New York, Jan 21 : It seems that some men can do anything to hook up with Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie.

During a annual `man' survey by Glamour magazine, as many as 1,013 guys were told "Angelina Jolie has a sexual proposition for you: First she wants to watch you have sex with Brad Pitt, and then she''ll have sex with you. Do you go for it?".

While 81 pct respondents said that they wouldn''t, the remaining 19 pct, it seemed, wouldn't mind the offer, reports the New York Post.

Washington, Jan. 21: There was no shortage of powerful imagery on Barack Obama's Inauguration Day, starting with the confident man who defied all political conventions - that he was too young, too inexperienced, too black or not black enough - to stand on the steps of the Capitol and take the oath of office in a city and a country that are still racially divided in many shameful ways, says the New York Times.

Washington, Jan. 21: The worst inaugural addresses in U. S. presidential history represent a laundry list of what not to do on your big day, from boring the crowd with administrative details to droning on for two hours in the bitter cold, ultimately killing yourself in the process.

1. Warren Harding in 1921 said: "I speak for administrative efficiency, for lightened tax burdens, for sound commercial practices, for adequate credit facilities, for sympathetic concern for all agricultural problems, for the omission of unnecessary interference of Government with business, for an end to Government''s experiment in business, and for more efficient business in Government administration."

Moscow, Jan. 21: Lots of Russians believe that under President Obama, U. S.-Russia relations in the post-Cold War scenario should pick up.

"After Barack Obama becomes president, he should establish better contacts and improve ties with Russia," CBS quoted Maxim, a young boy from the Russian city of Yaroslavl, as saying.

"I would advise President Obama to telephone our President Medvedev and arrange a meeting between them," adds Vitaly, also from Yaroslavl.

Russian officials have recently been talking most favorably of the future of the bilateral relations, significantly toning down their anti-American rhetoric which has for years been Moscow''s trademark in foreign relations.

Beijing, Jan. 21: China has urged the United State to take concrete steps to put bilateral military ties back on track after relations were derailed because of Pentagon''s arms sales to Taiwan last year.

The Barack Obama administration should clear the way for improved military ties, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense said yesterday.

Washington, Jan. 21: The new White House website unveiled by President Barack Obama's team Tuesday includes a shot at former President Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina.