London, October 11 : An online report depicts human psychology as a reason why politicians get away with bending the truth.

The report published by FactCheck. org, a non-profit website based at the University of Pennsylvania, says that people’s tendency to arrange the world into categories—viz. a Republican or Democratic politician—can lead voters to reach the wrong conclusions about candidates even when they have been exposed to the truth.

In substantiation of it suggestion, the report further states that even the least-engaged voter knows that presidential hopeful John McCain is a Republican, and thus links him to attributes shared by other Republicans.

Washington, Oct. 11 : Republicans can expect a Democratic `tsunami’ in presidential polls similar to one that occurred in 1994 when Republicans rode a tidal wave of voter discontent and swept Democrats out of power in Congress.

According to CBS, the signs, from top to bottom, are hard to ignore. At the presidential level, Barack Obama has established a solid, if slight, lead in the national polls. More importantly, the battleground states at the moment are almost exclusively traditional Republican must-haves like Florida and Ohio in addition to states that have been traditional locks for the GOP, such as Indiana, Virginia and even North Carolina.

Washington, Oct 10: US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher has said that ‘very dangerous things’ are happening in Pakistan and some ‘very dangerous people are holed up in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA),’ but that does not mean Pakistan as a nation is in danger.

Boucher expressed confidence in the future of democracy in Pakistan and in the new government’s willingness to fight extremism.

Tokyo - Japan extended sanctions against North Korea Friday, banning port calls of North Korean-registered vessels and all imports of goods from the country for another six months, local media reported.

The sanctions, which were to expire on Monday, were extended due to the lack of progress in North Korea's denuclearization and the lack of resolution over its abductions of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s, Kyodo news agency reported.

Approved by the Cabinet on Friday morning, Japan will also continue to deny entry to all North Korean nationals, except for those who are residents of Japan, and prohibit the export of luxury goods to North Korea.

New Delhi, Oct 9: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas today said that India''s growing ties with Israel is not a matter of concern for Palestinians as they remain assured of New Delhi's support for their struggle for independence.

While talking to media persons about India’s growing engagement with Israel, particularly in the field of defence, Abbas said, "India''s relations with Israel is its sovereign decision."

Washington, Oct 9: Pakistan has indirectly hit out at the just concluded Indo-US nuclear deal, saying such policies that create nuclear disparities in South Asia could destabilise the region and the entire world too.

Pakistan permanent representative at the UN’s European headquarters in Geneva, Zamir Akram said this in his address to the UN General Assembly’s First Committee.