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| US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has begun a five-day visit to India aimed at strengthening political and economic relations. | US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has begun a five-day visit to India aimed at strengthening political and economic relations. |
| She is currently in Mumbai, where she attended a private ceremony to honour the victims of last November's attacks which left more than 170 people dead. | She is currently in Mumbai, where she attended a private ceremony to honour the victims of last November's attacks which left more than 170 people dead. |
| She is staying in the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, where many of the victims died. | She is staying in the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, where many of the victims died. |
| Mrs Clinton is also likely to press for better ties between India and Pakistan when she goes to Delhi on Sunday. | Mrs Clinton is also likely to press for better ties between India and Pakistan when she goes to Delhi on Sunday. |
| Observers say she will argue that the current US alliance with Pakistan is not at India's expense. | Observers say she will argue that the current US alliance with Pakistan is not at India's expense. |
| BBC regional analyst Jill McGivering says that at present, the US focus is on Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the battle against Taliban insurgents in both countries. | BBC regional analyst Jill McGivering says that at present, the US focus is on Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the battle against Taliban insurgents in both countries. |
| But the Obama administration is keen to address concerns in India that Delhi's interests are being neglected, our correspondent adds. | But the Obama administration is keen to address concerns in India that Delhi's interests are being neglected, our correspondent adds. |
| Drumming up business | Drumming up business |
| BBC state department correspondent Kim Ghattas, who is travelling with Mrs Clinton, says the secretary of state is keen on people-to-people diplomacy and usually holds town hall events and meetings with civil society leaders on foreign visits. | |
| Before the official part of the visit in Delhi on Monday, she will take time in Mumbai, the commercial capital, to meet business leaders and visit a women's NGO that helps to provide poor women with employment. | |
| In the afternoon she will spend an hour at a school talking to volunteers at the Teach India programme, promoting education for the poor. | |
| As her first engagement, she attended a morning ceremony to mark the Mumbai attacks, held in private and without press coverage. | As her first engagement, she attended a morning ceremony to mark the Mumbai attacks, held in private and without press coverage. |
| It was held in the Taj Palace hotel where she was staying. | It was held in the Taj Palace hotel where she was staying. |
| The attacks, in November last year, have become a major source of tension between India and Pakistan. | The attacks, in November last year, have become a major source of tension between India and Pakistan. |
| India wants Pakistan to punish those responsible and take tough action against militant groups. | India wants Pakistan to punish those responsible and take tough action against militant groups. |
| The US has been working to bring the sides back into dialogue. | The US has been working to bring the sides back into dialogue. |
| If tensions along Pakistan's border with India were reduced, the Pakistani military would be able to focus more fully on the north-west and dealing with its own insurgency there. | If tensions along Pakistan's border with India were reduced, the Pakistani military would be able to focus more fully on the north-west and dealing with its own insurgency there. |
| Pakistan is now promising to address the concerns about militants, but many in India are sceptical. | Pakistan is now promising to address the concerns about militants, but many in India are sceptical. |
| Our correspondent also says the visit is also partly about business. | Our correspondent also says the visit is also partly about business. |
| The agreement which ended a three-decade ban on the sale of civilian nuclear technology to India was a centrepiece of the last Bush administration. | The agreement which ended a three-decade ban on the sale of civilian nuclear technology to India was a centrepiece of the last Bush administration. |
| Now India is expected to name two sites where US companies can build nuclear power plants. It is business worth billions of dollars. | Now India is expected to name two sites where US companies can build nuclear power plants. It is business worth billions of dollars. |
| Are you in India? What do you hope Hillary Clinton's visit will achieve? Send us your comments using the form below. | Are you in India? What do you hope Hillary Clinton's visit will achieve? Send us your comments using the form below. |
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