Leaders talk as cricketers clash in Mohali

The prime ministers of India and Pakistan are meeting during a World Cup cricket match between the countries, hoping to use one of the world’s biggest sporting contests to rebuild relations shattered by the Mumbai attacks. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh invited his counterpart Yusuf Raza Gilani to watch the semi-final match in the northern Indian town of Mohali on Wednesday and to discuss reviving a peace process that was suspended following the 2008 Mumbai attacks in India. “Keeping in view the sentiments of people of both countries, I’m going there to express solidarity with our team as well as their (Indian) team and to promote cricket,” Gilani

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