Colombo (AFP) - A Commonwealth summit meant to showcase post-war Sri Lanka was to begin in Colombo Friday but faced being upstaged by an historic visit to its northern killing fields by Britain's David Cameron.
More than four years after the end of one of Asia's bloodiest ethnic conflicts, President Mahinda Rajapakse will host dozens of leaders from every continent.
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