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That is correct in the context of well trained experienced journalists in the profession who have taken up the pen with enthusiasm and interest. How many of today's journalists make a requisite progress to achieve the objective of being a professional in the profession?

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Lakshman Kadirgamar: Ardent campaigner against terrorism

Third Death Anniversary :

Lakshman Kadirgamar, lawyer and politician: born Jaffna, Sri Lanka 12 April 1932; Called to the Bar, Inner Temple 1958; Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1994-2001, 2004-05; Honourary Fellow, Balliol College, Oxford 2004; married (one son, one daughter); died Colombo August 12, 2005.

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Kethesh Loganathan: A committed, engaged individual

Second Death Anniversary :

1956, half a century ago, the year I was born, was a strangely seminal year: it was the year that Fidel and Che landed on the shores of Cuba, the year of the Suez crisis, of the 20th Congress of the Soviet Communist party and de-Stalinisation; it was the year of Elvis Presley and rock-and-roll.

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