Sydney, Dec. 8 : Australian cricket coach Tim Nielsen has admitted his pacers need to improve their ability to reverse swing, and is confident of an improved old-ball performance against South Africa.

Nielsen concedes Australia''s pace bowlers have been sluggish in identifying the precise moment to abandon conventional swing for reverse, and have paid a heavy price.

"We will play the conditions as they present themselves, and change our plans quickly if we need to," Nielsen said.

Muzaffarabad, Dec 8: Wanted Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander, Zakiur Rehman Lakhwi has reportedly been arrested by Pakistani army personnel on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad, the Dawn reports.

Perth, Dec. 8 : South African cricket team coach Mickey Arthur has said that his team is aiming to become the first team to defeat Australia on home soil after 16 years.

The West Indians were the last team to inflict such a defeat in 1992-93.

The Proteas, who arrived in Australia on Sunday for a Test Series against Australia, appear well equipped to challenge the hosts.

Speaking to reporters at Perth Airport yesterday, Arthur spoke of the growing confidence within his squad ahead of the first Test at the WACA Ground on December 17.

Melbourne, December 8 : A judge has ruled against an appeal made by a man charged with showing porn based on children from the animated series ‘The Simpsons’, saying that cartoon characters are also people.

Alan John McEwan had been convicted in February for child pornography possession as he used his computer to access the explicit content involving children.

Athens  - Civil unrest, which rocked Greece over the weekend after the shooting of a teenager by police, subsided early Monday, media reports said.

According to Greek television reports almost all of the 150 hooded youths who had sought shelter inside the Polytechnic University, which is off-limits to police under Greek law, had left the building.

At least 40 people were injured in the riots, which raged since Saturday. The unrest left Athens and the northern port city of Thessaloniki resembling war zones as self-styled anarchists torched cars, banks, police precincts, car dealerships, government buildings, private homes and stores and erected barricades that were set ablaze.