London, Nov 7: Unknown foreign entity or organisation sought to gather information on policy issues of US presidential elect Barack Obama and his Republican rival John McCain by hacking their computer systems, Newsweek magazine has said.

The Telegraph quoted the magazine as saying that a federal investigation was opened after both the campaigns were victims of a sophisticated cyber attack.

London, Nov 7 : There are some phrases and words that drive us literally mad. Now, researchers at Oxford University have compiled a list of top ten most irritating expressions.

The expression ''at the end of the day'' topped the list while the phrase ''fairly unique'' came second.

The tautological statement "I personally" landed the third spot and the grammatically incorrect "shouldn''t of", instead of "shouldn''t have" was also included in the top ten.

The enraging misusages appear in Jeremy Butterfield''s book called ''Damp Squid'', named after the mistake of confusing a squid with a squib, a type of firework.

Tata-owned steel giant Corus has decided to axe 400 jobs at its distribution unit due to global economic downturn.

The proposed job cuts will be spread across United Kingdom, comprising 100 in the West Midlands, around 100 in North Wales, 50 in South Wales and 50 in Leeds.

The company stated that its distribution business had been operating in an unstable and irregular market since the start of the year.

London, Nov 7 : In a bizarre incident, a UFO was spotted shooting red beams of light to the ground as it hovered over Bristol in South West England.

The mysterious craft and the flashing beams were recorded on the mobile phones of Shellie Williams, 20, and her mum Betty, 53.

The duo also caught the red and white vertical beams, which were not visible to the naked eye.

For care worker Shellie, who watched from outside her home in nearby Hartcliffe, it was a very eerie incident.

London, Nov 7 : Nine out of 10 people in the UK believe that they are victims of workplace taunts and intimidation, a shocking survey has found.

The result came to be known after an online poll of 10,000 people was conducted - and it revealed that 92 percent reckon that they''re being bullied at work.

Fifty six percent believe that it is a serious problem in their office, shop or factory, the study found.

London, Nov 7: Three months after vanishing from public view, and after reports that North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-il had undergone brain surgery following a stroke, a new picture of the “Dear Leader” has come under scrutiny over concerns it may have been doctored to end speculation over his ailing health.

In the picture Kim’s shadow appears to be different to that of the soldiers alongside him in one picture, but in another lineup his shadow appears to fit with the surrounding soldiers, The Telegraph reported.