Washington

WASHINGTON - Nearly half of today's voters - 47 percent - say they would like to see Barack Obama run for re-election in 2012, versus 36 percent who said in August 1982 that Reagan should run again, according to the latest Pew Research Center/National Journal Congressional Connection poll.

WASHINGTON - A new UK study has shown that men's reluctance to ask for directions on the road lead them to drive an extra 276 miles a year whereas women settle at 256.

WASHINGTON - Tata's inexpensive water purifier, aimed at households that may not have electricity, bagged the top prize in The Wall Street Journal's Asian Innovation Awards.

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari agreed during a telephonic conversation that 'more' needs to be done to deal with terrorist groups in Pakistan posing a 'direct threat' to the West.

WASHINGTON - Given Pakistan's long-standing connections to the Haqqani network and the Taliban in Afghanistan, the United States-led NATO forces in that country have been unable topple the insurgents, who have become increasingly resilient.