According to a new study by University of Colorado researchers, women hands carrying far more germs than men's. The study published online Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, said this information could help scientists work out what constitutes a "healthy" level of bacteria, diagnose disease and maybe even get an advance warning of something about to go amiss.

Robert E. Marquis, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Rochester Medical Center said, "The findings of the last few decades suggest that many diseases are due to many organisms, and it's the concerted change that leads to disease,"

Berlin - Europeans turned the US elections into an all-night party with supporters of Barack Obama rewarded by news of his presidential win in the wee hours of Wednesday.

Across the continent, expatriates, political supporters or those who simply wanted to be part of history stayed up all night to watch election returns. People cast mock votes in Warsaw while Berliners partied with hula dancers, a call-out to Hawaii, the birthplace of president-elect Obama.

Washington, Nov 5: Former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has split from his fiancee of three months.

The ex- fiancée of Becker has confirmed to People that she has split from the tennis legend.

The tennis ace earlier confirmed to the German magazine Bunte that he had broken off his engagement to Alessandra Meyer-Wolden.

Becker texted the publication''s Web site Tuesday and said, "Yes, it's true, unfortunately."

According to sources, the 40-year-old sportstar broke the news to his friends and family, including his ex-wife, Barbara, over the weekend.

He and the 25-year-old Meyer- Wolden – whom he''s known since she was a child – had announced their engagement in August.

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.