Prime Minister Gillani and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh begin the first official meeting since Sharm al-Shaykh with highly (?placed) sources saying that Gillani is due to press strongly in ...resolving the water issue with India. The two leaders are now engaged in talks in Bhutan's capital, Thimpu, on the sidelines of the 16th SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Summit. The official talk follows the informal meeting where the two leaders exchanged pleasantries ahead of their formal meeting. Meanwhile, welcoming the dialogue, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said we really commend the two prime ministers for their initiative in the hope that there would be a positive outcome. The last such meeting between the two leaders since they held talks in the Egyptian resort of Sharm al-Shaykh -- the talks then ended in what seemed to be a breakthrough, but Singh quickly backtracked on his stance because of domestic Indian political pressure. Hussain Well, it is a positive development and they have been meeting after a long time. Last time, they had met in Sharm al-Shaykh, but they had, in fact, agreed on resumption of composite dialogue, but later on India backed off. Since then we have not seen any indication that India is willing to resume the dialogue between the two countries. It will be very positive if both sides agree to go back to the composite dialogue, which existed between the two countries before the Mumbai terrorist attacks. But, let us hope, that they, in fact, at least agree on resuming the dialogue. Hussain Well, I think that is major issue because the last time when the two prime ministers met in Sharm al-Shaykh, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had agreed to resume dialogue between the two countries. There were very positive indications came out from that meeting, but certainly Manmohan Singh had come under the pressure from the opposition -- and in addition to opposition, but from within the ranks of his own party, the Congress. So, that was the reason why he was backed out. I think probably Manmohan Singh does want a kind of some development on the relations between the two countries. He does realize probably that it is important for both countries to normalize relations, but it all depend how powerful he is in the situation where he can overcome all those pressures -- domestic pressures, particularly from the opposition, BJP Bharatiya Janata Party. So, it all depends on that, but I think probably after Sharm al-Shaykh some of the things have changed. His party has returned in the (?elections) and he seems to be much more steady and much more powerful now than what he was at that point. But, still there is no sign that India will be willing to come on negotiating table.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs look forward to when they won't have to press their Frederik Andersen alarm button at the start and finish of every game. Down 1-0 on a Wayne Simmonds power play goal, Toronto ...pulled even with the Flyers when William Nylander tied the team record with his ninth man-advantage goal by a rookie. Tyler Bozak took the puck away from a Flyers' defenceman and scored to give the Leafs a 2-1 lead...
