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The polarization between Sri Lanka?s ethnic communities is also reflected in coverage of the island?s protracted conflict and has rendered ?the truth? an inevitable casualty of war, several speakers argued last week at the annual conference in London of the International Association of Tamil Journalists (IATAJ). The day-long event at the University of Westminster was attended by one hundred invited participants and was addressed by journalists, academics and media activists, including Mr. Nadesapillai Vithyatharan, editor of the Uthayan newspaper, Mr Chandana Bandara, senior producer with the BBC?s Sinhala service and Mr. Bhagwan Singh of the Deccan Chronicle.