VIC: Leading stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-21-1998
VIC: Leading stories in today s Melbourne newspapers = 2

THE AGE:

P1: The US is facing the trauma of a long senate trial of President Bill Clinton; the
threat of further bombings hung over Iraq last night as the US and Britain declared an end to
bombing campaign.

P2: As they plunge into the uncharted waters of a presidential impeachment trial, US
senators are uncertain about what lies ahead.

P3: Clinton sends a resounding message to the American people - he will never give in, he
will never step down.

P7: Homicide detectives are hunting for the killer of a teacher's aide who died yesterday
after being stabbed last week by a youth.

WORLD: UN special envoy on East Timor has signalled the troubled former Portuguese
territory is close to getting wide-ranging autonomy (Jakarta); fate of the Israeli government
is expected to be decided tomorrow (Jerusalem); Indon government to allow Suharto to take a
leading role in attempts to end civil unrest (Jakarta).

FINANCE: Japan to join forces with European community in a bid to halt the drive by the US,
Australia and Canada to liberalise world agricultural markets; ANZ Bank is being sued by a
group of former senior stockbroking employees; the government is expected to announce this
week the broking team for the second sale of Telstra shares.

SPORT: Hobart rain prevented Darren Lehmann from creating a last impression on national
selector Allan Border; another failure by Test batsman Ricky Ponting failed to stop his
Tasmanian side decimating Queensland on the second day of the Sheffield Shield cricket match
at the Gabba yesterday.

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