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| Brown in India for terror talks | Brown in India for terror talks |
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| UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has travelled to India to discuss terrorism and try to calm relations with Pakistan following the Mumbai attacks. | UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has travelled to India to discuss terrorism and try to calm relations with Pakistan following the Mumbai attacks. |
| He met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the aftermath of the attacks which killed at least 170 people, including one Briton. | He met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the aftermath of the attacks which killed at least 170 people, including one Briton. |
| India has announced a security overhaul after the attacks which it blames on Pakistan-based militants. | India has announced a security overhaul after the attacks which it blames on Pakistan-based militants. |
| Mr Brown is now in Pakistan for talks with President Asif Ali Zardari. | |
| After the breakfast meeting with Mr Singh, Mr Brown said he had wanted to express his condolence for the Mumbai attacks at first hand. | After the breakfast meeting with Mr Singh, Mr Brown said he had wanted to express his condolence for the Mumbai attacks at first hand. |
| He said the "terrible terror outrages" had shocked the whole world and the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, thought to be responsible, had "a great deal to answer for". | He said the "terrible terror outrages" had shocked the whole world and the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, thought to be responsible, had "a great deal to answer for". |
| India has urged Pakistan to take action over the attacks. | India has urged Pakistan to take action over the attacks. |
| Pakistan denies any involvement, but has promised to co-operate with the Indian investigation. | Pakistan denies any involvement, but has promised to co-operate with the Indian investigation. |
| President Zardari has pledged to take "strong action" against terrorists, but has also called on India to share more information about the attacks. | President Zardari has pledged to take "strong action" against terrorists, but has also called on India to share more information about the attacks. |
| Mr Brown said he would convey the concerns of the Indian people when he meets with Mr Zardari later on Sunday. | Mr Brown said he would convey the concerns of the Indian people when he meets with Mr Zardari later on Sunday. |
| BBC political correspondent Carole Walker, who is travelling with Mr Brown, said the trip has been dominated by how to counter the threat from extremists. | BBC political correspondent Carole Walker, who is travelling with Mr Brown, said the trip has been dominated by how to counter the threat from extremists. |
| Afghanistan trip | Afghanistan trip |
| Speaking during his surprise visit to Afghanistan on Saturday, he said wherever there was terrorism, it had to be fought. | Speaking during his surprise visit to Afghanistan on Saturday, he said wherever there was terrorism, it had to be fought. |
| He described Pakistan's border region with the country, where he met troops fighting the Taleban, as one end of a "chain of terror" that could stretch to Britain if more was not done to tackle the threat of al-Qaeda. | He described Pakistan's border region with the country, where he met troops fighting the Taleban, as one end of a "chain of terror" that could stretch to Britain if more was not done to tackle the threat of al-Qaeda. |
| The prime minister's visit to Afghanistan came a day after four Royal Marines were killed in two separate bomb attacks. | The prime minister's visit to Afghanistan came a day after four Royal Marines were killed in two separate bomb attacks. |
| Mr Brown spoke of his "disgust and horror" at the willingness of the Taleban to use a 13-year-old child to deliver a bomb in a wheelbarrow to a Marine patrol, killing three men and the young boy. | Mr Brown spoke of his "disgust and horror" at the willingness of the Taleban to use a 13-year-old child to deliver a bomb in a wheelbarrow to a Marine patrol, killing three men and the young boy. |
| The PM is expected to update MPs on the security situation in Afghanistan in an oral statement to the House of Commons on Monday. | The PM is expected to update MPs on the security situation in Afghanistan in an oral statement to the House of Commons on Monday. |