| India and Pakistan set aside their often-bitter rivalry Monday when Islamabad accepted an offer of aid for earthquake victims — an outpouring of sympathy with vast political implications in easing mistrust between the nuclear neighbors. India is dispatching a planeload of about 25 tons of food, tents, medicine and other supplies for possible delivery by Tuesday. Pakistani Foreign Minister Khursheed Kasuri said there was no problem accepting aid from its rival. "When it is a question of tragedy of this magnitude, it's not a question of one-upmanship," Kasuri said in an interview with India's New Delhi Television. "That is why the president of Pakistan has gone on record as having said that we aren't going to stand on ceremony." |