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Bush, Putin call up PM
By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, DEC. 13. The President of the United States, Mr. George Bush, and the Russian President, Mr. Vladimir Putin, spoke to the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, this evening in the backdrop of the terrorist attack on Parliament House today.

According to the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, both leaders expressed sympathy and ``outright condemnation'' of the attack. Both the conversations lasted about 10 minutes each.

PTI reports:

Nepal's King Gyanendra strongly condemned the attack and said his country stood by India in the fight against terrorism. He said this in a message to the President, Mr. K.R. Narayanan.

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