South Africa, needing to win on a spin-friendly Sydney wicket next week to square their three-Test series, must be more ruthless against Australia, captain Graeme Smith said on Friday. The South Africans imploded under the

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Champion leg-spinner Shane Warne pushed the line with his aggressive appealing in the second Test against South Africa but there will be no action taken, match referee Chris Broad said Friday. Warne captured 4-74 as

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Skipper Ricky Ponting said Australia had the last laugh after a thumping 184-run victory over South Africa in the second Test here Friday despite the mindgames of Proteas captain Graeme Smith. The Australians, who seized

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Australia claimed a resounding 184-run victory over South Africa in the second cricket Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Friday, taking a 1-0 series lead with a Test to play. Leg-spinner Stuart MacGill bowled No

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In 2006, Arnold Schwarzenegger will be re-elected governor of California, Internet giant Google will suffer a setback - and Brazil will hang on to the World Cup. If Earth doesn't get wiped out by a

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Police on Thursday investigated the disappearance of a $175,000 violin from a car that was towed after a music student left it in an unauthorised parking spot. The violin was made by 18th-century Italian craftsman

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Venezuela said on Thursday it had found a capsule of highly radioactive material that was aboard a truck stolen 10 days ago. Officials had warned of a potential radioactive hazard after thieves seized the truck

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The death toll from a landslide that devastated a Yemeni village has risen to 45, an official said Friday as relatives and rescue workers clawed through the rubble, some with bare hands, to find survivors.

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Cuban President Fidel Castro welcomed on Friday Latin America's latest leftist leader, Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales, to discuss political, economic and social co-operation. A beaming Castro greeted Morales at the Havana airport with a warm

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Nearly one in 10 American teenagers experienced major depression last year and fewer than half were treated, according to government statistics released on Thursday that doctors say confirm the problem is still overlooked among young

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