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2.09pm: Ban has opened the summit (slightly late).

The Sri Lankan president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, has opened the Commonwealth leaders' summit in Colombo, with a speech defending the country's record on human rights.

Sri Lanka president defends rights record Jump to media player The Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has opened the Commonwealth leaders' summit in Colombo, with a speech defending the country's record on human rights.

The Queen has opened a Commonwealth summit in the Australian city of Perth.

The EU summit has opened in Brussels amid continued tension over the French expulsion of Gypsies and the European commission's threat to take Nicolas Sarkozy's government to court.

The program has opened up to Twitter and Instagram influencers, the company announced at the Web Summit conference.

"Strathearn has opened its arms to the world with events such as the Ryder Cup and G8 summit.

This year's UN climate summit has opened in Mexico, with expectations of significant progress generally low.

Media captionPresident Obama: "This is an opportunity for us to align an approach to transition in Afghanistan" A Nato summit has opened in Portugal with leaders meeting to discuss new threats such as cyber-warfare and how to protect its 28 member states from ballistic missile attack.

Rwanda's alleged support for the M23 rebels has opened a diplomatic rift between Kigali and Kinshasa that several regional summits have failed to resolve.

An international four-day summit on sexual violence during war has opened in London.