Washington, Oct 23 : Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama may be leading the US presidential race against John McCain by only about 10 percent in his country, but enjoys a much higher rating in China.
A Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Wednesday gave the Democratic presidential nominee a 10 percent lead over his Republican rival.
But an online poll conducted on China Daily’s website by the US Embassy, shows Obama enjoys the support of 75 percent among the Chinese.
New York, Oct 23 : Newlywed Ellen DeGeneres is shelling out 100,000 dollars of her own money in hopes of quashing Sarah Palin-backed California''s Proposition 8, which seeks to ban same-sex marriages.
DeGeneres, who wed partner Portia di Rossi this summer, has released a short video through NoOnProp8. com urging Californians to vote against the controversial measure, and has now made a media buy to create a longer television commercial.
"I got to do something this year I never thought I''d ever be able to do," the New York Daily News quoted DeGeneres in her video, as saying.
New York, Oct 23 : Newlywed Ellen DeGeneres is shelling out 100,000 dollars of her own money in hopes of quashing Sarah Palin-backed California''s Proposition 8, which seeks to ban same-sex marriages.
DeGeneres, who wed partner Portia di Rossi this summer, has released a short video through NoOnProp8. com urging Californians to vote against the controversial measure, and has now made a media buy to create a longer television commercial.
"I got to do something this year I never thought I''d ever be able to do," the New York Daily News quoted DeGeneres in her video, as saying.
Washington, Oct 23: Thousands of Aborigine rock paintings discovered in the remote ranges of northern Australia may force a rewrite of the nation’s history books, as the art, which is 15,000 years old, depicts contact with other cultures possibly centuries before the arrival of the British.
The paintings were found in the Arnhem Land, which juts out into the Arafura Sea at the top of Australia.
According to a report in National Geographic News, the library of Aborigine history shows ships—including WWII destroyers and ocean liners—extinct animals, and modern inventions, such as bicycles, planes, and cars sketched onto the walls of rock shelters in the Aborigine territory of Arnhem Land.
Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy is going to court to force a French publisher to take off the market a voodoo doll in his image, French media reported on Thursday.
The doll, 20,000 of which went on sale on October 9, comes with a manual and a dozen pins that can be stuck through well-known quotes of his - such as "Work more and earn more," or "Bugger off, you ass" - which are printed on the doll.
Sofia - The Bulgarian government on Thursday invited the world's largest steel concern, Arcelormittal, to take over the troubled Kremikowtzi mill.
"It is one of the world's best-known enterprises," Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov said, announcing the decision to call in the company of the India-born billionaire Lakshmi Mittal.
Lakshmi's younger brother, Pramod, already owns the majority stake
in the debt-ridden Kremikovtzi mill, near the capital Sofia, which went bankrupt in August.
Dimitrov said however that the government is negotiating the sale of its 25-per cent stake in Kremikovtzi with "other domestic and foreign candidates."
Washington, Oct 23 : Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama may be leading the US presidential race against John McCain by only about 10 percent in his country, but enjoys a much higher rating in China.
New York, Oct 23 : Newlywed Ellen DeGeneres is shelling out 100,000 dollars of her own money in hopes of quashing Sarah Palin-backed California''s Proposition 8, which seeks to ban same-sex marriages.
Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy is going to court to force a French publisher to take off the market a voodoo doll in his image, French media reported on Thursday.
