoma.
World: Israeli forces searched for a would-be suicide bomber in the centre of the countryyesterday as Palestinians celebrated the bombing; A British Army major, his wife and acollege lecturer charged with deception after winning the prize pool in the UK's Who Wantsto be a Millionaire; US Senate committee told Saddam Hussein should not be surprised ifthe US invaded Iraq.
Finance: Telstra has reaped $570 million from the sale of its national headquartersin Melbourne and six other properties; APN News and Media is to get its fourth chief executivein two years following the shock resignation of John Sanders; Retail investors are pushingthe share price of blue-chip stocks down as they quit companies with protracted internalproblems; US Commerce Department figures show the US economy shrank for the first threequarters of last year; Mayne Group approached by several potential buyers of its logisticsbusiness;
Sport: Cathy Freeman smells the flowers after winning gold in the 400m relay; WayneCarey returned to the Kangaroos' home ground to say goodbye to his former home and teammates;For someone who doesn't consider herself a sprinter, Petria Thomas can butterfly through50m in excellent time.
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