London, July 28 : British Prime Minister Gordon Brown had to take on a new job recently – that of being a V. I. P. tour guide to presumptive US Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama.

As soon as he arrived in London and met Brown, Obama asked every tourist’s favourite question: “Can you show me where the Queen lives?”

The request prompted Brown to act as a VIP tour guide for the U. S. senator, reports The Mirror.

However, alarmed American and British secret service officials curtailed their walkabout after astonished tourists came to close to dignitaries outside Buckingham Palace.

London, July 28 : The major milestone in Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s campaign after his Berlin moment in front of 200,000 Germans, will be the selection of a vice presidential candidate.

The selection of a vice-presidential candidate is “the one last remaining wild card in any campaign for the presidency,” said Obama’s spokesman Robert Gibbs after the Illinois Senator wrapped up his 16,000-mile tour in London.

“It will cause a pretty big ripple,” The Independent quoted Gibbs, as saying.

Washington - US presidential candidate Barack Obama Sunday made his first appearance back on US soil meeting a convention of minority journalists in Chicago where he emphasized multinational cooperation for future US foreign policy.

After Obama's return from Europe and the Middle East he faced sharp criticism from the opposing camp for not visiting wounded US soldiers and treating his tour as a victory lap.

Washington, July 27 : American body movement analysts have cast light on what Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his Democratic counterpart Barack Obama''s body language reveals about them.

They say that the way McCain stands firmly and holds onto the sides of a podium represent stability, while Obama has a forward-looking gaze and strolls about in a relaxed fashion during public appearances.

The experts add that both presidential candidates share an introspective quality that may make them strong leaders, each in his way.

London, July 26 : US presidential hopeful Barack Obama''s 67-year-old step mother, Kezia Obama, believes that he will change the way the world thinks once he takes charge at the White House in Washington.

As he arrived in London on Saturday, Kezia Obama, Barack Senior''s first wife, said proudly: "The things Barry Junior says are the things the world needs to focus on.”

"I believe he''s the right person at the right time. He''s the one to make the changes we need. If he does win he will be a president for the whole world," The Mirror quoted her, as saying.

London, July 26 : U. S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Saturday met former British Prime Minister and The Quartet''s Middle East envoy Tony Blair during the final day of his foreign tour.

Blair had a breakfast meeting with Obama at the latter''s London hotel, and The News quoted Blair''s spokesman as saying that their talks focused on the Middle East peace process.

Obama -- who has been travelling abroad in a high-profile effort to show US voters how he can handle foreign policy issues -- was in Jordan, Israel and the West Bank earlier in the week.