Sydney, Oct 31 : Australian team is angry that Indian opener Gautam Gambhir was not charged with a more serious offence following his mid-pitch collision with all rounder Shane Watson during the third Test.

Match referee Chris Broad charged Gambhir with a level-two offence of not conducting play “within the spirit of the game as well as within the laws of cricket” after a dust-up with Watson during which he raised his elbow into the all-rounder’s chest, a reflex the batsman later claimed was an accident.

Watson was charged with a level-one offence under the same section of the players’ code of conduct for not playing within the spirit of the game, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.

London, October 31: Ace car racer Lewis Hamilton has once again been racially abused by Spanish Formula One fans, ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Over 16,000 racist messages have been posted on a Spanish website, which use terms like “nigger” and “half-breed” to denote the British racing driver.

The website allegedly encourages visitors to leave imaginary nails for Hamilton on a computer mock-up of the Interlagos racetrack.

Spanish fans of Hamilton''s rival, Fernando Alonso, are believed to be behind the outrage.

London, Oct 31 : Rare first edition of Playboy magazine, which featured Marilyn Monroe on the cover, has fetched 2,000 pounds at an auction in London.

Guwahati, Oct 31: Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil will visit Assam today to take the stock of the situation after Thursday''s serial blasts in the state.

Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, L K Advani, is also scheduled to visit the state later in the day.

Meanwhile, a massive search operation has been launched to arrest those involved in blasts, in which 70 people were killed and over 300 injured.

A seven-member National Security Guard (NSG) team has already reached Guwahati to identify the explosives used in the blasts.

According to the recent Obama vs McCain Alabama Polls, John McCain is having big lead over Barack Obama in the Camellia State.

Alabama has long been favoring the Republican. The state’s electoral votes were won by Republicans in 2000 and 2004 respectively. Let’s check out what the recent McCain vs Obama Alabama Polls show.

Capital Survey Research Center’s Obama vs McCain AL poll, conducted from October 15 to October 21, shows McCain leading Obama by 20 % points — 54 % to 34 % among the likely voters of Alabama.

Manila - Philippine share prices rose 4.62 per cent on Friday as investors snapped up undervalued stocks.

The Philippine Stock Exchange's 30-share composite index gained 86.16 points to close at 1,951.09 points from Thursday's finish of 1,864.93.

A total of 1.78 billion shares valued at 3.10 billion dollars (63.26 million dollars) were traded.

Gainers outpaced losers 99 to 16, while 32 issues were unchanged.