The wife of Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, Cherie, visits a
display of local wares in the village of Vattem in Andhra Pradesh,
India January 6, 2002. British Prime Minister Tony Blair began talks
late on Sunday with his Indian counterpart Atal Behari Vajpayee aimed
at defusing a tense military standoff between India and Pakistan.
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