Stockholm/Copenhagen - The election of Barack Obama as US president was described as "historic" Wednesday by Nordic leaders, who expressed hopes for more dialogue and cooperation.
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he hoped to cooperate closely with the new American leadership, just like he had with President George W Bush.
Rasmussen said he hoped to cooperate with Obama in "the fight against terrorism, the mitigation of climate change and the development of new economic growth based on free trade."
Jerusalem - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni congratulated US president-elect Barack Obama Wednesday on his victory in the US presidential election, saying it was a "badge of honour for American democracy."
"Israel looks forward to a continuation of the close strategic cooperation with the new administration, with the new president and with the US Congress, and to the continuation of the strengthening of the special and unshakable relations between the two countries," she said in a statement.
Washington, November 5 : Penn State researchers have identified thousands of positions where a molecular “master regulator” is located in DNA to control genes in fat cells.
Dr. Mitchell Lazar, Director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has revealed that the master molecule is called PPAR gamma, a target of anti-diabetic drugs.
The drugs bind to PPAR gamma in the nucleus of fat cells, which affects the expression of many genes, about twenty of which were previously known.
The latest study has uncovered about 5,300 additional sites that PPAR gamma targets in fat-cell DNA.
Manila - Rescuers raced against time Wednesday to search for nine people missing after the sinking of a motorized wooden boat in the eastern Philippines that killed 42 people, officials said.
Seoul - North Korea's state-controlled media on Wednesday released new, undated pictures of leader Kim Jong Il for the second time in four days.
Weeks of public absences have fuelled speculation over the health of the 66-year-old leader.
The official Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim visited two army units and observed training. Pictures released with the report showed an apparently healthy Kim, clad in a thick parka, with a group of soldiers, but it remained unclear when the photos were taken.
Jerusalem - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni congratulated US president-elect Barack Obama Wednesday on his victory in the US presidential election, saying it was a "badge of honour for American democracy."
