Melbourne, November 6 : American newspapers carrying banner headlines about Barack Obama’s historic White House victory were sold out as soon as they reached newsstands, and people who missed out were bidding about 600 dollars for an edition online.

About 800 sellers offered copies for sale on eBay by early on Wednesday evening.

Bids for The New York Times with its banner headline "Obama" were up to 400 dollars, while The Washington Post’s "Obama Makes History" edition was bid up to 41 dollars.

London, Nov 6 : Within hours after getting elected to become the first Black US President, Brack Obama was under way a military style operation as many fear that the 
44th President elect may never make it to the White House.

Obama celebrated his victory with more than 160,000 supporters in Grant Park, Chicago, from behind bulletproof glass 12ft high and 3ins thick, the Daily Express reported.

Jakarta, Nov 6 : The 44th US President-elect, Barack Obama’s, childhood home in Jakarta has become an attraction for neighbouring residents.

A resident said the furniture has remained the way it was left when Obama and his family moved out, Sin Chew Daily reported.

The resident said that the house belonged to his father-in-law, who was a good friend of Obama’s stepfather.

New Delhi, Nov 6: Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft Corp. and the champion of global health issues such as AIDS, said he hopes that the US President-elect Barack Obama will be able to deliver on Washington''s healthcare commitments.

Gates, who is on a visit to New Delhi, was optimistic about Obama''s efforts to tackle global health issues, saying he has "shown a lot of interest" and would "drive improvements in those areas".

Islamabad, Nov 6: US ambassador in Islamabad Anne Patterson has reportedly said that the new US President-elect Barack Obama was “deeply interested” in promoting bilateral socio-economic relations with Pakistan.

After winning the Nov 4 presidential election, Obama was in a “better position” to support the country, the Daily Times quoted her as saying.

She also called the nomination and election of a young African-American as US president “the beauty of a transparent democratic process”.

Islamabad, Nov 6 : New US President-elect Barack Obama has hinted at appointing his partyman and former president Bill Clinton as a special envoy on Jammu and Kashmir, saying he had an experience of dealing with the problems in the Indian subcontinent.

Obama reportedly said this in an interview with Time magazine.

Clinton had played a role in ending the Kargil crisis in Kashmir in 1999.