Washington, Nov. 17 : U. S. President-elect Barack Obama may have to give up using his much loved Blackberry mobile phone because of Congressional and court-related legal strictures.

U. S. law allows Congress and the country’s courts to subpoena e-mail issued by a serving President, and subject them to the scrutiny of public records laws. There may also be security issues about carrying around trackable cell phones.

Chicago, Nov. 17 : U. S. President-elect Barack Obama has announced the appointment of three key White House advisers over the weekend.

Washington  - Winding up the Washington summit on Saturday of the leaders of the world's top economies, US President George W Bush stressed the speed with which the meeting had been pieced together.

The Group of 20 (G20) government chiefs attending the summit called for a series of rapid moves to face up to the fallout from the financial crisis that has recently engulfed global markets.

But much of the complicated work of overhauling the global financial regulatory system has been handed to finance ministers who have until the end of March to report.

According to Times staff writers, President-elect Barack Obama met New York Senator Hillary Clinton in his office in downtown Chicago, to discuss what role she might play in his administration. It is rumored that Obama may ask Clinton - his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination - to be his secretary of State.

Though neither Obama nor Clinton has spoken publicly about the meeting, unidentified aides have told media outlets like CNN that Obama has offered Clinton the aforesaid role.

Washington - Representatives of US president-elect Barack Obama said Saturday after meeting with leaders of some of the nations gathered in Washington to address the global economic crisis that he would continue to work with world leaders on the matter after he takes office.

Obama did not attend the summit of the leaders of Group of 20 nations hosted by President George W Bush in Washington, stressing that he is not yet the US leader. Instead, he sent former secretary of state Madeleine Albright and former congressman Jim Leach to meet with world leaders on his behalf.

Washington - US president-elect Barack Obama made a point of staying far away from Washington while President George W Bush hosted world leaders Saturday in an effort to rescue the global economy, but his pending move into the White House loomed large over the crucial summit.

With Obama keeping a low profile at his transition team headquarters in Chicago, news that he might choose former opponent, New York Senator Hillary Clinton, as his top diplomat rivalled coverage of the Group of 20 summit.