AAP General News (Australia)
04-26-1999
FRONTERS VIC 2 (Melbourne)
Page 1: NATO is manoeuvring to avoid a dangeous confrontation with Russia over the
alliance's plan to deprive the Yugoslavia war machine of oil; Australians marched in their
thousands for Anzac Day; Arthur Boyd, one of Australia's greatest artists, has died in
Melbourne at the age of 78; the Federal Government has confirmed it intends to send troops to
East Timor after the July vote on self-determination, but only as part of a wider United
Nations involvement.
Page 2: The lives of elderly patients undergoing operations could be saved by
blood-thinning aspirin, new research suggests.
Page 3: The head of Vcitoria's most-powerful union received more than $4,000 from a
distress fund reserved for members in dire financial straits.
Page 4-5: Anzac Day coverage.
WORLD: East Timor will return to civil war if Jakarta's offer of autonomy is rejected in a
ballot scheduled for July, the leader of a staunch pro-Indonesia militia said today (Dili);
James Hewitt, the former lover of Diana, Princess of Wales, is auctioning the rights to his
memoirs (London); Parents struggled to identify their children after a truck crash in southern
Mexico killed 45 children returning from a vaccination program (Mexico City).
BUSINESS: Toyota Australia has warned that its 1999 profits are likely to be held hostage
to global currency movements; small business disputes are distracting proprietors from their
core business activities, a Federal Government survey has revealed; the City of Greater
Geelong has launched a strategy in which it will play a leading role in stimulating economic
activity in the municipality.
SPORT: AFL club Collingwood will continue to place its faith in young players as it looks
to stem its record run of 11 staight losses; AFL presidents are expected to call an
extraordinary meeting later this week to rally against embattled AFL commissioner David Shaw.
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