A press secretary is key to a successful presidency and in Barack Obama’s administration, that duty will fall to Robert Gibbs. Visit this link to read more: On delivering the message to the masses

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and superstar Shah Rukh Khan have been ranked among the 50 most powerful people in the world by prestigious United States-based magazine 'Newsweek' magazine, in a list topped by President-elect Barack Obama.Pakistan army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who controls the country's nuclear weapons, is placed 20th on the list of the global 'power elite', at the beginning of 2009 in the magazine's January issue. Visit this link to read more:

Rick Warren, one of the nation's most influential evangelical pastors, is defending President-elect Barack Obama's invitation that he give the invocation at the upcoming inauguration. Visit this link to read more: Pastor Rick Warren defends invite to inauguration

Barack Obama tops the list by a US-based magazine that has Pak army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at the 20th spot and Osama bin Laden being called a 'global terrorist'. Visit this link to read more: 'Sonia, Shahrukh among 50 most powerful people'

About 70% of Americans are optimistic about President-elect Barack Obama's overall policies and believe he will be successful as president. Visit this link to read more: Seven in 10 Americans optimistic about Obama: Poll

US President-elect Barack Obama is expanding his stimulus package with a goal of creating or saving 3 million jobs over two years, a transition aide said. Visit this link to read more: Obama expands economic plan to create 3 million jobs

Italian Primer Silvio Berlusconi says he is planning a meeting between US President-elect Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Visit this link to read more: Berlusconi wants Medvedev-Obama meet

President-elect Barack Obama has increased his employment goal with the nation's economic outlook worsening, seeking to create or save 3 million jobs in the next two years instead of the 2.5 million he proposed last month. Visit this link to read more: Obama increases jobs goal to 3 million

President-elect Barack Obama and his family arrived Saturday in his native Hawaii for a holiday vacation set to be interrupted with the release of an internal investigation about his aides' roles in allegations of public corruption. Visit this link to read more: Obama arrives in Hawaii for holiday

Corruption charges against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich focus on much more than the claim that he tried to sell or trade Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat. Visit this link to read more: Senate seat only part of case vs. Ill. governor

US President-elect Barack Obama yesterday named Harvard physicist John Holdren and marine biologist Jane Lubchenco to top science posts, signalling a change from Bush administration policies on global warming that were criticised for putting politics over science. Visit this link to read more: New science posts may herald policy change

The Cabinet that President-elect Barack Obama completed on Friday is a largely centrist and pragmatic collection of politicians and technocrats without a pronounced ideological bent. Visit this link to read more: Eclectic Cabinet seen as largely centrist in outlook

President-elect Barack Obama wrapped up his Cabinet appointments Friday, meeting his ambitious holiday deadline by assembling a team full of outsize personalities with overlapping jurisdictions and nominees who are known more for pragmatism than for strong leanings on the issues they will oversee. Visit this link to read more: President-elect meets deadline

CHICAGO: President-elect Barack Obama signaled a major shift in trade policy and labor relations as he rounded out a cabinet of ''rivals'' tasked with i Visit this link to read more: Obama completes cabinet of ''rivals'' line-up

US President-elect Barack Obama nominates two leading global warming specialists for key science posts in his administration. Visit this link to read more: Climate experts get key US posts

President-elect Barack Obama's selection Saturday of a Harvard physicist and a marine biologist for science posts is a sign he plans a more aggressive response to global warming than did the Bush administration. Visit this link to read more: Obama names 4 top members of science team

President George W. Bush gave the U.S. automakers $17.4 billion in emergency rescue loans, but the fate of the industry is in the hands of President-elect Barack Obama. Visit this link to read more: Automakers grab loans, look to Obama White House

US President-elect Barack Obama has selected his science team, which signals a change from the Bush administration's policies on climate. Visit this link to read more: Obama names team for climate focus

Barack Obama is on a collision course with Nasa amid signs that the presidentelect wants to torpedo the space agency's plans to rekindle the great days of manned space flight. Visit this link to read more: Barack Obama under fire from Nasa over plans to slash budget

US President-elect Barack Obama has named four advisers for his science and technology team, saying it is time to "put science at the top of our agenda." Visit this link to read more: Obama picks 'science dream team' for administration

WASHINGTON: US president-elect Barack Obama unveiled key members of his science and technology team Saturday, signalling that climate change and genet Visit this link to read more: Obama names science, technology team

CHICAGO: Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich said Friday he was not guilty of trying to seal president-elect Barack Obama''s Senate seat and vowed to fig Visit this link to read more: Not guilty of Obama Senate seat sale: Illinois governor

More than half a million people responded to an online survey asking for feedback on what Barack Obama should do now that he has been elected president, Obama's campaign manager said. Visit this link to read more: Obama campaign survey gets half million replies

US President-elect Barack Obama on Friday named his picks to head the Transportation and Labor departments and his chief trade negotiator, filling the final three spots in his Cabinet-in-waiting. Visit this link to read more: Barack Obama names picks for labour and transport departments

President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday defended his selection of megachurch pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, saying that he disagrees with the minister's opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage but that there should be room for "dialogue" on such difficult social issues. Visit this link to read more: Obama defends choice of pastor for invocation

Amanda Roberts Jones a slave's daughter who lived to be 110 and voted for the first AfricanAmerican US president Barack Obama has died her family said. Visit this link to read more: Slave's daughter who voted for Barack Obama dies aged 110

President-elect Barack Obama has nominated free trade advocate and former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk as US trade representative to take on the job. Visit this link to read more: Obama completes cabinet line up

President-elect Barack Obama selected Karen Gordon Mills, a venture capital expert, to head the Small Business Administration, reported The Washington Post. Visit this link to read more: Karen Gordon Mills to head Small Business Administration

Barack Obama reveals his choices to serve as labour secretary, transportation secretary and US trade representative. Visit this link to read more: Obama unveils final cabinet picks

The US governor accused of trying to sell off Barack Obama's senate seat says he is not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing. Visit this link to read more: Accused governor to fight charges