2007 a deadly year for journalists
From Times Wire Reports
The number of reporters killed on the job has risen 244% over the last five years, largely because of the Iraq war, Reporters Without Borders said.
More than half of the 86 journalists killed worldwide last year died in Iraq, the Paris-based press freedom group said. In 2002, 25 journalists were killed worldwide, it said.
All but one of the 47 reporters killed in Iraq last year were Iraqis, the group said. The only foreigner was a Russian reporter.
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