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Data swap for nuclear neighbours

By Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad and James Lamont in New Delhi

Published: January 1 2009 17:34 | Last updated: January 1 2009 17:34

India and Pakistan exchanged sensitive nuclear information on Thursday in a rare conciliatory gesture after the sharp deterioration in relations following the Mumbai terror attacks.

The step followed the personal intervention of George W. Bush, US president, who made New Year’s eve phone calls to Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan’s president, and Manmohan Singh, India’s prime minister.

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