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Can tennis star's love match heal India-Pakistan relations?

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Two of Asia's biggest sports stars are getting married - and it's causing quite a stir in their respective countries.

While tennis player Sania Mirza is Indian, her husband-to-be, cricketer Shaoib Malik, hails from Pakistan.

The two countries have a history of partition, violence and distrust. So can love trump history and politics?

Tom Burridge reports.

READ MORE: Indian tennis's Mirza to wed Pakistani cricketer Malik

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