Fair and expeditious justice - the need of the hour

At the outset, let me congratulate you on your election as President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka. Mr. Desmond Fernando, you bring with you a long period of service to this association and to the legal community. You have assumed the position to which you will be inducted today for the second time and I believe you have offered your services once again because your commitment to the profession is still strong.

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The people's Pontiff who influenced world events 
 

HIS HOLINESS Pope John Paul II the people's pontiff who held the longest papacy in the history of the Roman Catholic church will be best remembered for his undaunted activism which brought about a revolutionary transformation of the Catholic church and which also had a profound influence on world events.

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