Adelaide, Nov 26 : An investigation carried out by Cricket Australia (CA) into a drunken brawl, involving all-rounder Andrew Symonds last weekend, has reportedly cleared him. He will now be able to play in the second Test against New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval starting Friday.

After being cleared, Symonds apologised to his teammates, but maintained that he was not at fault.

London, Nov 26 : A 56-year-old man dubbed "the British Josef Fritzl", who fathered nine children with two of his own daughters has been jailed for 25 life terms after he admitted raping the girls over a 30-year period.

The man, from Sheffield, got them pregnant 19 times and threatened to kill them if they told anyone about their horrific ordeal – making his case similar to that of Austrian rapist Fritzl’s.

Sydney  - A German doctor with a Down's syndrome child has won his fight to stay in Australia.

Bernhard Moeller, on a temporary visa since arriving in 2005 to work at a small hospital in rural Victoria, had been denied permanent residency because the Immigration Department deemed the public cost of medical treatment for 13-year-old son, Lukas, too high.

On Wednesday, just hours after Moeller lost his appeal before the Migration Review Tribunal, Immigration Minister Chris Evans interceded and used his discretionary powers to grant permanent residency.

Washington, Nov 26 : Forget calorie-restricted diets and exercise, if you want to live longer, then just spend at least 14 hours a week taking care of your ailing spouse, says a new research.

The unexpected finding has been made by University of Michigan and it it will be published in the Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

The study supports earlier research showing that in terms of health and longevity, it really is better to give than to receive.

Washington  - Former first lady Barbara Bush, 83, underwent tests at hospital after she complained of stomach pains, CNN reported late Tuesday.

Bush, who is also the mother of the current US President George W Bush, was hospitalized in Houston, Texas, Tuesday night, the broadcaster reported, quoting a family spokeswoman.

Washington, November 26: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) say that officials at border entry points, such as airports and seaports, can acquire better quality facial images of travellers with the aid of the existing technology itself if they adopt certain simple steps.

Lead researcher Mary Theofanos has revealed that to find out how to obtain better facial images without having to deploy new technology, her team first visited and observed a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) border entry point at Dulles Airport in the Washington, D. C. area, where all travellers have their pictures taken and their fingerprints collected digitally as part of the US-VISIT program.