New York, Oct. 8 : Thirty-nine percent of the 400 uncommitted voters surveyed by CBS have identified Barack Obama as the winner of the second presidential debate held in Nashville, Tennessee. Twenty-seven percent said John McCain won, while 35 percent declared the debate a draw.
After the debate, 68 percent of uncommitted voters said that they thought Obama will make the right decisions on the economy, compared to 54 percent who said that before the debate. Fewer thought McCain would do so – 49 percent after the debate, and 41 percent before.
The Nashville, Oct. 8 : Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain engaged in a spirited second debate here on Tuesday night, with a focus on the current economic mess and their respective stances on key foreign policy issues.
The debate, which was held at Belmont University, saw Obama faulting the Bush administration and by extension McCain for a deregulatory environment that he said had led to the nation’s economic crisis.
Washington, October 8 : The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in the U. S. has enlisted 12 germs that can spread into new regions due to climate change, significantly affecting both human and wildlife health and global economies.
It new report, entitled ‘The Deadly Dozen: Wildlife Diseases in the Age of Climate Change’, highlights diseases that may spread as a result of changes in temperatures and precipitation levels.
Beijing, Oct. 8: A 6.4 billion dollar deal to sell US arms to Taiwan has ruined years of Chinese efforts to build military trust with the Pentagon.
A spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Washington should bear full responsibility for the consequences.
He made the remarks after the US government announced plans on Friday to sell a massive arms package to Taiwan, including 30 Apache attack helicopters and 330 Patriot missiles.
Washington, October 8 : A team of American researchers has achieved a breakthrough in using chicken egg whites to grow both normal and tumour cells in three-dimensions.
Research leader Dr. Steffi Oesterreich, associate professor in the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine, says that egg whites can serve as a very good tool to study how cells develop, and what happens when their growth is abnormal.
Since egg whites are transparent, she adds, one can see the cells under a microscope.
Washington, Oct 8 : US President George W. Bush will sign the India-US Civil Nuclear Cooperation Bill here today.
The “US-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act, HR 7081" is scheduled to be signed into a law at 12:20 a. m. IST.
The US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who arrived in India last week to sign the deal after the US Congress ratified the historic nuclear pact, but couldn’t ink the pact because of bureaucratic procedures.
New York, Oct. 8 : Thirty-nine percent of the 400 uncommitted voters surveyed by CBS have identified Barack Obama as the winner of the second presidential debate held in Nashville, Tennessee. Twenty-seven percent said John McCain won, while 35 percent declared the debate a draw.
The Nashville, Oct. 8 : Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain engaged in a spirited second debate here on Tuesday night, with a focus on the current economic mess and their respective stances on key foreign policy issues.
Washington, October 8 : The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in the U. S. has enlisted 12 germs that can spread into new regions due to climate change, significantly affecting both human and wildlife health and global economies.
Beijing, Oct. 8: A 6.4 billion dollar deal to sell US arms to Taiwan has ruined years of Chinese efforts to build military trust with the Pentagon.
Washington, October 8 : A team of American researchers has achieved a breakthrough in using chicken egg whites to grow both normal and tumour cells in three-dimensions.
Washington, Oct 8 : US President George W. Bush will sign the India-US Civil Nuclear Cooperation Bill here today.
