Moscow - Russia hopes talks between President Dmitry Medvedev and US President Barack Obama next month will set a concrete agenda to replace a key nuclear control treaty set to expire in December, the foreign ministry said Friday.

"We hope that the London talks will lead to concrete instructions on what parameters and what tempo negotiations will proceed," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told journalists.

Rome (Italy), Mar. 20 : Vatican insiders have said the Holy See is struggling to contain international anger over Pope Benedict XVI''s claim on his first official visit to Africa that AIDS "cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which even aggravates the problems".

Washington, Mar. 20 : A new scandal involving an officer of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has raised questions about how the agency polices itself.

Case officer in the Middle East Andrew Warren is said to have used the lure of sex to recruit spies.

The Washington Post quoted his colleagues as saying that he made an early habit of taking informants to strip clubs, and that he later began arranging out-of-town visits to brothels for his best recruits.

London, Mar 20 : A former British intelligence has made it "very clear" that Saddam Hussein did not pose a significant threat to the UK, as was being claimed at the time by ministers, and added that tougher enforcement of sanctions could have brought his regime down in Iraq.

Carne Ross, who was a first secretary at the United Nations in New York for the Foreign Office until 2004, was at the centre of events in the run-up to the Iraq war revealed yesterday that the government could reveal new information about the legality of the invasion.

Mumbai, Mar 20 : Maharashtra Police on Friday said it would be better if the Indian Premier League (IPL) is held in the state after elections.

Maharashtra's Director General (Elections) Suprabhat Chakravarty suggested that the tournament should be put on hold till the election is over.

"There is no point in putting extra strain on policemen. They are already busy due to elections. It is a very strenuous duty to provide security during both the IPL matches and the elections," Chakravarty said.

London, Mar. 20 : UK Government is planning to recruit "snoops" to nag Brits into living healthier lives by asking their family friends and colleagues to not to smoke, eat or drink too much.

The Government hopes that the volunteers will help to get across its messages on healthy living in a new and influential way, the Telegraph reports.