Manila - Australia announced Monday a 12-million-peso (255,863-US dollar) grant of humanitarian assistance to thousands of people affected by fighting between Muslim separatist rebels and the military in the southern Philippines.

Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Rod Smith said the fund would help address the needs of people "uprooted from their homes and separated from their means of livelihood" because of the ongoing conflict in the southern region of Mindanao.

"Assistance will include essential items like water and sanitation facilities, food and counseling services in evacuation centers," he said.

Sydney, Sept 15 : By going ahead with the Indian tour in the aftermath of Saturday’s serial blasts in New Delhi, Cricket Australia (CA) has shown double standards about the security situation, especially after a few months of canceling the Pakistan series and then Champions Trophy (CT) citing ‘security reasons”, said an article in Pakistani daily The News.

“It was feared that Australian tour to India would also be postponed after the blasts or at least Australian cricketers would express some security concerns. But, nothing such happened and Cricket Australia decided to go ahead with the tour setting aside any affect of recent blasts,” said the article.

Melbourne, Sept. 15 : A Muslim cleric has been found guilty of leading and being a member of a terrorist organization in Australia''s biggest terror trial.

Jurors today found 48-year-old Abdul Nacer Benbrika was a member of a Melbourne terror cell and declared him guilty, even as he displayed no emotion on charges of intentionally directing the activities of a terrorist organization.

Melbourne, September 14 : It took Ramachandra Katuwal, a Nepalese porter, twenty-five marriages to finally find the right woman to be happy with.

The 49-year-old, who first got married at the age of 26, admittedly remembers only nine of his previous brides.

Whilst his first wife, and later, many others, ran off with her lover, Katuwal from then on led a life of succeeding failed marriages covering an incredible span of more than two decades.

"My second wife also ran away," The Daily Telegraph quoted him saying, "and the third one too."

"(Like other ex-wives) the 24th one also ran away. And I decided not to marry again," he added.

Melbourne, Sept 14 : After finding a fortune in his dad''s safe, a five-year-old went on a 133,000 dollars shopping spree.

Little Djodja Markovic took his friends to a shopping mall and blew the money on clothes, toys, bicycles, lollies, computers and games.

His father Slobodan Markovic, a Serbian businessman, kept the money in a safe at home.

He only realised what had happened when his son and his friends came home with dozens of shopping bags.

Sydney - The Australian Labor Party's monopoly on government ended Sunday when its branch in Western Australia conceded defeat to a coalition of conservative parties.

A week after a state election resulted in a hung parliament, the National Party threw its support behind Liberal leader Colin Barnett, allowing him to claim victory and become premier of the resource-rich state.