Washington, Oct. 4 : The economy continues to remain the number one issue on the presidential campaign trail, with both John McCain and Barack Obama saying that the race will be won or lost based on who carries the most clout on that issue.

"I''m glad to see that we''ve finally got this dealt with," Barack Obama told reporters Friday after the bill passed, adding: "The final thing is understanding that even if this rescue package works exactly as it should, it''s only the beginning. ... The fundamentals of the economy aren''t sound, and we''re gonna have to do a lot of work moving forward."

Washington, Oct 4: Almost half of the Pakistanis, or 45 percent, think that the US military presence across the border in Afghanistan poses a threat to Pakistan.

Only 17 percent said it was not a threat and more than a third, 38 percent of respondents, had no opinion or would not answer, according to a Gallup poll organized in June.

The poll found that one in three of the respondents said the US relationship with Pakistan in President George W. Bush’s campaign against terror mostly benefits America. Only 7 percent -- fewer than one in 10 -- said Pakistan benefits more.

According to an activist, people who are suffering from AIDS are not allowed to visit the United states. 

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) puts HIV in the list of communicable disease that restricted the HIV infected people from entering the country.

The Department of Homeland Securities (DHS) in U.S. is going to carry out a new regulation that relaxes restrictions on issuing US visas to the visitors who are HIV-positive. 

Washington, Oct 4 : A new study has found that the decline of sea otters along Alaska’s Aleutian Islands has forced a change in the diet of a terrestrial predator – the bald eagle.

The study demonstrates the extraordinary complexity of marine ecosystems and how far-ranging the impacts can be when there is a population shift in a keystone species like the sea otter.

When abundant, sea otters prey on, among other things, sea urchins that attach themselves to the “holdfasts” of huge strands of kelp.

Washington, October 4: Analysing how the U. S. vice presidential candidates delivered their ideas during the October 2 debate, a linguist at Saint Joseph''s University in Philadelphia has come to the conclusion that Republican Sarah Palin was using her Alaskan dialect and informal pronunciation to connect to a particular demographic.

Dr. Elaine Shenk, assistant professor of Spanish, also observed that Democrat Joe Biden spoke more formally, believably, to appeal to academics and intellectuals.

Washington, Oct 4 : The United States has offered India the sale of CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapons (SFW) worth 375 million US dollars to help the Indian Air Force (IAF) develop and enhance standardisation and operational ability with the United States.

The proposed sale comes three weeks after US offered India a 170 million dollar deal that includes two dozen Harpoon air-to-ground anti-ship missiles.