Washington, October 29 : Had Barack Obam taken his mother Ann Durham’s surname, people would have perceived him to be a different political candidate altogether, for a new study suggests that a name significantly changes our perception of someone''s face and race.

Researchers at the UNSW School of Psychology have revealed that their study was based on the hypothesis that the presence of racially-suggestive names could influence participants'' perception of identical multiracial faces, resulting in multiracial faces being judged to look more like the racial group suggested by their name.

Sydney, Oct 29 : The three Islamic militants, who are on death row after being found guilty for the Bali bombings killing 202 people, including 88 Australians, have reportedly sent a grim warning for the Australians, saying “don''t come back because we will strike again”.

Amrozi, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra sent out the chilling message on the eve of their executions, in an exclusive interview with CNN to be broadcast in Australia next month.

The trio is presently held in their cells at a prison in central Java. They are due to be executed by a firing squad by early next month, with reports that it could take place as early as this weekend. Security has been beefed up around Cilacap, near Nusa Kambangan Island, where the bombers are jailed.

Washington, Oct 29 : When it comes to the brain, there is fine line between love and hate, say researchers from the Wellcome Laboratory of Neurobiology at University of California, who claim to have identified brain’s "hate circuit.”

According to boffins, the new scans of the brain''s "hate circuit" have confirmed similarities between the two powerful emotions.

But whereas loved-up partners are likely to be less rational, the new scans show hate to be colder and more calculating.

Tokyo - Tokyo stocks surged nearly 8 per cent Wednesday, on the back of Wall Street's overnight rally and the dollar's advance against the yen, sending the benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average above 8,000.

The Nikkei rose 589.98 points, or 7.74 per cent, to end at 8,211.9.

The broader Topix index of all first-section issues was up 46.29 points, or 5.9 per cent, at 830.32.

The Tokyo market sentiment was buoyed also by speculations that the Bank of Japan is considering an interest-rate cut to help stabilize the market.

London, October 29 : Madonna used to control Guy Ritchie with a ‘marriage contract’, it has emerged.

The Brit director had to apparently alter his behaviour as per the ‘contract’ that included instructions deciding their number of dates and times of sex.

The 40-year-old was further asked to ‘work to enrich his wife’s emotional and spiritual well-being’ while being ordered ‘to resolve conflicts in a constructive way’.

Jakarta - Indonesia's anti-corruption court on Wednesday sentenced a former central bank governor to five years in prison for misappropriating millions of dollars in bank funds.

The court also ordered Burhanuddin Abdullah to pay a 250-million-rupiah (25,000-dollar) fine.

Abdullah was convicted of using a foundation linked to Bank Indonesia to pay bribes of about 10 million dollars to members of parliament deliberating amendments of the central bank law in 2004 and to cover the cost of legal assistance for former senior bank officials.

Abdullah, who was replaced in May after his five-year term as governor expired, was arrested in April by the country's Corruption Eradication Commission.