"They never actually broke bread together, but President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a small step toward warmer relations Tuesday when they agreed to work together on climate change, one of the most contentious issues facing the countries.

News of a baby-step agreement came at the end of a two-day visit that included a White House dinner at which, because Modi was fasting in observance of a religious holiday, no one really ate.

But in their first face-to-face meeting, the leaders of the world's two largest democracies bonded over their shared respect for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., a kindred spirit of Mohandas K. Gandhi, by taking an afternoon stroll around the MLK monument. Before that, they met for more than an hour in the Oval Office."

Christi Parsons reports for the Los Angeles Times September 30, 2014. [2]

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