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London, Feb 08 - French President Francois Hollande has reportedly termed a peace plan drawn up by France and Germany as "one of the last chances" to end the conflict in east Ukraine.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that it was unclear if the plan would succeed but added that it was "definitely worth trying," reported the BBC.

Hollande said that the plan included a demilitarised zone of 50-70km around the current front line.

The two leaders are due to discuss the plan with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko via telephone on Sunday.

Although few details are known about the peace plan yet it is believed to be an attempt to revive a failed truce signed in Minsk, Belarus, in September last year.

Los Angeles : Actress Busy Philipps says she lost touch with her 'Dawson's Creek' co-star Katie Holmes after her marriage to Tom Cruise.

Philipps said Holmes stopped talking to her after her marriage to Cruise in 2006, reported Us magazine.

"I did not, no," Philipps, 35, told host Andy Cohen on whether they spoke after the Holmes-Cruise nuptials.

"I left her several voicemail messages."

The Cougar Town actress seemed to brush off the bizarre fallout, but noted that Holmes and Cruise's relationship did take her by surprise.

"I just remember when it happened and I was like, 'Are you on a plane in San Fransisco with Tom Cruise? What's happening?'. And then I saw her like three years later and she had a kid," she said of Suri, now 8.

Los Angeles : 'Hunger Games' star Jennifer Lawrence and actor Chris Pratt are reportedly in talks to join the cast of a sci-fi love story.

Adelaide: Star opener Rohit Sharma feels that arch-rivals Pakistan who will be "under pressure" going into the opening match of the ICC Cricket World Cup as they have never won against India at the mega event.

"The pressure will be on them rather than us. They are the ones, who have not won a game against us in the World Cup.

We will try and use it to our advantage," Rohit told the mediapersons at India's Open Session, here on Saturday.

Not denying that Pakistan match will be a huge affair, Rohit wants that fans go back with happy memories and they will prepare to the best of their abilities to win the game.

New Delhi, Feb 7 : The Centre has decided to infuse Rs. 6990 crores in nine public sector banks (PSBs) for which orders are being issued.

This year, the Centre has adopted a new criteria in which the banks which are more efficient would only be rewarded with extra capital for their equity so that they can further strengthen their position.

The methodology for arriving the amount to be infused in these banks has been based on efficiency parameters. First of all, weighted average of return on assets (ROA) for all PSBs for last three years put together was arrived at and all those who were above the average have been considered.

Islamabad, Feb 07 : The national security strategy unveiled by US President Barack Obama notes that the US supports India's role as a regional provider of security.

The document read that the United States and India shared inherent values and mutual interests which was the basis for cooperation between the two nations.

In the note sent to Congress, Obama said that the country also backed India's expanded participation in critical regional institutions, Dawn News reported.

He added in the note that the US saw a strategic convergence with India's Act East policy and its continued implementation of the rebalance to Asia and the Pacific.