Washington, Oct 31 : One of the greatest foreign policy challenges for the next United States Administration is what to do about Pakistan, Steven Cook of the Council on Foreign Relations has said.

“I think there will be a complete review of Pakistan policy on very short order once the new US President takes office,” he said.

Addressing journalists at the Foreign Press Centre on Wednesday, Cook said he did not understand what the Bush Administration’s policy on Pakistan was.

Washington, Oct 31: Vigorous exercise – from running, to chopping firewood or scrubbing floors – can reduce the risk of breast cancer by almost a third, a new study has found.

The study of more than thirty thousand postmenopausal American women, reported in BioMed Central''s open access journal Breast Cancer Research, has revealed that a sedentary lifestyle can be a risk factor for the disease – even in women who are not overweight.

London, Oct 31: Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl has left doctors shocked after telling them: "Mummy called me Satan."

Fritzl has given out details how his mother would regularly give him the name of the devil.

In a psychologist''s report, Fritzl said: "She didn''t just used to beat me, she swore at me all the time and called me Satan and criminal. She told me that she only got pregnant to prove to my dad that she wasn''t infertile and that she had never wanted me.

"She said I was good for nothing,” the Sun quoted him, as telling in the report.

California certainly is a big fish with 55 electoral votes. The latest Obama vs McCain California Polls show that Barack Obama is having hefty lead over John McCain in the Golden State.

Historically, California is a safe state for Democrats. California was with Democrats in year 2000 and 2004 respectively.   Let’s check out what the recent McCain vs Obama California Polls show.

Conducted on October 25, the Rasmussen Reports’ Obama vs McCain CA poll, shows Obama leading McCain by 27 % points — 61 % to 34 % among the likely voters of California. According to poll, Democrats have a 99.0 % chance of winning California this November.

London, Oct 31: Penelope Cruz is considering adopting a baby from India, says the Spanish actress’ brother.

Eduardo Cruz has revealed that the 34-year-old stunner is currently not planning to have her own baby but is interested in adopting a baby from the developing world "when the time is right".

The beauty started dating her boyfriend, the Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem, on the set of Woody Allen''s latest blockbuster "Vicky Christina Barcelona".

Washington, Oct 31: A new research has provided conclusive proof that human activity is responsible for significant warming in both polar regions.

The research was undertaken by a team of scientists led by University of East Anglia’s (UEA’s) Climatic Research Unit.

Previous studies have observed rises in both Arctic and Antarctic temperatures over recent decades but have not formally attributed the changes to human influence due to poor observation data and large natural variability.

Moreover, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had concluded that Antarctica was the only continent where human-induced temperature changes had yet to be detected.