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Sydney, Apr. 15 : Noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck is of the view that Australian selectors would need to carry out surgical changes in the national squad if the team is to regain its number one status in Tests and one-dayers.

Sydney  - An Australian carpet-layer relieved his new bride of almost everything she owned by convincing her he was a secret agent engaged in international espionage, a court in Melbourne was told Wednesday.

Wayne Charters, 54, pleaded not guilty to obtaining money by deception from single mother Karen Roberts, but agreed that he had stolen the suits he and his best man wore at the 2003 wedding.

"I genuinely believed he was the man of my dreams," Roberts told the court.

Melbourne, Apr 15 : Actor Mel Gibson's divorce battle is likely to be Hollywood''s most expensive and quickest one.

According to the lawyers, divorce could settle within months although the couple will remain married until October.

Gibson's wife Robyn filed for divorce in Los Angeles court citing "irreconcilable differences".

Since there is no pre-nuptial agreement signed ahead of their 1980 marriage, under Californian law she is entitled to half of her husband''s wealth.

Sydney- Australians delight in telling foreigners about their beaches, barbeques and wonderful outdoor lifestyle. If only they had the time off work to enjoy it all.

Research released Wednesday showed that only in Japan and the United States were workers taking less holiday.

The results of an annual survey by online travel company Expedia showed the average Australian workers took 16 days off last year. In Japan workers took eight days and in the US workers took 10 days.

Sydney - Big game hunters would be allowed to bag 25 mature saltwater crocodiles a year in the far north of Australia under plans outlined Wednesday. "It's an industry, and we can have a look at it," Northern Territory Environment Minister Alison Anderson told reporters in Darwin.

But Anderson has rejected calls for a cull that would cut the crocodile population from around 80,000 to half that number.