VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers

AAP General News (Australia)
12-10-2008
VIC: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers

MELBOURNE, Dec 10 AAP - The main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers:

HERALD SUN

Page 1: At least 15 foreign soccer players who competed in the Homeless World Cup in
Melbourne have lodged applications seeking asylum.

Page 2: Interest rates are tipped to drop to a low of 3 per cent by March as the Chinese
economy slows dramatically and drags Australia closer to recession.

Page 3: Staff at an ABC Learning childcare centre have branded a Melbourne baby "fat"

and "obese", her mother says.

World: Greece was bracing for more riots overnight after hundreds of youths looted
shops and attacked hotels in three days of nationwide rioting.

Finance: Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens warned yesterday growth in China may have
already fallen below the critical 8 per cent level as the giant economy runs into strife.

Sport: Australia's hopes of hosting the World Cup of cricket will be galvanised when
the federal government announces $45 million of funding for a bid to bring the 2018 tournament
to these shores.

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