India, Pakistan meet, no formal peace talks yet


SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - India and Pakistan agreed on Thursday to work together to fight terrorism and ordered their top diplomats to meet as often as needed to try to rebuild ties damaged by last year's Mumbai attacks.

But Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, speaking after talks with his Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gilani in Egypt, ruled out a resumption of formal peace talks, known as the "composite dialogue", that Islamabad has been seeking.

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