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Sri Lanka born BBC journalist George Alagiah dies-by Tina Edward Gunawardhana Source:Dailymirror Sri Lankan-born British journalist George Alagiah passed away in the early hours of Monday in the UK.   Alagiah who was 67 years at the time of his death was a much-respected journalist.. He was the face of BBC One’s News at Six since 2007, prior to that he co-hosted the show with Natasha Kaplinsky since 2003. Diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer in 2014 Alagiah latterly revealed the cancer had spread to his liver and lymph nodes.   During his stellar career,  he also presented other shows such as Mixed Britannia which looked at Britain’s mixed-race population. Before becoming a news presenter he was a prominent foreign correspondent covering Africa, the continent where he moved to when his parents did not feel safe in Sri Lanka. The award-winning journalist has interviewed political leaders such as Nelson Mandela, Desmon ...

Jul 25, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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‘Do what you can, with what you have’-BY PRAMOD DE SILVA Source:Sundayobserver “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” – Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela International Day, also known as Mandela Day, is an international observance in honour of the revolutionary Nelson Mandela, celebrated annually on his birthday, on July 18 (tomorrow). His 104th birth anniversary falls tomorrow. The day was officially set by the United Nations in November 2009, with the first observance of Mandela Day held on July 18, 2010. Nelson Mandela devoted his life to the service of humanity — as a human rights lawyer, a prisoner of conscience, an international peacemaker and the first democratically elected president of a free South Africa. November 2009 – in recognition of the former South African President’s ...

Jul 17, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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