Washington - US Senator Hillary Clinton called the election of Democratic nominee Barack Obama as US president "an historic victory for the American people."

The wife of former president Bill Clinton, Senator Clinton narrowly lost the centre-left Democratic Party's presidential nomination to Obama before endorsing the Illinois senator.

"This was a long and hard fought campaign but the result was well worth the wait," Clinton said.

Recent research has shown association of four new genes with Alzheimer. Researchers from Harvard Medical School in Boston found that few genes that are linked with Alzheimer's are somehow, also associated with the already known genetic risks that cause degenerative brain disorder.

Washington, Nov 5: Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has created history by defeating his Republican rival John McCain to become the first Black President of the United States.

The 47-year-old Democratic senator from Illinois swept to victory over his Republican opponent McCain by building an Electoral College majority of 367 votes to McCain’s 168 at the time of filing the story.

Meanwhile, McCain has conceded defeat to Obama, telling supporters “the failure is mine.”

Berlin - The new James Bond film, A Quantum of Solace, is action-packed and has no time for Miss Moneypenny and Q, but lead actor Daniel Craig said he could imagine the secretary and gadget genius making a return in the next adventure.

"I think we should reintroduce her again," the British actor told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa in Berlin Monday at the German premiere of the latest installment of Ian Fleming's Bond series.

A Quantum of Solace, directed by Marc Forster, is the continuation of Casino Royale, the first bond film with the 40-year-old Craig.