Washington, January 25 : A campaign staff member has urged friends and US President Barack Obama's supporters to join in a replay of the oath-taking after ticket holders were denied entry to the original ceremony.

Gabe Cohen, who had campaigned for 20 months, had been among thousand others who had the purple- and blue-section tickets but were shut out from the ceremony after having waited for more than five hours.

And now the 29-year-old has sent invitations for the viewing of the unofficial ceremony near the U. S. Capitol, where the event would be repeated on laptops and iPods.

Lahore/Islamabad, Jan. 25 : Fridays's twin missile attacks in Pakistan's tribal areas were ordered by US President Barack Obama, the Daily Times reports.

Quoting a report from The Guardian, US commanders had consulted Obama before launching the drone attacks on Waziristan.

"Four days after assuming the presidency, he was consulted by US commanders before they launched the two attacks," the Pakistani daily said..

London, Jan 25 : British singer Alesha Dixon is convinced that US President Barack Obama will change the world.

The 30-year-old singer insists that Obama's election to the country's top post gives a message of hope to everyone.

"Barack Obama is going to change the world," the Mirror quoted her as saying.

"I sat on my bed, cried and clapped my hands when he won the election.

New York, Jan 25 : President Barack Obama's name seems to have an influence on everyone, including drug dealers.

A group of drug traders was busted selling drugs with the commander-in-chief's name on them.

The Sullivan County police busted an upstate New York drug ring that was dealing heroin with the president's name on it.

In the bust up, five suspects were arrested following a three-month investigation that led to the seizure of marijuana and 80 decks of heroin.

The decks were stamped in red ink with President Obama''s surname.

New York, Jan 24 : The Obama administration may soon have its first `crowning' achievement by reopening the crown of the Statue of Liberty, which has been closed to the public since the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Ken Salazar, the new Secretary of the Interior, today toured the crown of the Statue Of Liberty.

Washington, Jan 24: President Barack Obama's awkward swearing-in ceremony and subsequent do-over of the oath of office drew a great deal of attention, but it did not make him the first president to take the oath without a Bible, as occurred during his second swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday night.

According to records compiled by the Architect of the Capitol and maintained by the Library of Congress, Theodore Roosevelt did not use a Bible at his 1901 swearing-in, the Washington Post reported.