Washington, Oct 24 : A new poll shows that Democratic White House candidate Barack Obama enjoys overwhelming support in western Europe.

It’s hardly a secret that Obama is Europe’s favorite US presidential candidate, FOX News reported.

But a new poll shows that in France, just one percent of people think Obama’s rival John McCain should win the White House.

By contrast, 78 percent back Obama, while 5 percent don’t want either to win.

The poll found the five largest Europeans countries were unanimously behind Obama in the US race.

In Germany, McCain’s support isn’t much stronger. Five percent of those polled supported the Republican nominee, compared with 72 percent for Obama.

New York, Oct 24 : After nearly two years of a grueling and ugly campaign, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois has proved that he is the right choice to be the 44th president of the United States, The New York Times has said.

Obama has met challenge after challenge, growing as a leader and putting real flesh on his early promises of hope and change. He has shown a cool head and sound judgment.

At the same time, Obama’s rival Senator John McCain of Arizona has retreated farther and farther to the fringe of American politics, running a campaign on partisan division, class warfare and even hints of racism.

London, October 24 : American scientists have revealed that a gas released by bad eggs, known as hydrogen sulphide, acts as a muscle relaxant to regulate blood pressure in certain animal cells.

While hydrogen sulphide can be fatal for humans, several studies have shown that it can put mice into a state of suspended animation, and help limit the damage caused by a heart attack.

Sol Snyder and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, say that they have identified the enzyme that produces this gas in tissues that help to control blood flow in mice.

With a view to determining the function of the enzyme called CSE, the researchers genetically engineered mice to lack the gene to make CSE.

Washington, Oct 24 : A Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine study has found a possible mechanism by which alcohol weakens bones and decreases bone mass.

The U.S. Government panel has urged that cancer should be the top priority as it is the “terrorist within”. More funds for cancer research should be sanctioned by the government.

With the cancer cases on the rise and the funding on the decline with the inflation on the rise, it becomes a priority for the government to consider this aspect.

Dr. LaSalle Leffall of Howard University in Washington said that less funding means decline in the basic research and clinical trials.

"We have become complacent about this fearsome disease and have lacked the will to change aspects of our cancer-fighting enterprise that are preventing significant and rapid reductions in cancer illness and death," Leffall said in a statement.

Taipei - Taiwan's pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party is to stage an anti-China protest on Saturday, to be followed by a series of demonstrations when Chinese top envoy Chen Yunlin visits the island next month, the party leader said Friday.

"We will start a series of events, including a large-scale march in Taipei on Saturday, to make our voices known to Chen Yunlin during his Taiwan visit that we do not want military threats, tainted food, and suppression of our sovereignty from China," said DPP chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen.