Putin goes on holiday ahead of inauguration
President-elect Vladimir Putin left for the Black Sea resort of Sochi to spend his three days of holiday, ahead of his official inauguration on May 7.



US plans to pressurise India, Pak on N-issue
The US plans to put pressure on India and Pakistan to expose their nuclear facilities for international inspection at the Nuclear Proliferation Conference currently underway in New York.



US lambasts Pak, says it fuels world terrorism
The US State Department has admonished Islamabad for aiding and abetting terrorists in Kashmir and for the first time identified Pakistan and Afghanistan as a major hub of international terrorism.



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