AUSTRALIA - Barons' Ball
An orgy of deal-making looms on the horizon as John Howard strives to repeal the country's cross-media ownership laws. But what may prove too tempting for Australia's power-hungry moguls to resist has been denounced as madness by two former prime ministers and sparked fears for the future of press freedom. Giles Parkinson reports.
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