Vic: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers =2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-31-2009
Vic: Main stories in today's Melbourne newspapers =2

THE AGE

Page 1: The State Government unveils the first of a new generation of trains that has
been sent straight back to the workshop because of technical issues that could keep it
off the tracks until February

Page 3: Billions of mobile phone users around the world are at risk of having their
calls intercepted and recorded after hackers broke the encryption used to protect 80 per
cent of the world's mobiles.

World: The United States and Yemen are considering air strikes against al-Qaeda bases
in Yemen in retaliation for the attempted downing of a US airliner on Christmas Day.

Finance: Changes in competition law proposed after the Federal Government forced the
country's largest miners to share rail lines with their competitors could end up doing
more harm than good, the head of the Australian Competition Tribunal has warned.

Sport: Australia has resisted the temptation to blood a new spinner in the new year,
instead backing the attack that delivered Ricky Ponting the most complete bowling performance
of 2009 and one of the most satisfying victories in his recent memory.

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