MELBOURNE, Australia — Journalists from Australia's largest newspapers began a rare five-day strike Friday, ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony, following a pay dispute.

The strike hit the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and Australian Financial Review, in one of the most significant acts of industrial defiance to hit Australia's troubled news sector in years.

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