CRAWFORD/ISLAMABAD: US President George W Bush called President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday and all sides agreed on the need to avoid any action that would increase tensions. According to White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe, Bush “called Prime Minister Singh of India and separately President Zardari of Pakistan. President Bush urged both...to cooperate with each other in the Mumbai attack investigation as well as on counter-terrorism in general. “All three leaders from the United States, India and Pakistan agreed that no one wanted to take any steps that unnecessarily raise tensions,” Johndroe stressed. While talking to Bush, President Zardari reiterated Islamabad’s position of not allowing non-state actors to use Pakistani territory for launching attacks on other countries, and said stern action would be taken against any such elements. Bush and Zardari also discussed the general security situation in the region in the aftermath of the Mumb