World News Australia http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/ Australia is sweating on the fitness of Michael Clarke ahead of the first Test against India with the key batsman sitting out training with a stomach bug. http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/clarke_cops_delhi_belly_in_bangalore_559332 A sickly British grandmother has been jailed for 13 years for smuggling almost STG1 million ($A2.46 million) worth of cocaine into the country. http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/uk_granny_jailed_for_huge_cocaine_haul_559331 Up to 40 people have suffered broken bones or lacerations after a Qantas flight carrying more than 300 people suffered a sudden loss of altitude, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing at Learmonth airforce base. http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/forty_injured_in_qantas_plane_emergency_559329 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has welcomed the Reserve Bank's decision to cut the cash rate by 100 basis points, to six per cent, after its board meeting today. http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/rate_cut_39will_see_aust_through39_559328 Years of inaction is to blame for putting hundreds of Australian plants and animals at risk of extinction, the federal government says.
More science & technology stories http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/inaction_39a_risk39_to_flora_and_fauna_559326 British migrants seeking a balance of the best quality of life and the lowest cost of living should look to New Zealand, says an international bank. http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/nz_cheapest_best_for_uk_expats_survey_559327 Westpac has reduced its standard variable home loan rate by 80 basis points to 8.56 per cent, passing on most of the RBA's cut in the overnight cash rate. http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/westpac_cuts_home_loan_rate_by_08_559324 Sixty-five people have been wounded - seven critically - after Thai police fired tear gas on anti-government demonstrators in Bangkok. http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/thai_police_fire_tear_gas_at_protesters_559322 Australian special forces soldiers may have inadvertently shot dead Afghan district governor Rozi Khan, defence head Angus Houston has admitted. http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/diggers_39may_have_shot_afghan_governor39_559321 The Federal Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the official interest rate by one percent, to 6.00 percent. http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/interest_rates_cut_by_1_percent_559319