Manmohan Singh meets Bush, discusses N-deal

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday met US President George W Bush on the sidelines of the G8 summit at this hot springs resort in the mountainous Japanese island of Hokkaido and the two sides discussed their landmark nuclear deal and development of strategic ties, officials said after the meeting. The two leaders met for about 45 minutes at Hotel Windsor Toya, overlooking the scenic Lake Toya before going into a breakfast meeting involving G8 leaders and another eight leaders of the Outreach nations. Making brief statements to the media after emerging from their meeting, both leaders said they discussed the nuclear deal. The deal has caused a rupture in Manmohan Singh's coalition government with his Communist allies announcing on Tuesday that they would withdraw parliamentary support over it. Bush, who has been... [read full story]