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AAP General News (Australia)
02-14-2007
VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers=2

THE AGE

Page 1: North Korea has agreed to shut down key nuclear facilities as part of a preliminary
disarmament agreement aimed at ending the regime's controversial weapons program; A jury's
verdict that former Aboriginal leader Geoff Clark took part in two gang rapes was perverse
and influenced by pre-trial publicity, his lawyers said yesterday as they launched an
appeal against the finding.

Page 2: The fate of Australasian humpback whales has shifted into the spotlight after
a peace brokered with Sea Shepherd activists following their violent confrontation with
Japanese whalers.

Page 3: Melbourne is among several Australian cities being considered by low-cost Singaporean
carrier Tiger Airways as the base for its planned domestic airline; Melbourne's cannoli
and biscotti fans may lose one of the city's best cake shops, Brunetti of Carlton, if
a bitter rental dispute is not settled this week.

World: Three people have been killed and about 20 wounded in two bomb blasts near the
Christian mountain town of Bikfaya, north of Beirut.

Finance: The Howard Government has bowed to pressure from its back bench and industry
on tax breaks for agricultural managed investment schemes, and is expected to introduce
a 12-month transitional period to ease the burden on thousands of contractors dependent
on the schemes.

Sport: Desperate fans without tickets to Sunday's A-League grand final are being tempted
by internet scalpers offering choice seats for up to $699 a pair.

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