Obama leads McCain by double-digit Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has taken a convincing double-digit lead over his Republican rival John McCain among registered voters across the US, according to a second opinion poll in four days.
UK scraps proposal for short-term visas Britain on Wednesday scrapped controversial plans to impose financial bonds as guarantees to ensure that family visitors from India and elsewhere leave the country on the expiry of their visas.
Indian-origin man gets life sentence The husband of an Indian-origin police officer, who was murdered at his behest in order to claim her insurance policy worth 350,000 pounds, was sentenced to life imprisonment along with two others by a British court on Wednesday.
Olmert averts showdown Israels coalition government avoided collapse on Wednesday when Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, reached a deal with Labour Party chief, Ehud Barak, to put off a vote on the dissolution of parliament.
New age: Life begins at 40 The belief that life begins at 40 is not a myth, for a new study has revealed that it is the time when most people usually achieve what they want, with 46 being the magic age at which life is at its peak.
