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LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday urged Pakistan to give its "absolute, total" cooperation in finding those responsible for last week's attacks on India's financial capital Mumbai.

Rice, who is due in India on Wednesday to try and lower tensions with its rival Pakistan, said the United States made clear to Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari there must be complete transparency in the investigation into the Mumbai attacks that killed nearly 200 people, including six Americans.

"What we are emphasizing to the Pakistani government is the need to follow the evidence wherever it leads and to do that in the most committed and firmest possible way," she told reporters traveling with her to London, where she will discuss India-Pakistan tensions with Britain's foreign minister." >>>

http://nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-us-india-mumbai-rice.html

LONDON (AP) -- The United States has told Pakistan it expects nothing short of complete cooperation in investigations into the terrorist rampage in nuclear rival India. Pakistan's response will be a test of the will of the new civilian government, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday.

''What we are emphasizing to the Pakistani government is the need to follow the evidence wherever it leads,'' Rice said. ''I don't want to jump to any conclusions myself on this, but I do think that this is a time for complete, absolute, total transparency and cooperation and that's what we expect.''

At President George W. Bush's direction, Rice is cutting short a European trip to visit India later this week. Attacks spanning three days killed more than 170 people in the Indian commercial capital Mumbai, including six Americans." >>>

http://nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Rice-India.html

[hlthe2b]

1. And your point is?

:shrug:

[elleng]

3. Ones understanding

can be easily shaped/shaded by approach taken by 'messenger.'

Reuters says 'Rice on Monday urged Pakistan to give its "absolute, total" cooperation in finding those responsible for last week's attacks on India's financial capital Mumbai.'

AP says U.S. 'has told Pakistan it expects nothing short of complete cooperation in investigations into the terrorist rampage.'

[hlthe2b]

4. yes... I wonder which is closer to the truth....

[annabanana]

6. hmmm My usual instinct is Reuters.. but the AP article has the longer quote..

(which is the more belligerent of the two)

[summer borealis]

2. "At President Bush's direction"

what a crock. asswipe couldn't direct his own piss into a cup.

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5. Or a pretzel into his mouth. n/t