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Historic N-deal is done; Rice, Pranab ink 123

	October 13, 2008

The historic India-US civil nuclear deal is finally done with the signing of a pact envisioned by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President George W. Bush to end three decades of India's nuclear isolation. India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sealed the deal with the bilateral 123 Agreement at a ceremony held in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State Department at 1:46 a.m. on Oct 11. "This is truly an historic occasion," said Rice b ...