VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers

AAP General News (Australia)
04-21-2001
VIC: Main Stories in today s Melbourne newspapers

MELBOURNE, April 21 AAP - The main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers:

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Page 1 - Hundreds of Victorian building firms face ruin with the loss of thousands
of jobs after the HIH insurance collapse; Latin singing sensation Ricky Martin arrives
in Melbourne as TV stars prepare to glitter tomorrow night at the Logies.

Page 2 - A Victorian man given up for dead after being lost in the Tasmanian wilderness
five weeks ago has been found; Almost all overseas cricket tours and up to five AFL matches
a week could be shown on pay-TV under a proposal tabled yesterday.

Page 3 - The first of Ansett's troubled 767 jets returned to the skies yesterday, as
the first pictures were revealed of the cracked engine pylons which almost brought the
airline to its knees.

World - A powerful former military commander yesterday warned of a possible civil war
in Indonesia; The space shuttle, Endeavour, yesterday arrived in orbit with a critical
part of the International Space Station; Oklahoma City yesterday marked the sixth anniversary
of the terrorist bombing with 168 seconds of silence - one for each of Timothy McVeigh's
victims.

Finance - Margaret River winery Xanadu Wines will buy beleaguered Clarendon-based company
Normans Wines to form an $88-million premium wine business; BHP was left at the altar
yesterday as Japan's Mitsui killed its billion-dollar bid to expand its foothold in Brazil's
iron ore fields; Bonlac Foods' farmer (farmer) shareholders are poised to vote in favour
of a $825-million New Zealand merger.

Sport - Veteran Paul Broderick was the unlikely hero last night as Richmond hung on
to defeat Collingwood at the MCG; Essendon struck while the iron was still hot to pull
off an extraordinary victory against Sydney in driving rain at the SCG last night; Adam
Scott continued the recent success of Australians at the Houston Open by finishing one
stroke off the pace after the opening round yesterday.

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