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Sri Lankan president cancels speech in London over protest fears

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Wednesday, 6 June 2012 (on June 6, 2012)
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Mahinda Rajapakse, accused of presiding over human rights abuses, will attend Commonwealth lunch with Queen

The president of Sri Lanka has been forced to cancel a keynote speech in the City of..


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