Virginia, Nov 5: South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), an NGO which advocates for civil rights and immigrant rights issues facing the community in the United States, has played a big role in the victory of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama by galvanising the immigrant community in America.

Approximately 2.7 million South Asians live in the United States, which comprises individuals with ancestry from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Maldives

Tel Aviv - Israeli troops left the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, hours after entering it in the most serious clash between the Israel Defence Force (IDF) and Palestinian militants since a ceasefire went into effect June 19.

The raid left six Palestinians - five militants and a civilian woman - dead, medical officials said.

A military spokeswoman in Tel Aviv said the troops went into the strip late Tuesday to destroy a 250-metre-long tunnel being dug under the border, which, she said, was being prepared to aid in the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers.

The operation was a "pinpoint" one, she said, to destroy an "immediate threat."

Hyderabad, Nov. 5 : Though the United States of America has now voted in favour of African-American Barack Obama for the top post, he may continue to struggle to win in a ‘fist-fight’ with his chief Republican opponent John Mc Cain in the near future.

London - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Wednesday praised the "energizing politics and progressive values" of US President-elect Barack Obama and said he was looking forward to working with him.

In a statement issued by Downing Street in London Wednesday morning, Brown said: "I would like to offer my sincere congratulations to Barack Obama on winning the presidency of the United States."

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London, November 5: Dannii Minogue’s fading popularity on ‘X-Factor’ might just cost her judge job, as the show’s chiefs believe she’s ‘no longer serves a purpose’, it has emerged.

Kylie Minogue’s younger sister, who won the show in 2007 with Leon Jackson on the biggest television talent competition in Europe, would purportedly not been seen returning in the series next year.