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Days after Sri Lanka's government defeated its long-time foe, the Tamil Tigers, in May, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon flew into the country's capital, Colombo, for a 24-hour visit to urge its president to open up its refugee camps to international aid groups. This was another urgent trip by Ban to a war-torn capital.

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