Sydney  - An Australian men's magazine

Sydney, Dec. 1 : A man who bashed and stabbed a chef to death while robbing an Indian restaurant of just 600 dollars, has pleaded guilty to murder.

Peter Ruben Webb, 38, pleaded guilty to murdering Mohammed Kader, 67, at Petersham on January 28 last year, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.

He admitted his guilt before the NSW Supreme Court on Monday.

His accomplice, Michael John Jackson, 31, pleaded guilty to Kader''s manslaughter.

Justice Roderick Howie was told Webb stabbed Kader, a Bangladeshi national who had been living in Australia since 1992, at the All Indian Flavour Restaurant.

Sydney, Dec. 1 : The South African cricket team coach Mickey Arthur has said that the bowlers will target opener Mathew Hayden and all-rounder Andrew Symonds during the forthcoming series.

"[Symonds''s] issues are something we''ve definitely talked about," Arthur told the Herald.

"We have been following what''s been happening, and obviously that drama at the pub can''t have helped his peace of mind. There has been a lot of chat about it in our dressing rooms. His temperament is something we''ve picked up on. We haven''t spoken directly yet as to how we might take advantage of it, but it''s certainly something that has our attention,” he added.

Sydney  - When whales become stranded on beaches in Australia, television pictures flash across the globe of volunteers with towels and buckets keeping the hapless creatures wet and trying to coax them back out to sea.

Sometimes, even before the tears of joy have dried, the once-rescued whales come in again and the heart-rending tableau commences anew.

In November, 65 pilot whales came ashore in Stanley, Tasmania. Volunteers managed to save 11 whales, keeping them alive while they were trucked 17 kilometres to a less shallow bay where they were released.

Pilot whales can grow up to 7 metres and can weigh 1.8 tons. They can dive to 1,000 metres and are very fast swimmers.

Sydney  - Australia has reneged on its promise to set a 2020 emissions reduction target before the start of United Nations climate change talks Monday in Poznan, Poland.

"This is a complete shemozzle from the Government," Greens leader Bob Brown said Monday. "Here's Australia, which was the big sensation at Bali, going to be the big cop-out at Poznan. It's all happened in 12 months. It's quite astonishing."

A year ago, Australia ratified the Kyoto Protocol on reducing the greenhouse gases that cause global warming and promised a 60-per-cent cut by 2050.

Sydney  - Danish architect Joern Utzon was a creative genius who gave Australia and the world a great gift when he designed the Sydney Opera House, the custodian of the much-loved waterfront building said Sunday.

Utzon died in his sleep in Denmark on Saturday, aged 90.

Opera House Trust chairman Kim Williams said the lights that pick out the famous sails would be extinguished for an hour on Sunday night as a mark of respect. On Monday, the flags on the nearby Sydney Harbour Bridge were to be lowered to half-mast.

"It has become the most globally recognized symbol of our country," Williams said.