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London, Jan 11 : Australian singer Peter Andre has resumed his to

New Delhi, Jan 11 : Raising diesel and cooking fuel prices and the cap on subsidised LPG cylinders would be decided as soon as possible, Oil Minister M. Veerappa Moily said Friday.

"The decision (in this regard) will be taken as quickly as possible," Moily told mediapersons here on being asked about an impending fuel price increase.

"When a decision is taken, you will be the first to know," he added.

Asked if the oil ministry had moved a cabinet note for raising fuel prices, Moily referred to the Vijay Kelkar Committee report.

Sydney, Jan 11 : Swiss tennis great Roger Federer believes world number one Novak Djokovic has been the best hard court player in the past couple of years, and he tipped the Serb to win this year's Australian Open.

Djokovic can join Federer and Andre Agassi as the only men to win four Australian Open titles after thwarting Federer''s own quest for a historic three in a row in the 2008 semi-finals and then downing Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to claim his maiden major in Melbourne, the Age reports.

Melbourne, Jan 11 : Australia beat Sri Lanka by 107 runs in the first One-Day International (ODI) of the Commonwealth Bank Series here Friday.

Australia put on a dominant batting show after skipper George Bailey won the toss and elected to bat.

Phil Hughes became the first Australian ODI player to score a ton on debut, notching up an impressive 112.

Bailey (89) and David Hussey (60 not out) both contributed to the run tally, with Australia posting 305/5 in 50 overs.

In reply, Sri Lanka were all out for 198 in the 40th over.

New Delhi, Jan 11 : Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari on Friday said the ceasefire violations committed by Pakistan is completely intolerable, and added that Islamabad really needs to account for the actions of its personnel.

"It''s extremely unfortunate as to the manner in which elements of the Pakistani armed forces have acted on the border. Decapitation and mutilation of serving personnel is indeed a very grave matter and India has taken very serious note of it," Tewari told the media here.

Sydney, Jan 11 : Lawyers in the case of Indian-origin surgeon Dr. Jayant Patel, accused of the man slaughter of three patients in Australia, are in `a race against time to tie up all legal loose ends' before his trial next month.

The surgeon did not appear in the Supreme Court in Brisbane on Friday for a review of the case, in which he is charged with the manslaughter.

The crown handed up its new particulars of the case to Justice George Fryberg, who had last month deemed its initial submission `incomplete and embarrassing', the Herald Sun reports.