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AAP General News (Australia)
04-12-2006
VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers=2

THE AGE

Page 1: Foreign Minister Alexander Downer's staff did not read crucial intelligence
reports sent to his office in 2000 which warned that a trucking company facilitating Australian
wheat sales in Iraq was an agent for Saddam Hussein's regime. Missing drug trafficker
Tony Mokbel has been hit with a $4 million tax bill as federal authorities begin a campaign
against Melbourne gangsters of the kind that brought down crime legend Al Capone. Some
descendants of wartime foes can march on Anzac Day, the Victorian RSL has ruled for the
first time.

Page 2: A 73-year-old Melbourne newspaper editor has claimed a seat in the Italian
Senate, which could help his centre-left party over the line to an election victory.

Page 3: Families across Australia may be able to sign up to a ban on pornography and
violent content with their internet service providers by the end of this year. Greens
leader Bob Brown will appear on stage as a special guest of character Dolly Putin during
the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

World: Italian politician Romano Prodi claimed victory early yesterday over his bitter
rival, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, in a hard-fought election that cemented deep
divisions in the economically beleaguered nation.

Finance: The Foster's group had its biggest one-day share gain in nearly six months
after the drinks company jettisoned its under-performing European brand to Scottish &
Newcastle for a one-off debt-reducing cash injection of $750 million.

Sport: Dan Cullen will fly out for Bangladesh today, harbouring thoughts of an unlikely
spin partnership with Stuart MacGill in the second test in Dhaka.



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