Washington, Aug 27: Tried everything but still not able to kick the butt? Well, a group of researchers has come to your rescue, who claim that they have a fix on why smokers find it tough to quit cold turkey.

According to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, if a smoker isn't yearning for a cigarette when he makes the decision to kick the habit – and most aren't – he isn't able to foresee how he will feel when he's in need of a nicotine buzz.

Washington  - Family income in the United States increased in the past year, but the number of poor children also increased and the overall poverty rate was unchanged, the Census Bureau said Tuesday.

Median household income climbed 1.3 per cent between 2006 to 2007 to reach 50,233 dollars, a new report by the bureau said. The poverty rate in 2007 was 12.5 per cent, not significantly altered from 12.3 per cent in 2006.

Washington  - Communication glitches at a facility for processing airline flight paths caused delays throughout the United States on Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed.

FAA officials were working to solve the problem at the facility in Atlanta, Georgia. In the meantime, a backup system in Salt Lake City, Utah has begun taking over but at a slower pace, said Tammy Jones, an FAA spokeswoman.

"We are working with airlines right now to ensure everything works as efficiently as possible," Jones said.

Washington  - North Korea must verify the processing for its disarming nuclear capability before the United States removes the Stalinist state from its terrorism blacklist, US official said Tuesday.

"We'll wait for North Korea to produce this verification package so that we can move on to the next steps," State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood said.

North Korea announced earlier Tuesday that it was suspending disarmament because the United States had not lived up to its obligations under a six-nation deal.

Washington  - There are more poor people around the world than previously thought, the World Bank said Tuesday, following a major overhaul of its past estimates of global poverty.

Following an upward adjustment of the cost of living in poorer countries, the bank said about 1.4 billion people - or one in four - in the developing world lived below the new reference point of 1.25 dollars a day, which is benchmarked to 2005 rather than 1993 prices.

Washington  - Russia's recognition of the breakaway Georgian regions will not be embraced by the international community or United Nations, the White House said Tuesday.

"This is not an act that will be recognized by the UN Security Council. It will be dead on arrival," spokesman Tony Fratto said in Crawford, Texas, where President George W Bush is vacationing.