NSW: Stories fron today s Sydney papers =2

AAP General News (Australia)
08-10-1999
NSW: Stories fron today s Sydney papers =2

THE AUSTRALIAN:

Page 1: PM agrees to re-write referendum question; Russian President Boris Yeltsin sacks
another PM.

Page 2: Democrats say senate inquiry into business tax review is inevitable;
Governor-General's wife Helen Deane lights candles for Swiss canyoning victims at memorial
service in Canberra; One nation targets MP citizenship; Unemployment rate could fall to 6.8
per cent next month.

Page 3: Firefighter charged after drunken firetruck joyride; Seven senior executive Peter
Manning leaves the troubled network only days after millionaire owner Kerry Stokes took over;
as chief executive; American and Japanese marching bands to be welcomed back t the Olympic
opening ceremony; Opera director apologises for criticism of orchestra playing abilities;
Singapore airlines is to credit customers with frequent-flyer points.

World: Close adviser to Megawati Sukarnoputri throws doubt on her presidential hopes;
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat agrees to Wye date; Up to 2 billion people in Europe and the
Middle East will tomorrow see the last total eclipse of the century;

Business: A surge in bond yields to 20-month highs wiped one per cent off the share market
yesterday amid fears of US interest rate hikes; Wall Street fall spooks internet stocks;
Telstra shares fell sharply again yesterday leaving the government $1.4 billion down on
potential proceeds for the preliminary sale of Telstra shares.

Sport: Parramatta and Penrith seek meeting with referee Steve Clark after the controversial
Eels win on the weekend; West Coast coach Mick Malthouse has refused to rule out leaving the
club he has coached for a decade.

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