Brisbane (Australia), Mar. 21 : Former Australian Test opener Matthew Hayden has kickstarted a campaign to restore Queensland''s image after the oil spill that disfigured Moreton Island.

Hayden will promote Tourism Queensland's Donate a Day to the Bay campaign after news of the devastating oil spill prompted people around the world to cancel holidays.

Sydney, Mar, 21: It was double joy for India on Saturday when after men''s team sealed victory in the first Test in Hamilton, the Indian eves beat Australia by three wickets in the Women''s World Cup to be ranked third in the tournament.

The match was played at the Bankstown Oval.

India clinched the win with 13 balls to spare in a match that was reduced to 46 overs after a 104-minute morning rain delay.

Sydney, Mar. 21: International Cricket Council President David Morgan has assured that the Pakistani cricket team will receive great support in England if they play their "home" matches there.

"Pakistan seem to want to play in England and there will be a great deal of support if they want to play in England or Wales with a large number of Pakistani spectators residing in both these countries," The News quoted, Morgan, as saying.

Sydney  - The world's biggest coal terminal was closed Saturday by hundreds of protestors calling on Australia to stop exporting coal.

The blockade prevented coal carriers entering Newcastle, located a two-hour drive north of Sydney.

Paddling kayaks and craft made from milk crates and inflated inner tubes, the protestors urged Australia, the world's biggest coal exporter, to switch to less polluting sources of energy.

London, Mar 21: Local council in Amstetten, Austria, is reportedly planning to buy the "House of Horrors”— the three-storey house where Josef Fritzl kept his daughter Elisabeth as a sex slave for 24 long years.

The move is being made to prevent the house from being turned into a ghoulish tourist attraction, it has emerged.

Currently, the house in Ybbstrasse where Fritzl raped his daughter more than 3,000 times is being guarded by police.

Sydney  - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday that Baghdad reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi who famously hurled his shoes at then-US president George W Bush was lucky to get away with three years' jail.

Al-Maliki, speaking in Canberra during an official visit to Australia, said a longer jail sentence or even execution could have been his punishment.