Popular News - Australia http://www.world-news.com/ Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland has mounted a passionate defence of besieged national captain Ricky Ponting in the wake of the slow over-rate furore. http://www.world-news.com/article/316650/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:36:02 +0000 All-rounder Andrew Symonds admits he felt relieved on hearing of his selection in the Australian squad for the first cricket Test against New Zealand in Brisbane next week. http://www.world-news.com/article/316651/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:58:05 +0000 A relieved Andrew Symonds confidently backed himself to shrug off his dreadful domestic form to seamlessly slot straight back into the Australian Test team. http://www.world-news.com/article/316504/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:58:03 +0000 India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has slammed Australia skipper Ricky Ponting, calling him a 'very average captain' and attributing his winning record to the great players he had as team-mates. http://www.world-news.com/article/316443/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:49:08 +0000 AUSTRALIA'S mandatory net filter is being primed to block 10000 websites as part of a blacklist of unspecified "unwanted content". http://www.world-news.com/article/316263/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:52:07 +0000 The Federal Opposition has tried to capitalise on the backlash from budget cuts in New South Wales. Coalition MPs have fired questions at Government ministers over the state's funding cuts in health and infrastructure. http://www.world-news.com/article/316348/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:46:12 +0000 PARIS (Reuters) - Russia could cancel its deployment of missiles near the Polish border if US President-elect Barack Obama scraps plans for a missile defense system in central Europe, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said. http://www.world-news.com/article/316264/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:42:10 +0000 Former New South Wales small business minister Tony Stewart says he is taking action in the Supreme Court to overturn his sacking. http://www.world-news.com/article/316265/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:23:11 +0000 A battered Australian dollar edged up from deep lows today after the Reserve Bank intervened to support the sliding currency amid an illiquid market and extreme risk-aversion. http://www.world-news.com/article/316347/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:46:10 +0000 A car bomb exploded Wednesday in a parking lot in Baghdad, killing four people and wounding 14. Another bombing in Baghdad on Wednesday killed five people. http://www.world-news.com/article/316149/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:37:06 +0000