Mood upbeat on Iranian trade tour of India

May 09, 2012 17:05

It was hard not to be amused by the odd diplomatic spectacle in New Delhi this week, which saw Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in town trying to convince India to stop importing oil from Iran -- even as an Iranian trade delegation was here trying to drum up more business.

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