Washington, Mar. 29 : Top advisers to President Barack Obama are rehearsing etiquette and debating what gifts the President will give to Queen Elizabeth during their meeting in London next week.

The gifts have been selected with extra care, protocol lessons on royal etiquette are being delivered and a week''s wardrobe of casual and formal attire set aside for a first lady who is also an international style icon.

Washington, March 29 : A University of Illinois at Chicago biblical scholar will co-host "Who Was Jesus?," a new Discovery Channel documentary series that explores the life of Jesus and life in the first century.

The documentary, co-hosted by University of Illinois at Chicago biblical scholar Rachel Havrelock, premieres on April 5, Palm Sunday.

It will air in three consecutive one hour segments, 7 - 10 p. m. CDT, that cover Jesus' childhood, mission, and last days.

Washington, Mar 29: US National Security Adviser General James Jones has said the new US policy is focused more intensively on Pakistan than in the past, because it's a newer problem and the American strategy to stop al Qaeda operators in their tracks in the Pak-Afghan region.

General Jones called the regional approach the cornerstone of a revamped strategy, and said for the first time, "we will treat Afghanistan and Pakistan as two countries, but as with one challenge in one region."

Washington, March 29 : The day is not far when an online search engine would be giving netizens direct answers to their queries rather than web pages containing them, if researchers are to be believed.

Weiyi Meng, a professor of computer science at State University of New York at Binghamton (SUNY Binghamton), reckons that such a search engine would even be able to answer nuanced questions like "What do Americans think of universal health care?"

Washington, Mar 29 : US National Security Adviser General James Jones has said that Washington and Islamabad will decide `collaboratively' whether to continue US drone strikes inside Pakistan as they were turning out to be effective against militants hiding there.

General Jones defended the drones strikes as effective and said they were causing low collateral damage in an interview after President Barak Obama announced his new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Washington, Mar 29: When it comes to finding a solution for a problem, better decisions come from teams that include a "socially distinct newcomer," say researchers.

"One of the most-cited benefits of diversity is the infusion of new ideas and perspectives," said study co-author Katie Liljenquist, assistant professor of organizational leadership at BYU''s Marriott School of Management.

"And while that very often is true, we found the mere presence of a newcomer who is socially distinct can really shake up the group dynamic. That leads to discomfort, but also to a better process that ultimately yields superior outcomes," she added.