Marie-Pier Boudreau-Gagnon of Canada begins her women's synchronized swimming solo free routine at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 7. Tim Wimborne/Reuters
Canada's Kristin Klarenbach performs on the balance beam during team gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 5. Andy Clark/Reuters
Australia's Geoffrey Huegill swims in the men's 100m butterfly semifinal during the Commonwealth Games at the Dr. S.P. Mukherjee Aquatics Center in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 7. Victor R. Caivano/AP
Paraskevi Theodorou of Cyprus competes during the women's hammer final event at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 7. Adnan Abidi/Reuters
India's Nirmala Devi (in red) challenges Canada's Carol Huynh during their women's freestyle wrestling match at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 7. Krishnendu Halder/Reuters
Sally Pearson of Australia celebrates after finishing the women's 100 meter final at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 7. Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
Australian team members hug each other as the celebrate winning the women's gymnastics team final event of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 7. Gurinder Osan/AP
Indian security personnel watch the Commonwealth Games field hockey match between Pakistan and Scotland in a poorly filled Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 5. The empty stadiums that marred the first day of competition at the crisis-hit Commonwealth Games may be filled by children and the underprivileged if ticket sales and attendance doesn't improve. Eranga Jayawardena/AP
Australian cyclists Anna Meares (r.) and Kaarle Mcculloch display their medals after the women's 500 meter time trial at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 5. Anja Niedringhaus/AP
Carl Andrew Myerscough of England competes in the final round of men's shot put during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 7. Adana Abidi/Reuters
Australia's Lauren Mitchell performs on the pommel horse during the women's team final event at the Commonwealth Games at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 4. Anja Niedringhaus/AP
Canada's Annamay Pierse competes in a Women's 200m Breaststroke heat during the Commonwealth Games at the Dr. S.P. Mukherjee Aquatics Center in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 6. Victor R. Caivano/AP
England's Imogen Cairns performs in the floor exercise during the women's team final event at the Commonwealth Games at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 5. Anja Niedringhaus/AP
Players compete at each other in a squash event during the Commonwealth Games at the Siri Fort Sports Complex in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 4. Saurabh Das/AP
Australia's Emily Rosemond looks over at her competition Canada's Monique Sullivan prior to the women's track cycling sprint quarterfinals at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 7. Andy Clark/Reuters
Ashley Delaney of Australia competes in the men's 50m backstroke final during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 5. Tim Wimborne/Reuters
Matt Hennessey of Wales performs on the horizontal bar in the gymnastics team final during the Commonwealth Games at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 4. Anja Niedringhaus/AP
England's Kelly Sibley (top r.), hits the ball to Nigeria's Janet Effiom as players from India and New Zealand are reflected in glass during action in the preliminary round of the women's team table tennis competition at the Yamuna Sports Complex at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 4. Kevin Frayer/AP
England's Max Whitlock (c.) celebrates with Steve Jehu, Reiss Beckford, Luke Folwell, and Danny Lawrence after England wins the silver medal in the men's gymnastics team final during the Commonwealth Games at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 4. Anja Niedringhaus/AP
Rebecca Adlington of England reacts to losing her heat in the women's 200m freestyle swimming heats during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 4. Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
Players from India and Scotland compete during their hockey group match at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 4. Adnan Abidi/Reuters
Irodotos Georgallas of Cyprus performs on the rings during the team final event of the Commonwealth Games at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 4. Gurinder Osan/AP
Nigerian Nwaokolo Augustina Nikem celebrates after setting a new Commonwealth Games record of 77 kg (nearly 170 pounds) lift in the women's weightlifting snatch event during the Commonwealth Games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 4. Manish Swarup/AP
England's Steve Jehu crashes on the pommel horse during the men's gymnastics team final at the Commonwealth Games at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 4. England took the silver medal in the competition. Anja Niedringhaus/AP
Light reflects off the red paddle of New Zealand's Karen Li as she prepares to serve to India's Shamini Kumaresan, not seen, during action in the preliminary round of the women's team table tennis competition at the Yamuna Sports Complex at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 4. Kevin Frayer/AP
Australia's Alicia Coutts competes to win gold in the Women's 200m individual medley final during the Commonwealth Games at the Dr. S.P. Mukherjee Aquatics Center in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 4. Victor R. Caivano/AP
On the eve of Cameron's speech about Britain's relations with Europe, some Conservatives are pushing for greater ties with the British Commonwealth, which includes Canada and India.
Even as Britain's prime minister puts the final touches on a speech due Friday on his government's plans to renegotiate the UK’s relationship with the European Union, his government's foreign secretary was on the other side of the world developing some much older relationships from the days of empire – relationships that some Conservatives hope could prove a viable alternative to the EU.
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