London, Nov 5: The absentee ballot from Barack Obama’s late grandmother will be counted, election officials in Hawaii have confirmed.

State elections chief Kevin Cronin said state law typically would require an absentee ballot cast by someone who dies before Election Day to be discarded.

But that would only be if certification of death is received from the state Department of Health before the election.

Cronin said the absentee ballot sent by Obama’s grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, was received by the elections office on October 27.

London, November 5: Guy Ritchie, who is currently in the middle of a fierce divorce battle with estranged wife Madonna, has hired Britain’s top lawyer to make sure his kids live in London, according to reports.

The celebrity couple have been at war over where their children – Rocco, seven, and adopted David Banda, three – will be raised and educated, reports the Sun.

The 40-year-old will use the services of Stephen Cobb QC, who specialises in international divorce cases where one parent wants to take kids out of the country.

Washington, Nov 5: A low-profile President George W Bush watched the election results from his White House residence, while hosting a birthday party for his wife, Laura.

Even before one vote was counted, this result was clear: The presidential race was a verdict on the two-term President as much as candidates John McCain and Barack Obama.

“May God bless whoever wins tonight," the president, who is suffering low approval ratings, told friends and advisers by his side.

Both Obama and McCain positioned themselves as agents of change -- that is, change from Bush.

New York, Nov 5 : Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has said she has “zero” interest in trading her Senate seat for a high-profile job in an Obama Administration, but that hasn’t stopped some of her fervent supporters from dreaming.

Many women want to see her on the Supreme Court, largely to protect Roe v. Wade; health care advocates think she’d make an energetic Secretary of Health and Human Services; and there is talk of her becoming secretary of State or Ambassador to the United Nations.

Karachi, Nov 5 : A 20-year-old Karachi girl who ran from pillar to post for months together in getting her jailed parents in India released, died after she consumed an overdose of intoxicating drugs here Monday evening. The dead girl Saba’s parents are presently lodged in Jodhpur Jail after they were caught by Indian authorities from the Attari Border while returning to their home.

The parents - father Mohammad Hussain and her mother Yasmin - were arrested on the charge of tampering with their passports.

Over the past few months, Saba contacted Pakistani authorities and even the media to highlight her plight. But, she decided to take the extreme step of ending her life after she failed to convince any of the authorities to come to her help.

The cut in cash reserve ratio (CRR) and statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) by the RBI is seen by experts as a positive move while financial entities Goldman Sachs and Citigroup Global stated that more needs to be done. The reserve bank of India, on Saturday, cut mandatory cash deposits, banks need to keep with the RBI by 100 basis points (bps) and the short term lending rate by 50 basis points.