Obama craze seems to drop by 22 points!

Washington, Oct. 16 (ANI): Americans view US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton more favourably than President Barack Obama, a new Gallup poll has revealed.

Clinton generated a 62 percent favorable rating against her former rival Obama, who managed only 56 percent.

Clinton's ratings have not changed much since Obama took office and nominated his former Democratic primary foe to be his Secretary of State, Fox News reports.

Obama's rating has plummeted steadily, down 22 points from his 78 percent rating in January.

According to the report, Clinton's low profile has retained her favourable rating, while Obama has fielded criticism for his role in crafting a controversial health care reform legislation, his dealing with the Afghanistan war and his propping up of the auto industry.

The poll was taken between October 1 and 4, before Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009.

The results were based on interviews with 1,013 adults and had a margin of error of four percentage points.

Swine flu killed over 4,700 people worldwide, says WHO

At least 4,735 people have been killed by swine flu since the viral disease was detected in April, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a latest update.

Of all the deaths, 3,406 occurred in the Americas, 530 occurred in South-East Asia and 432 occurred in the West Pacific. Europe, East Mediterranean and Africa reported 207, 90 and 70 deaths respectively. The WHO declared the swine flu as pandemic in June.

The UN health agency said Friday the total number of laboratory confirmed swine flu cases worldwide is now over 399,232, but this estimate is significantly lower than the actual number of cases that have occurred as many countries have stopped testing and reporting individual cases.

Influenza activity continues to increase in the northern temperate zones across the world, Xinhua reported quoting the UN agency.

But influenza rates in the temperate zones of the Southern Hemisphere have all returned to below baseline levels and very few detections of pandemic H1N1 virus, also called swine flu, are being reported.

So far there is still no signs showing the H1N1 virus has mutated into a more dangerous form than the one first discovered in Mexico and the US in April, the WHO said.

The president of the Maldives and his 12 cabinet ministers have been holding a government meeting five metres underwater to highlight the threat of global warming.

Mohamed Nasheed signed a document calling for global cuts in carbon emissions ahead of a landmark UN climate change meeting in Copenhagen in December.

Seated around an underwater table at the bottom of a lagoon, the cabinet endorsed an SOS message from the Maldives which will be presented to world leaders at the climate change summit.

The archipeligo nation off the tip of India – renowned for its luxury tropical hideaways – is threatened by rising sea levels.

Most of the Maldives’ low-lying islands will be completely submereged by the end of the century if sea levels continue to rise at the present rate.

The underwater meeting is just one of 350 global campaigns calling for a reduction of atmospheric carbon dioxide to a safe threshold.

Blue - all set to break previos opening week records, say reports.

The Times Of India, Nikhat Kazmi

Film: Blue (Adventure)
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Zayed Khan, Lara Dutta
Direction: Anthony D'Souza
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes
Critic's Rating:

Hindustan Time

Tried to get a review and some film details from Hindustan times, but failed....as the site is so idiotic, films suh as Dil Bole Hadippa and Wanted were still there and not a trace of blue to be found.....!!

The astounding MJ and SrK resemblance

No, you don't have to be good observer to notice the similarity, the astounding resemblence between the so said, king of Bollywood,Shahrukh Khan and the king of pop,MJ(I hope ,the abbreviation would work!) .I just want to say that, Mr. DR. Shahrukh Khan, just be a little different!

YS Reddy dies, leaving sad and demoralised supporters .

AP chief minister, a great leader dies, in a helicopter crash leaving sad and demoralised supporters.

If APJ Abdul kalaam can be frisked, then who is SRK?

The following is a newsclip from TOI:-

SRK on Saturday termed the incident at Newark Airport in the US as "uncalled" for saying the expirience made him feel angry and humiliated.

I was really hassled at the American Airport because of my name being Khan...The couple of hours of interrogation wanting to know if I know anyone in America while all around people were vouching for me from India and Pakistan (sic)," the Bollywood superstar said in a statement.

"Only these guys just would not let me through. Finally they allowed me to make a call, which I did and the Indian Consulate helped me through.

Khan, who was on his way to Chicago to attend an Independence Day function was was detained at the Newark Airport and questioned for about two hours before the Indian mission intervened and secured his release.

"It was absolutely was uncalled for I think, me having just finished working there for more than a month...just a couple of weeks ago. They said I have a common name which is causing the delay...checked my bags...I felt angry and humiliated," Khan, who had just finished shooting of his latest movie
"My Name is Khan", said.

MY views-

The question is not about humiliation, cuz it's the inalienable right of the US to do so(as they think), and they have been doing this since the time they became a superpower. If the president of India can be frisked then who is SRK? The IQ of these Americans is so low that they dont even know whats "google". They could have just typed SRK on it and ransacked the info. Though I dont like SRK but i oppose what is wrong. If we Indians dont frisk American VIPS then why do they have to do it?