Canberra (Australia), Apr. 11: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd knows that hallway cricket is banned in the outer corridors of Parliament House, but this does not stop him from rolling a cricket ball over inside his office.

According to the Daily Telegraph, Rudd uses sport as a means of communicating with staff. After travelling and working most of the day, at 6.40 p. m., he starts walking around with a battered Sherrin football and a makeshift cricket ball.

Melbourne, Apr 11: Australia’s cricket coach Tim Nielsen has said that fast bowler Brett Lee won’t be rushed back into one-day cricket too quickly during the Pakistan series starting in Dubai on April 22.

Lee, who broke down in December in the Melbourne Test against South Africa with foot and ankle injuries, is in Port Elizabeth training with his Indian Premier League side Kings XI Punjab ahead of the IPL’s five-week season, which starts in Cape Town on April 18.

London, Apr 11: Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man who has been convicted of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years in a windowless cellar and fathering her seven children, is begging his family through phone calls to visit him in jail, it has emerged.

The calls, however, usually end with kids hanging up on him, prison officials said.

The 74-year-old has not been able to contact his daughter Elisabeth, 42, or the six children he fathered with her during her ordeal, reports The Sun.

Sydney, Apr. 10 : The head of Australia's Catholic Church, Cardinal George Pell said today that most AIDS-afflicted countries were ''awash with condoms''.

Cardinal Pell said he agreed with Pope Benedict XVI that condoms were aggravating the African AIDS epidemic by encouraging promiscuity.

"The idea that you can solve a great spiritual and health crisis like AIDS with a few mechanical contraptions like condoms is ridiculous," Cardinal Pell said.

Melbourne, Apr 10 : She might have dethroned Britney Spears to be the new teen idol, but Miley Cyrus says she’s uncomfortable with the tag.

The Hanna Montana star says she’s happy to be looked upon as a role model rather than an idol.

"If you look at me as a role model I agree with it, but if you look at me as an idol, I don''t," the Daily Telegraph quoted Cyrus as saying.

"An idol for me is someone you want to replicate, you want to be them and I don''t wish that on anyone, to lose what they have personally," she added.

Melbourne, Apr 10 : Wish to see your pet well secured in the car, and having car seats free of dog hair and slobber? Well, then Honda's new `Element' might be the your saviour.

Touted as the "ultimate dog car", Element has many canine-friendly features like cushioned bed, pet-restraint system and a ramp so that a dog doesn't have to jump into the back.

The Japanese carmaker unveiled the boxy-looking Dog Friendly Element at this week's New York motor show.