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Editor Fingers Killers From Beyond Grave

Slain Sri Lankan journo blames gov't in posthumous editorial

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 13, 2009 6:32 AM CST

(Newser) – Days after the murder of Sri Lanka's best-known independent journalist, his newspaper has published a 2,500 word editorial from "beyond the grave" that accuses the government of orchestrating his death. Lasantha Wickrematunge was shot dead on Thursday after 15 years of dogged reporting... Read full story »

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