Tuesday May 10, 2011

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By Sam Devraj  ( Assistant Editor )

Regional review: US President Barack Obama and India’s Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh

PRESIDENT Barack Obama spoke yesterday to India’s Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh about the US commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden a week ago.The pair discussed the “successful American action” against the Al-Qaeda leader and reviewed progress on initiatives launched when Obama visited India in November, the White House said.“The two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to building a global, strategic partnership, including defense cooperation, and looked forward to the upcoming meetings of the Strategic Dialogue, the Homeland Security Dialogue, the Joint Space Working Group and the High-Technology Cooperation Group,” it added in a statement.“The two leaders also discussed global and regional issues of mutual concern.”Pakistan is currently under pressure to explain how bin Laden - killed in a US raid on a town near Islamabad a week ago - managed to live in the country undetected for years.India has already given its verdict, denouncing its neighbour as a terrorist “sanctuary” and renewing calls for Islamabad to arrest suspects behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks. 

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