Former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev has told American university students the communism he served most of his life was ‘‘pure propaganda’’.

Cadbury Schweppes today announced plans to acquire a minimum 51% equity stake in Kent, Turkey’s premier sweets and confectionary firm.

A delegation of Pakistani religious leaders and government officials left today for talks with the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan, in a new attempt to break the deadlock over Osama bin Laden.