Washington, Sept. 17 : Republican presidential nominee John McCain does have an ugly and untruthful side to him, and according to a op-ed in the Washington Post, it has surfaced off and on since his loss to George W. Bush in the 2000 South Carolina primary.

Then, McCain confessed to lying about how he felt about the Confederate battle flag, which he actually abhorred.

Washington, September 17 : Soon, visitors to Alexandria, Egypt, may be able to see the remnants of Cleopatra’s palace, with plans underway for the construction of the world’s first underwater museum in the city.

According to a report in National Geographic News, a site for the museum has been proposed near the New Library of Alexandria, where the famed queen of Egypt is believed to have sheltered herself with her lover Marc Antony before taking her own life.

If built, the museum could display treasures and monuments of her palace, which once stood on an island in one of the largest human-made bays in the world but were submerged by earthquakes from the fourth century A. D. onward.

The bay is filled archaeological sunken treasures.

Washington, Sept. 17: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is fine-tuning the most basic element of his campaign to win the White House.

According to FOX News, Obama, whose slogan has long been “Change We Can Believe In,” has since the end of the Democratic National Convention in Denver in late August, altered his rallying cry to read as the “Change We Need.”

He advertises upcoming “Change We Need” rallies on his Web site. And he incorporates the modified phrase into his stump speeches.

Washington, September 17 : A team of researchers has discovered that materials deep inside Earth have unexpected atomic properties that might force earth scientists to revise their models of Earth’s internal processes.

A team of scientists led by Jung-Fu Lin at The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences recreated in the lab the materials, crushing pressures and infernal temperatures they believe exist in the lowermost mantle, nearly 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) below Earth’s surface.

Canberra, September 17: A team comprising of Australian and US researchers has discovered a new species of Pacific Iguana in the Fijian archipelago.

According to a report by ABC News, the team has shown that there are three living species of Brachylophus iguanas, not two as indicated in current taxonomy.

The new species is named ‘Brachylophus bulabula’, after the Fijian word for ‘hello’.

Peshawar, Sept 17 : Even as top American military man Michael Mullen is making a hurriedly planned visit to Islamabad to resolve the crisis over US’ unilateral strikes on Pakistan’s tribal areas, US drones were seen today hovering over the tribal region.

But, they left as soon as tribal people shot fired at them, reported The News.

According to tribal sources, US spy planes were seen patrolling over Mcckain, Ladha and other border areas along Pak-Afghan border. The angry tribals opened fire at the drones after which they flew back.

US drones were also seen flying over skies of Kurram Agency, added the paper.