Washington, Sep 23 : Former US president Bill Clinton today said that he would campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama beginning next week, once his annual philanthropy conference concludes
Clinton met with Obama in his Harlem office last week, and asked the candidate, “What do you guys want me to do?”
The answer appears to be to hold campaign events in Florida, Nevada and Ohio, as well as host fundraisers in New York, California and Ohio, the Washington Post reported.
Washington, Sept 23 : Most Internet users cannot distinguish between genuine and false popup warnings messages, even after repeated mistakes, according to a new study by researchers at North Carolina State University.
Fake popup warnings are usually designed to trick users into downloading harmful software.
"This study demonstrates how easy it is to fool people on the Web," said study co-author Dr. Michael S. Wogalter, professor of psychology at NC State.
Washington, Sep 23 : Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin disagree on the question of climate change, as the Alaska Governor has focused on how to adapt to global warming rather than how to combat it.
Palin has publicly questioned scientists’ near-consensus that human activity plays a role in the rising temperatures, the Washington Post reported.
She fought the administration’s listing of polar bears as threatened with extinction because of shrinking sea ice.
London, Sept 23: The recent US’ raids inside Pakistani territory aimed at eliminating suspected terrorists but killed innocent civilians in the action, led to Saturday’s hotel blast in Islamabad killing 60 people, Pakistan's ambassador to the UK Wajid Shamsul Hassan, has said.
“We hope the US will change policy because this is what is needed,” The Independent quoted Hassan as saying.
Miranshah, Sept 23 : Despite repeated utterances from Pakistan to the US to stop air raids on its territory, unmanned US’ drones were seen hovering over different areas of North Waziristan even on Monday night.
Quoting sources, The News reported that drones flew over Ghulam Khan, Danday, Darpakhel, Hamzoni, Dattakhel, Mir Ali and Razmak along Pak-Afghan border and different areas of North Waziristan including Miranshah.
The sources further said situation was tense in the area amid drones’ flights.
Washington, Sep 23: Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s campaign and his supporter at a rally have separately accused the press of favoring his Democratic rival Barack Obama.
McCain’s top strategist called The New York Times (NYT) a “pro-Obama advocacy organization,” FOX News reported.