Sydney, Apr. 9 : Cricketers Brett Lee and Andrew Symonds are likely to lose millions of dollars in Indian Premier League (IPL) earnings if they are chosen to play for Australia in forthcoming international fixtures.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, both are set to miss out on about 1.75 million Australian dollars of IPL loot to play for the national team in the upcoming limited-overs series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.

Melbourne, April 9 : Authorities in Colorado have disallowed a Denver woman to express her love for tofu through her 4WD''''''''s number plate.

Kelly Coffman-Lee, 38, wanted to tell the world about her fondness for bean curd through a number plate reading `ILVTOFU'.

However, the Division of Motor Vehicles blocked her plan suggesting that the combination of letters could be interpreted as profane.

"We don''''''''t allow ''''''''FU'''''''' because some people could read that as street language for sex," the Courier Mail quoted Mark Couch, a spokesman for the Department of Revenue, as saying.

Melbourne, Apr 9 : High School Musical star Zac Efron has revealed about his new movie `17 Again' and the role he plays in it.

For Efron, 21, the movie was at first a little intimidating, especially when he had to be a 37-year-old man in a 17-year-old boy's body.

"Truthfully, in 17 Again, although it takes place in a high school setting, the character is very removed from a high school," the Daily Telegraph quoted him as saying.

Sydney - Unemployment in Australia rose to 5.7 per cent in March from 5.2 per cent in January, official figures released Thursday showed.

It was the biggest monthly rise in joblessness in 18 years and took most analysts by surprise.

The Australia Institute, a private think tank, estimated the real rate of unemployment at 11.7 per cent because of the way the labour force is measured. Anyone who works for an hour a week is considered employed.

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Sydney, Apr 9: Cricket Australia’s chief selector Andrew Hilditch has asked troubled all rounder Andrew Symonds to perform or perish during the limited-overs series against Pakistan to be played in United Arab Emirates from April 22.

Having convinced Cricket Australia he has overcome the behavioural issues, Symonds has been granted one more chance to restore the selectors’ confidence after Hilditch admitted the Queenslander had been chosen largely based on past heroics.