Only 43 per cent Americans would re-elect Obama if polls were held today

October 13th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - As many as 75 per cent of Malaysians have Internet to thank for providing them information on sex, a new poll suggests. According to the Durex Sexual Wellbeing Survey, men were ahead when compared to women in using the World Wide Web to surf about bedroom passion.

September 15th, 2009 LONDON - Nearly half of the British population believes that anyone in the Labour Party can do a better job than Prime Minister Gordon Brown, a new poll has found. According to a Populus Poll conducted by The Times, 48 per cent of voters think that "literally anyone" from Labour's ranks could do better, while only a third say that Brown is the best leader available for the party.

August 6th, 2009 LONDON - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's recent jogging collapse has shot up his popularity by 12pct. The first opinion poll since his heath scare has shown a 12 per cent increase in those who think that the 54-year-old politician is succeeding as head of state.

August 6th, 2009 LONDON - Britain's opposition Conservative Party has reached the 40 per cent support level, which is seen as crucial for delivering a clear general election victory. The weighted average of five polls last month puts the Tories on 40 per cent (up three points), Labour on 26 per cent (up two), the Liberal Democrats unchanged on 19 per cent and other parties on 15 per cent (down five).

July 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Two thirds of Americans are of the view that late King of Pop Michael Jackson's death has been excessively covered by the media, according to a survey. Conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, the survey saw 1,000 people being questioned between June 26-29.

June 8th, 2009 LONDON - The centre-Right party of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi seems like getting a comfortable majority in the European elections according to a poll, which shows that voters have overlooked the scandals engulfing him. A poll commissioned by La Repubblica newspaper gave Berlusconi's People of Freedom Party between 39 and 43 per cent of the vote, and the left-wing opposition between 27 and 31 per cent of the vote.

May 23rd, 2009 KATHMANDU - Almost three weeks deadlock over the formation of a new government, Nepal lawmakers will vote today to elect a new Prime Minister. Former chief of the CPN (UML) Madhav Kumar Nepal, who has been supported by 22 parties in the parliament, is almost certain to become the next Prime Minister.

May 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Fifty-one percent of Americans consider themselves "pro-life" and just 42 percent say they are "pro-choice." This is the first time a majority in the country has stated a personal objection to abortion since Gallup polls began tracking the data 15 years ago, Fox News reports. The numbers correspond with FOX News polls this month showing 49 percent of Americans as pro-life and 43 percent as pro-choice on abortion.

May 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - After calling himself the Jesus Christ of Italian politics, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi boasted yesterday that he's the world's most popular leader. The 72-year-old said opinion poll findings in his possession showed his popularity at just over 75 per cent, making him far more popular than the American president, Barack Obama, or any other head of government.

April 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has emerged more popular than any of his recent predecessors in his first 100 days in office, according to opinion polls. Barack Obama currently has a 63 per cent job approval rating, reports The Telegraph.

February 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Two weeks into his presidency, a new national poll suggests that nearly two-thirds of Americans approve of the job Barack Obama has been doing so far in the White House, but it's a far cry from his 84 percent rating days before his inauguration. Sxity-four percent of those questioned in a new Gallup/USA Today survey say they approve of how President Obama is handling his job, with 25 percent disapproving and 11 percent unsure.

February 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Two weeks into his presidency, a new national poll suggests that nearly two thirds of Americans approve of the job Barack Obama has been doing so far in the White House, but it's a far cry from his 84 percent rating days before his inauguration. Sxity-four percent of those questioned in a new Gallup/USA Today survey say they approve of how President Obama is handling his job, with 25 percent disapproving and 11 percent unsure.

January 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US president-elect Barack Obama paid tribute to the late African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Monday, a day before his inauguration as the 44th president of the US.

January 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US president-elect Barack Obama Sunday said that it is challenging to close down the Guantanamo prison in Cuba soon after his inauguration Jan 20. 'I think it's going to take sometime.

December 26th, 2008 WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama has topped Gallup's poll of the most admired man to become the first person in over a half century to do so before taking America's highest office. Thirty-two percent of Americans surveyed in the new USA Today/Gallup poll said Obama was the man they most admired - a better showing than either former presidents George H.W.