Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 26 : The fate of the proposed Sri Lanka tour to Pakistan will be decided on Saturday, December 27 as the officials of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the Sri Lankan Cricket Board (SLCB) will meet here to take the final decision.

Melbourne, Dec 26 : Proteas pace spearhead Makhaya Ntini has said that it's a war between South Africa and Australia after Boxing Day landed him another couple of wickets.

After dismissing Australian opener Matthew Hayden for the ninth time, Ntini said the Proteas deserved first-day honours in the second Test at the MCG.

"You must understand this is a war between two countries. Every single country wants to win every day," The Age quoted Ntini, as saying.

Jammu, Dec 26 : Major General D. L. Chaudhary, General Officer Commanding (GoC), Tiger Division today ruled out any tension on border with Pakistan but said that army is prepared for any situation.

Talking to the media here, General Chaudhary said, there are reports of some activity at the border and the Army was prepared to meet the situation as it arises.

Kathmandu, Dec 26 : The CPN (Maoist) and the CPN-UML has agreed to enter into a new understanding with the Nepali Congress (NC) so as to take the peace process to a logical conclusion.

During a meeting between top leaders of the parties here on Thursday, Chairman of the Maoist party and Prime Minister Prachanda said that the major parties must forge consensus afresh since the 12-point agreement of November2005 cannot be the basis for a way forward in the political context arising after the Constituent Assembly elections.

London, Dec 26 : Under a groundbreaking plan, the Dead Sea could be saved from drying up by flooding millions of gallons of seawater in from the Red Sea more than 110 miles away.

According to a report in the Telegraph, funding has been secured for a feasibility study into the ambitious and controversial scheme to reverse falling water levels.

The scheme involves a 110-mile long canal, dubbed `Red To Dead', that would channel roughly five million tonnes of seawater each day into the Dead Sea.

Washington, Dec 26 : Physicists at the University of Toronto (U of T) have cracked the mystery behind the strange and uncannily well-ordered hexagonal columns found at such popular tourist sites as