Washington, September 28 : An assistant professor at the University at Buffalo (UB) suggests that all political parties in the U. S. better concentrate on registering new voters at the moment because late registrants are more likely to vote in national elections than those registered early.

Dr. Joshua J. Dyck, a Political Science expert, came to this conclusion after studying voters’ participation in the 2000 presidential election, with the aid of his colleagues from the University of Maryland and the University of Texas.

Harare  - Zimbabwe's prime-minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai said Saturday there was an "urgent" need for the country to form a new government to prevent starvation amid worsening food insecurity in the troubled country.

Addressing journalists in Harare, Tsvangirai said: "We need to respond to this crisis with utmost urgency. It is therefore imperative that a government be formed in the next few days and begins to implement plans to ensure that our people have food and do not die of starvation."

He said the country's industry was operating at about 10 per cent of its capacity.

Kathmandu, Sept 27: Nepal former Prime Minister and president of Nepali Congress (NC) Girija Prasad Koirala has warned Maoists against undermining democracy.

Nepalnews quoted him as saying that Prime Minister Prachanda and some Maoist leaders have started saying that parliamentary democracy had failed.

He said: “I want them to look at the example of United Kingdom – the mother of parliamentary democracy”.

New York, Sept 27: Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda stated at the UN General Assembly that Nepal government would build partnership with the international community to create an atmosphere for a new socio-economic transformation in Nepal.

Addressing the 63rd General Assembly on Friday, Prachanda said that Nepal is committed to restore peace and order, and unleash socio-economic transformation. He said the formal end of the monarchy was a new opportunity to transform 'old feudalistic' state into a new federate Nepal.

Washington, Sept 27: If one goes by a poll conducted minutes after Friday night’s debate between Republican candidate John McCain and his Democrat opponent Barack Obama last night, the former is seen garnering more uncommitted voters than the latter.

46 percent of voters surveyed said their opinion of Obama got better tonight, while 32 percent said their opinion of McCain got better, reported cbsnews. com.

Washington, Sept. 27 : A former White House Special Counsel and now political contributor to Fox News, Lanny Davis, has described the first of three presidential debates between John McCain and Barack Obama as having ended in a dead heat.

However, he said that McCain ended weaker when attacking Obama, while Obama ended stronger by staying positive. 

But final conclusion: no game changing moment.