Washington, Nov 7 : Rahm Emanuel, who has accepted Barack Obama’s offer to be his chief of staff at the White House’, is better known by his nickname “Rahmbo”, for once he mailed a dead fish to a Democratic pollster who turned disloyal during a US Congressional race when Bill Clinton ran for his first bid to the Presidency.

Washington, Nov. 7 : When the Obamas arrive at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in January, it will not only be a powerful symbol of how far the nation has come, but it will also be the first time in 48 years that a pair of young children will move in.

According to CBS News, the last child to have a free run of the White House was Caroline Kennedy. She was just three years old when her father, John Fitzgerald Kennedy took oath of office. He brother John Junior was practically their since birth. Their tender ages caused their 31-year-old mother, Jacqueline, to fiercely protect their privacy.

Washington, Nov 7: The victory of Barack Obama has confused the Islamic jihadists’ world, as they are yet to decide how to react to it. Many of them never expected a black to win the poll, reported the New York Daily News.

The first major statement aimed at Obama came yesterday from a nationalist insurgent group in Iraq, who extended a “barbed” olive branch to Obama, who during his election campaign had promised to withdraw US troops from Iraq after assuming the White House.

But, other terrorists were seen divided. “Now is the time for a truce,” an Iraqi jihadi in an Al Qaeda-linked chatroom said.

Washington, Nov 7: People around the world rejoiced Barack Obama’s victory on Tuesday, even as workers at a pan-Arab news channel went around the newsroom congratulating each other as if Obama were their president-elect, and Kenya, the birthplace of Obama’s father declared Thursday as a holiday.

According to a Fox News report, Obama''s election set off international celebrations and ignited fervor for the US that has been unseen since the 9/11 attacks. To some observers, the international reaction has elevated America''s president-elect to an unparalleled post: President of the world, added the report.

Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US president-elect Barack Obama agreed in a telephone call to work together to help solve global challenges, a Berlin government spokesman said Friday.

The stabilization of Afghanistan, the global financial crisis, climate change and Iran's controversial nuclear programme require closer cooperation, the spokesman said in a statement following Thursday evening's telephone call.

Merkel also congratulated Obama on his "historic" election victory, the statement said.

President-elect Barack Obama got a glimpse of the challenges his administration would be facing at his first top-secret intelligence briefing Thursday, from the two of the country’s top intelligence officers - National Intelligence Director, Mike McConnell, and CIA Director, Michael Hayden - and a team of briefers.