Jakarta  - US president-elect Barack Obama's childhood years in Indonesia may provide him with a unique personal link to South-East Asia, but it remains to be seen how deep the old school ties go, analysts warn.

Obama, the first African-American to be elected president, can also claim to be the first US president to have spent almost four years of his childhood in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, two years attending a public Muslim school and two more in a Catholic school.

Washington, Nov 6 : Simon Cowell has given up on the ladies following his recent break up with girlfriend-of-six-years Terri Seymour.

In an interview with Mirror, the American Idol judge has said that he’s off women now.

"Don''t worry about me. I don''t need a lonely hearts ad. I''m off women now," People quoted him as saying.

However, Cowell has said that he still remains friends with Seymour, who broke up with him over the phone.

Nokia’s most advanced multimedia device N96, which has already made its debut in India and UK, has now been introduced in the US market.

The Nokia N96, which sports a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED Flash, offers a memory size of 16GB, which can be increased to 24GB with an optional microSD card, permitting users to store hours of media and entertainment on the go.

Dharamshala, Nov 6: The Tibetan exiles in Dharamsala, the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile, are hoping that Barack Obama the US President-elect would help them restore human rights in Tibet.

The exiles hope that Obama will extend full support to the people of Tibet in their fight for freedom from the alleged Chinese suppression.

Frustrated with the lack of progress with China despite rounds of talks and the March crackdown on riots against Chinese rule in Tibet, many exiles wish that Obama would make the much-needed difference.

New Delhi - Hundreds of tribal people in India's eastern state of Jharkhand on Thursday celebrated the election of Barack Obama as US president by beating drums, singing songs and distributing sweets, news reports said.

The tribal people, who are among the most underprivileged sections of Indian society, gathered for the celebration near a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Morabadi grounds in Jharkhand's capital, Ranchi, the IANS news agency reported.

Washington, Nov 6 : A new study has determined that tornadoes that occur from midnight to dawn are 2.5 times more likely to prove fatal than twisters in the daytime.

The study, by scientists from the Northern Illinois University, also suggests that warning systems that have led to overall declines in tornado death rates might not be adequate for overnight events.

Nighttime tornadoes occur most frequently in the mid-South region of the United States.

Over the past century, the tornado death rate has declined, in large part because of sophisticated forecasting technology and warning systems.