Vic: The main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers

AAP General News (Australia)
12-27-2003
Vic: The main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers

MELBOURNE, Dec 27 AAP - The main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers:

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Page 1 - Champion racehorse Testa Rossa is at the centre of a multi-million court battle.

India's batsmen did a wrecker's job on Australia's bowlers on the first day of the Boxing
Day Test.

Page 2 - Terrorists may have been planning a Christmas Day attack on Las Vegas using
a hijacked plane as a missile. New Labor leader Mark Latham is continuing to enjoy a honeymoon
among voters as the party increases its lead over the government, a poll has found.

Page 3 - Olympic basketball ace Michelle Brogan has been rocked by the theft of her
six precious medals. Ten people were missing after a mudslide hit a children's camp east
of Los Angeles.

World - Five people were killed and 16 injured in the first suicide blast in Israel
in nearly three months. Rescuers struggled to free bodies from the wreckage of a plane
that crashed into the sea off the West African nation of Benin.

Business - World markets slammed the door on US beef last night after British scientists
confirmed America's first case of mad cow disease. Parmalat's troubles deepened on Thursday
after six foreign creditor companies lodged a lawsuit against the global food group.

Sport - Australia's decade-long home dominance is under extreme threat after Delhi
dasher Virender Sehwag landed a mighty Boxing Day punch. Shane Warne is considering coming
out of one-day international retirement when his one-year ban from cricket ends in February.

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