Washington, Sept 9 : Single fathers should never be banned from seeing their kids, according a new study.

Sociologist Germain Dulac, a researcher at the Universite de Montreal''s Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Violence Against Women and Families, said that even in the toughest family conflicts, interaction should always continue between father and child.

"Every father, even the worst delinquent, must see his child once in a while. It''s beneficial for both parties," said Dulac.

"Support groups have often proven that fathers turn out better if they stay in touch with their child," he added.

Dulac and his colleagues conducted in-depth interviews with 30 fathers of children younger than two.

New York, Sept. 9: In her first campaign outing since the Democratic National Convention, New York’s junior Senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton, avoided criticizing new contender for female voters, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.

The Obama Campaign is seeing Clinton as the best counter to Palin as far as attracting the votes of white working women and mothers who supported her during the Democratic primaries.

Leading an evening rally in Tampa, Clinton, however, chose to use a line that she had used at two earlier events -- “No way, no how, no McCain — no Palin!”

London, Sep 9: The most prominent women in American politics Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and New York Senator Hillary Clinton assisted Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama’s efforts to counter the polling power of Sarah Palin.

Although President Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney were showering compliments on Palin, Rice offered only the faintest praise, The Times reported.

She failed three times to defend the Alaskan Governor from charges that she does not have the necessary experience to be vice-president.

Washington, Sep 9 : Republican presidential nominee John McCain leads Democratic rival Barack Obama 46 percent to 44 percent in the latest CBS News poll, conducted three days after the completion of the parties’ nominating conventions.

The poll marks the first time that McCain, whose two-point lead is within the poll’s margin of error, has led Obama in CBS News general election polling.

Washington, September 9 : Scientists have found that wide rivers of ice, which flow through relatively slow-moving polar ice sheets in Antarctica, en route to the sea, can generate seismic waves twice a day, thus resulting in earthquakes.

The seismic signals from Antarctica''s 60-mile-wide Whillans Ice Stream are as strong as those of a magnitude-7 earthquake, which could cause major damage in a developed area.

But, whereas an earthquake of magnitude 7 might last 10 seconds, the Whillans signals continue for ten minutes or longer.

They resemble earthquakes at glacial speed, according to Douglas A. Wiens of Washington University in St. Louis.