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PUMP POLITICS
Cheaper petrol flowing
 UPDATE Melbourne motorists have so far benefitted most from the government's fuel excise cut, with the price of petrol dropping two cents a litre at the pump today compared with a national average of 1.7 cents. FULL REPORT |
CHILD CENTRE SHUT
Geelong babies battle meningococcal
| UPDATE Two Geelong infants are in intensive care fighting the potentially fatal meningococcal and 180 other children from a childcare centre they attended are being treated with antibiotics. FULL REPORT |
GRAND PRIX
VicRoads warns on weekend traffic
| UPDATE VicRoads has urged motorists to avoid
Albert Park during this weekend's
Grand Prix as road closures and strict parking
restrictions will be in
place to deal with the
expected crowds. FULL REPORT |
FAREWELLING THE DON
Prince Charles salutes Bradman
 UPDATE Prince Charles has joined in the tributes to Sir Donald Bradman, saying he summed up what was "truly great" about Australia. FULL REPORT |
LEADERSHIP SHOWDOWN
Ridgeway to stand as Democrats deputy
| UPDATE Democrats Senator Aden Ridgeway is to stand for the party's deputy leadership, potentially making him the first Aborigine to hold a senior position in an Australian political party. FULL REPORT |
ASBESTOS IN WASHING
Asbestos payout for wife
| UPDATE A woman who contracted cancer after washing her
husband's asbestos-contaminated clothing was today awarded more than $374,000 in
compensation. FULL REPORT |
HINGIS STALKING CASE
Tennis stars called in stalking trial
| UPDATE The world's top women tennis players will
be subpoenaed to testify in the Miami trial of an Australian man charged with stalking
Martina Hingis. FULL REPORT |
DEEP SPACE
Eros signs off
| UPDATE The NEAR Shoemaker space probe has ended its historic mission to study the asteroid Eros, sending back its final batch of data to NASA from the asteroid's surface. FULL REPORT |
SEATTLE QUAKE
Aftershock rocks US northwest
| UPDATE The US Pacific Northwest was jolted by a new temor early today
on the heels of the most powerful earthquake there in half a century that left
one person dead and some 250 injured. FULL REPORT |
COUP FALLOUT
New Fiji fears as court finds government illegal
| Fiji's highest court has declared the military-backed interim government illegal, raising fears of a return to racial violence that followed last year's coup. FULL REPORT |
Other top stories ...
Transurban sues over public road 'loss'
Murdoch given a grilling as Gore turns reporter
Poker machines to be culled by 400 in problem gambling areas
MPs tap into a phone glitch
Report faults Woomera staff
| ENTERTAINMENT | | |
BREAKING UP HARD TO DO
Courtney looks to get out of a hole
 Singer Courtney Love of the band Hole and widow of rock star Kurt Cobain is trying to break her contract with Vivendi Universal. FULL REPORT |
RAPPER TRIAL
'I thought I was target': Puffy
| Rapper Sean "Puffy"
Combs, taking the witness stand today at his gun possession trial, said he
thought he was the intended victim when shooting broke out at a Times Square
nightclub. FULL REPORT |
Other entertainment stories ...
Memories of a new country's unfashionable birth
Review - Quills
Kylie tour put on ice
West Wing episode hits hot buttons
Local art dealers may get refunds
| BUSINESS | | |
AFTERNOON STOCKMARKET UPDATE
News Corp pulls market lower
| The Australian stock market was
pushed mildly lower by this afternoon, with market heavyweight News Corp doing most
of the damage. FULL REPORT |
COMPANY NEWS
PacDun plan in doubt
| Pacific Dunlop's plans to spin off its successful Ansell health-care unit have been thrown into disarray, with United States vulture fund Shamrock Holdings announcing it will attempt to block the deal. FULL REPORT |
Other business stories ...
Excise cut is surplus risk
Post's archives go online
Computershare buys registrar
IPMG looking to a backdoor listing
Motorola split will cost $40m - ERG
Cheers, as Hardy has a boomer
| SPORT | | |
GRAND PRIX
Hunter and hunted ready to do battle
 The phoney war is over, the time for trials and testing, research, development and final tweaks has passed as grand prix season 2001 roars into life at Albert Park. FULL REPORT |
TOUR OF INDIA
Australia makes it 16 in a row
| Australia's Test-winning streak extended to 16 as Steve Waugh's men routed India to win the first Test by 10 wickets. FULL REPORT |
Other sport stories ...
Webb on prowl at Pines
Wind forces wait on Shirvo
Harvey again in doubt
Vics take on history
Highhorsepower royal races around wards
Socceroos avoid rout
| FEATURES | | | A bit rich
| Was he really just a trashy draft dodger from Arkansas? Gay Alcorn delves into the murky world of Bill Clinton's presidential pardons, and donations by the wealthy to political parties. FULL REPORT |
Here's one we made earlier
 The Monkees were the first manufactured band whose status as a teenybop sensation derived from television, and they have spawned many an offspring reports Patrick Barkham. FULL REPORT |
Why gays - and others - should back Eminem
| Like many, Graham Willett is deeply disturbed by the pairing at the Grammys of Elton John and Eminem, though his concern is about what on earth Eminem thought he was doing hooking up with a tired old queen like Sir Elton. FULL REPORT |
Financial markets churn while Greenspan dithers
| Financial markets and central banks around the globe are on hold for another big interest-rate cut in the United States after further comments yesterday from Fed chairman Alan Greenspan, writes Brian Hale. FULL REPORT |
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 | RIDING HIGH: Actor Tom Cruise has topped Forbes magazine's annual list of the world's 100 leading celebrities, with Britney Spears, Oprah Winfrey and Mel Gibson all making it into the top 10. FULL REPORT
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| ODD SPOT | MORE | | More than 4000 Anglican churches in Britain have registered an interest in housing mobile phone aerials. A church spokesman said a few hundred churches already had aerials. The masts
are often hidden inside spires and earn rent from phone companies. | What The Age frontpage looked like today
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