Melbourne - Jarno Trulli recieved a 25-second penalty for overtaking during a safety car phase at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday which elevated world champion Lewis Hamilton to third place.

The Toyota driver Trulli dropped from third to 12th place in the classification due to the penalty. Hamilton moved on to the podium behind the Brawn GP duo of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello, up from 18th on the starting grid.

Melbourne, March 29 : Reese Witherspoon had to toil real hard on her voice for her role in the movie “Monsters Vs Aliens”, especially when movie bosses wanted her to sound like Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The Oscar-winning actress stressed on the need to depict voice transition for her role as a Modesto native who later becomes 49 ft 11 in tall after being struck by a glowing meteor.

"One of the hardest parts of doing the movie for me was the voice I had to use when I was really big,'''' the Daily Telegraph quoted her as saying.

Sydney, Mar 29 : After Austria and Italy, another man has been arrested for allegedly fathering eight children with his daughter.

Arcedio Alvarez, a Colombian man, is said to have abused his daughter, now in her thirties, since she was less than 10 years old.

The man was arrested on Friday in the town of Mariquita, after a complaint was filed by his daughter.

Her first pregnancy happened when she was only nine years old.

The woman had a total of 14 pregnancies from the relationship, although six ended in miscarriages. The offspring are now aged age one to 19.

Canberra, Mar. 29 : Australian troops engaged in the war against Taliban may have to spend almost a decade in Afghanistan, an expert has claimed.

Clive Williams, Australian National University’s Visiting Professor on Defense Studies, said the fight with the Taliban would continue while US-aligned troops train the Afghan Army.

Sydney, March 29 : Researchers in Sydney are struggling to find volunteers for a study to determine the effect of binge drinking on the teenage brain, and also to find whether alcohol affects its development.

Professor Lindy Rae, who is leading a team at the Prince of Wales Medical Research Unit at Randwick, says that animal studies have already shown that young rats are more sensitive to alcohol-induced damage than adult rats, with substantial deterioration in the frontal lobe, which underlies planning, impulse control and reasoning.

Melbourne, March 29 : Kate Moss’ romance with rocker Jamie Hince may have inspired her to curb her hard-partying behaviour.