AAP General News (Australia)
08-08-2008
VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers
MELBOURNE, Aug 8 AAP - The main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers:
HERALD SUN
Page 1: Grant Hackett and Libby Trickett have Beijing gold in their sights.
Page 3: A global audience of four billion will be watching when fireworks, red flags,
Chinese opera and the Great Wall take centre stage at tonight's Olympic Games opening
ceremony spectacular.
Page 5: Pentathlete Angie Darby has won her agonising battle to compete in Beijing.
World: With all eyes on Beijing ahead of the Olympics, US President George Bush has
bluntly told China that the US is strongly opposed to the way the Chinese government represses
its people.
Finance: Tabcorp has upped the ante in its legal battle with the Brumby government,
seeking a $680 million payout for being stripped of its poker machine licence post-2012.
Sport: Player Brock McLean has made a thunderous statement on his passion for Melbourne,
donating $10,000 to the AFL club's "Debt Demolition" campaign.
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