VIC: The main stories in today s Melbourne newspapers

AAP General News (Australia)
08-13-1999
VIC: The main stories in today s Melbourne newspapers

MELBOURNE, Aug 12 AAP - The main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers:

THE HERALD SUN:

Page 1: Melbourne motorists are set to get an extra week of toll-free travel on CityLink.

Page 2: Four rugby league players are embroiled in a police investigation into the alleged
sexual assault of a teenage girl.

Page 3: Cockfighting enthusiasts fled over a back fence with their roosters when police
raided a Sunshine house, a court heard yesterday.

WORLD: Pakistan sent reinforcements to its southern border with India yesterday after a
second day of aerial clashes (Islamabad); North Korea said yesterday it would launch its
expected long-range missile test when it was "necessary" (Beijing); different areas of the
brain store old and new memories, scientists in France and the United States have found
(London).

BUSINESS: Cable & Wireless Optus has beaten all profit forecasts, but it will not be
sharing the spoils with its 120,000 shareholders just yet; Ansell again proved to be the star
performer for Pacific Dunlop in the past financial year; Asia's economic turnaround has put
perennial profit improver Lend Lease back on the acquisition trail.

SPORT: The Eagles will not stand in Michael Malthouse's way if he wants to coach
Collingwood; Western Bulldogs chairman David Smorgon will become the AFL's first fulltime
chairman/president from Monday.

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