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Sri Lankan minister: David Cameron behaving like a "colonialist"

David Cameron has been accused of behaving like a colonialist by a Sri Lankan minister after he called for an independent inquiry into alleged war crimes in the country.

Mr Cameron will travel to Sri Lanka this week for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting.

The Prime Minister has faced calls to pull out of the summit over concerns about Sri Lanka's human rights record as well as allegations of war crimes committed during the country's civil war....

Read entire article at The Telegraph