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Shortly after the election, he received his invitation in a phone call from Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and on Monday Mr. Sharif invited the Indian leader to attend his own swearing-in ceremony as prime minister, recalling that both men hail from the same province of Punjab that was violently split in two when Pakistan was carved out of British India in 1947.
WSJ: Pakistan's Newly Elected Leader Seeks Better India Ties
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Shortly after his election on Saturday, he received his invitation in a phone call from Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and on Monday Mr. Sharif invited the Indian leader to attend his own swearing-in ceremony in Pakistan, recalling that both men hail from the same province of Punjab that was violently split in two when Pakistan was carved out of British India in 1947.
WSJ: Pakistan's Newly Elected Leader Seeks Better India Ties
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But the rebels in question, who hail from Tigray, a northern province, have run Ethiopia since 1991.
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