Colombo Summit

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  India vs Pakistan: As 'A' Teams Clash In Emerging Asia Cup Final, Another Thriller On Cards

  India A will be keen to assert their dominance in the Emerging Asia Cup tournament when they face Pakistan A in a potentially high-voltage summit clash in Colombo on Sunday

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  SAFF U-17 Championship: India Beat Bangladesh To Book Spot In Final

  SAFF U-17 Championship: India defeated Bangladesh 2-1 in the semifinal in Colombo on Monday to book their spot in the summit clash.

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  S Jaishankar Lands In Sri Lanka For Bilateral Talks, BIMSTEC Summit

  External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Colombo on Sunday to hold bilateral talks with Sri Lanka's top leadership and attend the seven-nation BIMSTEC summit.

• Sri Lanka's Commonwealth summit press office destroyed in fire

  A fire today engulfed the international press centre that was set up for the CHOGM summit held in Colombo earlier this month.

• M Karunanidhi criticizes Prime Minister's response to war crimes in Sri Lanka

  Continuing his tirade against India's participation in the Common Wealth Summit at Colombo, DMK Supremo M Karunanidhi today deprecated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's response to the alleged war crimes by Sri Lanka unlike the strong stand spelt out by Britain.

• Sri Lanka escapes Commonwealth censure after fractious summit

  British PM David Cameron said he would raise the issues at the United Nations if Sri Lanka did not conduct its own independent inquiry by March.

• Commonwealth to put on united front after summit rifts

  Commonwealth leaders were to wrap up a summit in Sri Lanka Sunday, looking to put on a united front after talks dominated by a bitter dispute over war crimes allegations.

• Prime Minister has respect for sentiments of Tamilians, says minister Vasan

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by deciding to skip the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka has respected the sentiments of people of Tamil Nadu, Shipping Minister G K Vasan has said.

• Commonwealth must not be 'judgmental': Sri Lankan President

  Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse said on Friday the Commonwealth must not be a "judgmental body" as he chaired a summit which has been dogged by a dispute over alleged war crimes.

• Colombo summit challenges Commonwealth values

  As the CHOGM or Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting gets underway today in the Sri Lankan capital, this question poses a major challenge to several world leaders in attendance.

• Boycott-hit Commonwealth summit begins in Sri Lanka

  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.

• Would like to meet Modi in near future, says UK premier David Cameron

  Cameron, on a short visit to India ahead of the Commonwealth meeting in Colombo, also met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and held consultations with him.

• Indian PM didn't mention Tamil sentiment in letter cancelling visit: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa

  Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today expressed satisfaction over External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid attending the Commonwealth summit.

• Commonwealth summit: 'Nothing to hide' over rights, says Sri Lanka president

  "We are very open, we have nothing to hide," Rajapakse told reporters on the eve of the 53-member group's summit.

• Commonwealth summit: Tamil politicians want me to talk about fishermen, says Salman Khurshid

  The delegation had also urged that Mr Khurshid persuade Sri Lanka to move forward on a date for having the fishermen representatives of the two sides to meet.